Podcasts about Rugby Football Union

Little Cayman's Sports Scene Struggles Post-COVID CBAC Artistic Swimming Shines at Coral Springs Aquatic Complex!The Cayman Women's Rugby Football Union is set to make an impact both on and off the field with an upcomingfundraiser in support of the Breast Cancer Foundation Cayman. Inter-Primary Cricket Competition Kicks Off with Exciting Matches

Episode 179: In this episode of our Sport Performance Leadership Podcast, host Pete McKnight speaks to Barry Shillabeer, a globally experienced sports performance leader with over two decades in elite sport. As Head of Performance at Aspire Academy of Sporting Excellence in Qatar, Barry leads multidisciplinary teams, optimizing athlete development, strategic planning, and performance evaluation. Previously, Barry played a key role in British high-performance sport, holding leadership positions with the English Institute of Sport, British Swimming, UK Athletics, and the Rugby Football Union. He also served as Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics, contributing to legacy facility design and long-term performance strategies. Topics Discussed: Leadership in elite sports performance – Managing high-performance programs in the UK and Qatar The evolution of leadership – Adapting leadership styles to different teams and challenges The importance of human connection and trust – Building strong relationships with athletes, coaches, and staff Organizational structures and processes – Ensuring efficiency in performance support, sport science, and data analytics Transformational leadership and impact – Creating positive sports cultures and inspiring future generations The value of continuous learning – Seeking mentorship, embracing new perspectives, and evolving as a leader Practical advice for aspiring leaders – Technical proficiency, work ethic, and proactive goal-setting Tune in for expert insights on leadership, athlete development, and the future of high-performance sport. - Where you can find Barry: •⁠  LinkedIn •⁠ Instagram •⁠ X - Sponsors Hytro: The world's leading Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) wearable, designed to accelerate recovery and maximise athletic potential using Hytro BFR for Professional Sport. Remaker: The Portable Strength Tracking Ecosystem. Remaker provides real-time insights to optimise your performance, making even the smallest improvements in your strength training visible in an engaging and powerful format. Remakers integrate seamlessly with the exercise equipment you already use, and the app provides meaningful metrics for every rep, of every set, of every exercise. VALD: makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training. -  Where to Find Us Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on: Instagram Twitter Our Website - Our Team Andy McDonald Ben Ashworth Alistair McKenzie Dylan Carmody Steve Barrett  Pete McKnight

John Maytham speaks to Craig Ray, sports editor for Daily Maverick. Craig has been closely following the financial troubles at WPRFU and will break down the key players, the failed deals, and what’s next for Newlands and the union itselfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're back for more in 2025 and it's another enthralling round of Championship Rugby to kickstart the New Year with four sides in contention to end the day in second place.  Lots to talk about for Ross & Charlie including the fantastic news that Ellis Mee, who starred for Nottingham last season, has been called up by Wales for the upcoming Six Nations Championship.  The usual preview / review also takes centre stage plus the latest from up high at the Rugby Football Union. 

I'm delighted to speak with Rusty Earnshaw and Danny Newcombe on this week's episode. Rusty is a coach and former professional rugby union player. Rusty has played Premiership rugby with West Hartlepool, Bath Rugby and Rotherham Titans, winning the European Cup whilst at Bath. In 2000 he was selected to play for the Barbarians. And he also represented England on the IRB Sevens circuit. Since his playing days he has held various positions at the Rugby Football Union, including International Performance Coach. He is now Director at The Magic Academy, which works across sport and business supporting the development of individuals and teams. Danny is a coach and coach developer. He is currently Senior Coach Development Manager at The Premier League. Until recently, he was a Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching and PE in the department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He now holds a visiting research fellow post at Oxford Brookes.  Danny is also an international and domestic national league hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Men's Welsh National Team and works extensively with a number of partners in the coach development space. I speak with Rusty and Danny about their considerable coaching experiences and we break down some of the skills they use in their own coaching practices.

The British lawyer leading a multi-million dollar concussion lawsuit against rugby's governing bodies has been accused of pressuring a player to lie about his dementia diagnosis. More than 200 former professional players, including ex-All Black Carl Hayman, are suing World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union as part of a class action. But the tactics of the firm leading the action has been questioned in fresh lawsuit involving former English international Will Green. Dana Johannsen spoke to Lisa Owen.

In the UK, 700 former rugby union and league players suffering from concussion-related neurological injuries are suing World Rugby, England's Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union. Former professional Welsh rugby union player Antony Evans developed Parkinson's aged 42 and is part of the litigation.  

