The Rugby Coach's Corner Podcast

JP Nerbun is the author of The Culture System: A Proven Process For Creating An Extraordinary Team Culture. Basketball was his first love where he played at the University of South Carolina. He’s also coached for over 12 years in the US, Lithuania, and Ireland, where he now lives with his wife and family. He works with people who are serious about leading and building a better culture.

Twitter: @JpNerbun
Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Culture-System-Process-Creating-Extraordinary/dp/B0B2TVLVS2
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-culture/id1286560192?uo=4 

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Kaila Colbin is the founder and CEO of Boma, an organisation that supports leaders and change-makers to be more intentional, intelligent and courageous about the future. Shane Fletcher has been the team manager at Crusaders Rugby since 2017 and is also a World Rugby Level 4 coach. I connected with both of them recently on the Crusaders Coaching Leadership Program

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Neil Tunnah is the owner of The Performance Chain, a company that specialises in optimising individual and team performance. From Scotland originally, ​​he’s currently based in Adelaide, Australia, where he has held roles as the Director of Coaching and as a board member. He’s had coaching roles with Knox Grammar, Jersey Reds in the English Championship, Manly Marlins & West Harbour in the Shute Shield

The Performance Chain
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Craig Wilson is the DoR at Yale University and also the creator of the YouTube channel titled The Contact Coach. From England originally he’s had coaching roles in Hong Kong, India, and now the United States.

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The Contact Coach

Website: https://www.thecontactcoach.com/ 

IG https://www.instagram.com/thecontactcoach/

First video: https://youtu.be/Fsn0KNKZ4_M 

Ricky Dumigan is the Assistant Coach at the Red Hurricanes in Japan and has also had coaching roles with the Sunwolves, Kurita and Ricoh Black Rams. From Australia originally, he’s had a wide range of coaching roles in the ACT, Victoria, and Queensland. Ricky is also fortunate to list Eddie Jones as his mentor and how important he has been for his coaching development.

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Cody Royle is the former head coach of AFL Canada and now focuses on developing elite head coaches. He’s the author of 2 books, with his most recent one titled The Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being a Head Coach.

Twitter thread discussed in this episode

The Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being a Head Coach

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Jason Gilmore is the head coach of Australia A and assistant coach at the Waratahs. From 2017 to 2020 Jason was coaching with the Australian U20 team and in 2019 led a great group of players to the final against France. He’ll lead the Waratahs defence in the upcoming Super Rugby season.

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James Barkell is the owner of The Coach Doctor, a consultancy group working in all aspects of coaching, from program design, skill acquisition, S&C, leadership, and more. He has a Masters in Sports Coaching, a World Rugby Level 4, and a PhD, where he studied high performance rugby. James is also a Lecturer at the University of Sydney & runs The Coach Doctor Podcast.

Twitter: @James_Barkell
Instagram: thecoachdr
Website: https://thecoachdoctor.com.au/podcasts
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barkell-phd-a952904b/

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Josh Macy is the head coach of Division 1 Lindenwood University in the United States, currently ranked 2nd in the country. Having started playing the sport in college, he then went on to coach in a variety of summer camps and then eventually made his way to Guatemala where he had a major role in introducing the sport there. He even captained their national team!

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Originally from the UK, Andrew Brownhill recently relocated to Australia where he now heads up the academy at Northern Suburbs RFC in Sydney. He’s had coaching roles with Worcester Warriors, the Scottish Rugby Union, and Gloucester Rugby.

Twitter: @AndrewBrownhil

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Alana Thomas is the head coach of the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby women’s team and played for the Wallaroos over a 4 year period before moving into coaching. In 2017, Alana won Rugby AU’s Community Coach of the Year award on the back of winning the Victorian premiership with the Melbourne Unicorns.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanathomas7

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Andrew Lockwood is the founder of Rugby Vacancies and S&C Vacancies, and most recently Grey Wolf Consulting Group. He’s been a member of the British Army since 2004 and has toured both Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s had a wide variety of coaching roles, in both union and rugby league, and also created a charity called The Rugby Outreach Project.

Twitter: @rugbyvacancies @sandcvacancies @greywolfteams @rugbyoutreach

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James Kent is the Technical Analyst at France Rugby as well as Academy Coach Stade Français. He also has roles with Monaco Rugby 7s and is the Director of Rugby at Rugby Club Luxembourg.

Twitter: @jim_kent
Insta: jamo08

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Jess Bunyard is the Editor at Women's Rugby Coaching Magazine and Head of Women's and Girls' Rugby at Huddersfield in the UK. She is a Level 2 RFU coach currently completing her Level 3, has guest coached men’s teams, and previously coached Yorkshire U18s.

Twitter: @RugbyCoachJess @Womensrugbycoa2

Instagram: @jessbcoach @womensrugbycoaching

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Sean Graham is the Director of Rugby at Nudgee College in Qld, Australia. He coaches there and has also had roles with Junior Gold Cup, Junior Reds, regional schoolboy rep teams, and is also a World Rugby Educator. He’s heading up a Youth Rugby Coaches Forum, January 21-22, 2022.

Coaches Forum Website: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/836713
Instagram: @rugbynudgee

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Wayne Smith is a Rugby World Cup winning coach, has won Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders and the Chiefs, is the current DoR at the Kobelco Steelers in Japan, and has influenced countless coaches worldwide.


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Ian Baillie is the head coach of McGill University’s men’s rugby team who compete in the RSEQ championship against teams from Quebec and Eastern Ontario in Canada. Ian has also had a major impact on club rugby around Montreal, heading up the Montreal Irish and before that, the St Lambert Locks. He also coached the Quebec provincial senior men’s side for a number of years.

Photo credit: @gariesphoto

Ryan Schultz is the 1st XV head coach at ACGS in Brisbane - better known as Churchie - who compete in the GPS competition. He’s coached extensively in and around Brisbane, having had roles with St Patrick’s College, Gregory Terrace, Brothers Rugby Club, and the QLD Reds U18 team as head coach.

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Katie Hunter resides in New Brunswick, Canada, and coaches her U19 NB Provincial team, as well as being the President of her home club, the Saint John Irish. The Saint John Irish only field a women's team and Katie has been instrumental in their growth.

She is passionate about bringing free development opportunities to women in the province by way of official training, athletic sessions, nutrition education, Level 1 & 2 certification, and more. She’s also a teacher, a referee, and is still fitting some playing in there as well. 

John Manenti is the head coach of the Aussie 7s women’s team and is currently preparing them for the Tokyo Olympics. Before this role, he was the Wallaroos head coach, winning bronze at the 2010 WRWC. He also coached Eastwood to 3 Shute shield championships and one Australian Club Championship.

Twitter: @john_manenti