James Haskell returns to the show alongside, by popular demand, Ben Ryan where the chaps discuss the Premiership relegation and promotion debate and how the RFU fits in. Ben’s tells us Fijian rugby stories including Jerry Tuwai and his boots,…
Episode 8: Ben Ryan: Motivation What does it take to motivate a team of people? Offer a carrot or wield a stick? One man who has a fair idea is Ben Ryan, the most successful rugby sevens coach…
James Haskell, Ben Ryan and Alex Payne discuss the remarkable story of AK47s, Pain Au Chocolats and military coups behind Fiji’s gold medal triumph at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio; while Hask gives his take on Brexit, Peter Crouch…
Credit: The Times (link to website article) New Zealand are undeniably the best team in world rugby, but do the All Blacks have any weaknesses that can be exploited? In this video, Ben Ryan, the Olympic gold-medal winning coach of…
Making sense Last week’s blog highlighted my thoughts about rugby on and off the field. I questioned some of the rationale behind the longer season, as well as the bending of the laws of the game that is giving us…
Talking points Another weekend of rugby with more airtime talking about the bad rather than the good. The talk has mostly been about the tackle, the cards being dished out, and the subsequent fall out. There’s also plenty of talk…
This week I was on Brian Moore’s podcast. I always enjoy seeing Brian and talking about what’s currently happening in Rugby. It was good to chat about how teams achieve consistency, how some clubs are really developing British coaches brilliantly, and…
I like to create my own practices and wanted one that encourages all the basic tenets of attack support/offload play. I call it the Rondo because I watched Barcelona FC practice and they did a very simple one touch game…
The Men’s and Women’s tournaments in Russia back in 2013 were going to be the last 7s World Cups after the game’s successful entry into the Olympics. There has not been a 7s World Cup for either Men or Women…
Seven’s Heaven: Untapped Potential Audio Clip All around the world, Fiji have always been every rugby supporter’s second team. On the islands themselves the players are the folk heroes and the warriors, the meal ticket and the great distraction from…
