Dropkick Rugby Podcast: Recent Episodes
Dropkick Rugby
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Tomi Morani is currently playing with the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby.
We speak about:
- How he dealt with going straight from ametuer club rugby into the MLr
- How he dealt with 3 ACL tears
- and much more...
Joey Caputo is currently playing for Zebre Parma in the URC. Previously, he played for Benetton and the Brumbies Academy.
Karl Tu'inukuafe has one of the most unusual come-up stories in rugby.
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Roger Wilson played for Ireland, Ulster and Northampton Saints.
He is now the Founder of TackleSmart, an organisation which uses tackling principles from rugby to coach American Football players. He also works as an agent for professional rugby players.
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Stuart Edward's is the current Heriot's Rugby Super 6 Head Coach in Scotland. We speak about:
- Dealing with pressure in rugby
- The importance of enjoying playing
- Lessons he's learned from coaching
- And more...
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Tabai Matson is the current Harlequins head coach and is All Black #950.
He has a vast coaching career and has worked with some of the best players to have lived. We speak about:
- What separates world class players?
- What he looks for in Academy players
- What rugby will look like in upcoming years.
- And much more...
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Andrew Gibson is currently part of the Crusaders Rugby Global Academy. We speak about:
- What separated top players/ coaches?
- Skill development
- Being dropped from teams
- And more...
Charlie Purdon is currently coaching as part of the LA Giltinis Academy. He knows a huge amount around skill development.
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James Marshall is the host of the What A Lad Podcast. He is also the current assistant coach of the Tasman Mako.
Before his podcasting & coaching career, he played for the Hurricanes, London Irish, New Zealand 7's and more...
We speak about what he's learnt from playing with players like Beauden Barret, how he dealt with retirement from professional rugby, his advice for young players and more...
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Laurie Fisher is the current forwards coach for the Brumbies in Australia. He has previously coached at Munster, Gloucester Rugby, Australia Under 21's and more...
He's coached players like Paul O'Connell, David Pocock and Ronan O'Gara.
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Jordy Reid plays for Gloucester in the English Premiership where he has been excelling.
He originally played in Australia for the Melbourne Rebels before he was released.
We go into lots of detail on:
- His route to professional rugby
- How he dealt with injuries
- His ball carrying
- And much more...
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Kyle Ciquera is a prop currently playing for the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby.
He has previously played rugby in school, college and in New Zealand.
We go into lots of detail about how his game has improved (specifically his scrummaging).
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Jimmy Gopperth is a New Zealand born rugby player who has just signed for Leicester Tigers. He has been playing for Wasps over the last few seasons and has previously played for Leinster, Newcastle Falcons, The Blues and The Hurricanes.
We talk about how he has managed to have such a long career, how he manages his 'on vs off' time, how he uses visualisation and much more.
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Ben O'Keeffe is a New Zealand born referee who referees at International and Super Rugby level.
He also practices as a medical doctor in ophthalmology.
We speak about how he succeeded so young in refereeing, how he deals with mistakes, where he thinks the game is headed, what makes a player effective at the breakdown, and much more...
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Tony Christie is a current coach for Canterbury Men's Rugby and Matatū Women's Rugby in New Zealand.
We chat about everything to do with skill development, confidence, player size vs speed, and much more...
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You can find Tony's Instagram here, where he posts loads of great skills content:
https://www.instagram.com/tccoaching93/
Shane O'Leary is a professional rugby player playing in France. He has previously played for Canada, Grenoble, Connacht and many more clubs. We talk about the struggle of not getting a contract when he left school and how hard he had to work to get where he is now.
John Okafor is a former professional rugby player for Harlequins. He now plays for Leeds Becket in BUCS Super Rugby.