Amateur Rugby Podcast
The 6 Nations is in full swing now and the middle weekend of fixtures was made up of three very different games. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to discuss everything that happened. For Italy vs France - I spoke with Mike Petretta who spoke warmly about how well France played against his Italians. For England vs Scotland - I spoke with Phil Greenaway and we did our best to unpick a dramatic, but sometimes turgid encounter at Twickenham. But we start with Wales vs Ireland where I spoke with Simon Elkinson who was full of praise for the Welsh performance. LINKS Fratelli D'Rugby - ...
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I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 2 of the 2025 6 Nations. For Italy vs France - actually that was just me! For England vs Scotland - Former Gloucester Academy coach - Phil Greenaway For Wales vs Ireland - Former S&C Coach for London Scottish - Simon Elkinson Enjoy the games! GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store - BUY ME A COFFEE Coffee helps me make more and better episodes. PATREON Join The Amateur Rugby Podcast Patreon community for some extra amateur rugby goodness! () SUPPORT If you would like to support the...
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CONTENT WARNING - This episode contains many sensitive subjects throughout such as substance abuse, mental illness and suicide. If that will be triggering for you then please feel free to give this episode a miss. Thank you. My guest this week was the star of his US college rugby team, he made a ton of money in tech, and he’s now an author - he is Tyler Kania. Tyler has battled mental illness throughout his adult life and has now been diagnosed with bipolar. We discuss how rugby has been a stabilising factor as both a player and a coach with the highs of winning College championships and...
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The 6 Nations is in full swing now and the second weekend of fixtures was made up of three very different games. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to discuss everything that happened. For Scotland vs Ireland - I spoke with Simon Elkinson who had some damning words about the Scottish performance. For England vs France - I spoke with Phil Greenaway and we did our best to unpick a wild encounter at Twickenham. And for Italy vs Wales my friend Huw Jones fronted up to speak about the dire straits of Welsh rugby. GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store...
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I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 2 of the 2025 6 Nations. For Scotland vs Ireland - Former S&C Coach for London Scottish - Simon Elkinson For England vs France - Former Gloucester Academy coach - Phil Greenaway For Italy vs Wales - Bargoed coach - Huw Jones Enjoy the games! GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store - BUY ME A COFFEE Coffee helps me make more and better episodes. PATREON Join The Amateur Rugby Podcast Patreon community for some extra amateur rugby goodness! () SUPPORT If you would like to support the...
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The 6 Nations has started and it was a magical first weekend of fixtures. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to add some wonderful insight into what were three great games. For Scotland vs Italy - I spoke with Mike Petretta from the Fratelli D’Rugby podcast. For Ireland vs England - I spoke with Former Harlequins and Connacht player - Dave Slemen. But we started with France vs Wales where I spoke with my friend Stephen Corlett. LINKS David Slemen - Fratelli D'Rugby - GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store - BUY ME A COFFEE Coffee helps me make more and...
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My guest this week is Veor RFC player and Chairman - Scott Lake. Scott has done so much for the game of rugby and the community around Veor RFC in Cornwall that he was awarded the prestigious RFU Volunteer of the Year award. Shortly after that his family received the tragic news that his son, Riley had been diagnosed with the extremely rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The rugby family gathered and supported Scott and his family and now the annual Rugby for Riley event has become a huge event in Cornwall’s calendar. This is an incredible, emotional episode - I hope you enjoy. LINKS Rugby 4...
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With the 2025 Six Nations fast approaching, I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 1 of the 2025 6 Nations. For France vs Wales - Rugby YouTuber - Rugby Merlin For Scotland vs Italy - former player for Cumbernauld RFC - Chris Burns For Ireland vs England - Former Harlequins and Connacht player - Dave Slemen Enjoy the games! LINKS Rugby Merlin - David Slemen - Chris Burns - GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store - BUY ME A COFFEE Coffee helps me make more and better episodes. PATREON Join The Amateur Rugby...
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With the 2025 Six Nations fast approaching, I spoke with some incredible rugby-folk to get the inside line on each of the Nations. For Wales - Former Dragons Head Coach - Dai Flanagan For England - Former England 7’s Captain - Mike Friday For France - Huge French Rugby fan - Jerome Moisan For Italy - Fratelli D’Rugby Podcaster - Mike Petretta For Ireland - Former London Irish Academy Manager - Patrick O’Grady Sadly, we didn’t manage to get a Scot on board - listen to the end to find out why… GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store - BUY ME A COFFEE Coffee...
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Martin and I were teammates for many years at Old Colfeians RFC and spent three more seasons running the team as DoR/1stXV Manager. We are also former work-mates in the London Fire Brigade. Our rugby history goes back a long way! LINKS Old Colfeians announce Tim Tunnicliff as DoR – Croatia rugby kit – Al Knuckey kick which led to social media shaming – #rugby #amateurrugby #grassrootsrugby GET STASH England Rugby Store - British & Irish Lions Store - BUY ME A COFFEE Coffee helps me make more and better episodes. PATREON Join The Amateur Rugby Podcast Patreon community...
info_outlineWith the middle weekend of the Six Nations now complete, I spoke with Simon Elkinson about all the fixtures. The surprisingly close encounter in Dublin where Ireland overpowered Wales. Saturday late afternoon at Murrayfield for Scotland versus England. And finishing up with the epic, France versus Italy from Lille.
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