Join us for an insightful and dynamic episode as we sit down with Dr. Jonathon Weakley, a distinguished lecturer at Australian Catholic University and an associate research fellow at Leeds Beckett University. With a PhD and post-doctorate experience working alongside the Rugby Football Union, Dr. Weakley brings a wealth of knowledge to the table, particularly in the areas of strength and power development, youth and team sports, and the application of velocity-based training.In this episode, we dive into the core principles of effective strength and power training, exploring how velocity-based training stands out from traditional methods. Dr. Weakley shares invaluable insights on tailoring strength programs for youth athletes and highlights critical considerations for team sports conditioning. We also delve into his fascinating research on female athletes, discussing how hormonal cycles influence training and debunking common myths about female strength training.Dr. Weakley supervises several PhD students and consults for professional sports teams and technology companies, also sheds light on how technological innovations are transforming the landscape of sports science. From the latest advancements to practical advice for aspiring athletes, exercise scientists, and physiotherapists, this episode is packed with actionable insights.Tune in to hear about Dr. Weakley's ongoing research projects, including his work on the female athlete, and gain valuable advice on optimizing training for peak performance. Whether you're an athlete looking to enhance your strength and conditioning, a coach seeking to stay updated with the latest trends, or a researcher aiming to make a mark in sports science, this episode is for you.Episode Highlights:Rapid Fire "Do's and Don'ts" for strength and conditioningKey principles and benefits of velocity-based trainingAdapting training programs for youth athletes and team sportsHormonal influences on female athlete trainingThe role of technology in modern sports sciencePsychological aspects of high performanceAdvice for aspiring athletes, exercise scientists, and physiotherapistsDon't miss this chance to learn from one of the leading experts in the field. Listen now and take your understanding of strength and conditioning to the next level!

Kevin has coached rugby at every age group and every level of the game. He was the first full-time professional Head Coach for the Wales National Rugby Team from 1995-1998, Kevin was also Head of Elite Coach Development at the RFU for nearly 15 years and was responsible for the continuing development of England coaches, Premiership coaches and coaches in the elite academies. After 15 years as Head of Elite Coach Development within the Professional Rugby Department at the Rugby Football Union, Kevin founded Teaching Learning Coaching Ltd, a coaching consultancy to help coaches, leaders and people become the best versions of themselves - and this is why I am excited to have Kevin on the podcast. He has over 40 years experience as a teacher, coach and coach developer, and his perspectives have a lot to offer the high-performance culture. In this episode, you'll hear the wisdom of a man who has spent his life in high-performance sport. To me, he speaks humbly with deep grace and has a vast amount to offer to anyone who supports athletes in elite sport. Talking Points: Retrospective perspective of his career - what he'd do differently The knife edge between people focused & task focused Why the missing point is at the CEO level and it should be the next level of education The importance of being a critical-thinking friend to coaches The importance of knowing what you stand for as a coach How to build trust to be then able to hold the mirror up and give healthy challenge Why there is a dehumanisation of sport that comes from the over focussing on data of sport which defines athletes, players and coaches by numbers If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help spread this content to the practitioners who need it. Resources: Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): Read Full Details Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence Connect with Kevin: LinkedIn

Japan Rugby Football Union Reports Loss of 340 M. Yen for FY 2023

The episode delves into the historical evolution of rugby, from its ancient origins to the modern split between rugby union and rugby league. It highlights pivotal moments such as the formation of the Rugby Football Union, the Rugby World Cup, and the transition to professionalism, showcasing the sport's global expansion and inclusive initiatives like women's rugby.

Japan Rugby Football Union Decides Record 8.5-B.-Yen Budget for FY 2024

The new COE of British Eventing, Rosie Williams, joins Nicole to talk through her life before BE, how she has felt joining the team and her vision for the future of the sport. Listen for free across all podcast platforms. Guests: Rosie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from decades in the sports industry. Rosie's first national governing body role was as National Sports Manager for the Australian Equestrian Federation, a role which gave her a real appreciation for equestrian sport.  Most of her career has been spent in the sport of Rugby. Rosie spent 10 years as CEO of the Rugby Football Union for Women in England and was awarded an OBE for her contribution to Rugby. She has had a passion for equestrian sports throughout her life, growing up in New South Wales, Australia, she competed in several equestrian disciplines including eventing, show jumping, dressage, and polocrosse. EquiRatings Eventing Podcast: Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Ever wondered how the world of sports is tackling diversity and inclusion? In today's conversation with Jatin Patel, we peel back the layers of his professional journey to uncover the critical role of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in shaping the future of sports, particularly rugby. Jatin enlightens us about his experiences with the Rugby Football Union and their strategic approach towards nurturing a diverse and inclusive sports environment. This episode takes us to the heart of diversity data in sports, its importance, and the unique challenges it poses. Our guest from a national sports organisation drops some truth bombs about how capturing this crucial data can lead to more inclusive sports. As we navigate this landscape, we stress the significance of active listening and co-creation of solutions with those impacted directly by diversity issues. A recurring theme here is the need for sustainable and evolving strategies to make a real difference in the sports world. In our concluding thoughts, we cast our eyes on the future of sports, where technology and diversity play starring roles. We discuss the growing trust in reporting discrimination and how sports can be a unifying factor for marginalised groups. Our conversation with Jatin wraps up with an insightful discourse on self-care and mental health awareness in this demanding field. So, let's get ready for some hard-hitting, enlightening, and ultimately uplifting discussions about diversity in rugby, its impact, and the game plan for a more inclusive future in sports. About this Episodes Guest: Jatin Patel Jatin is an inclusion, diversity, and social equality professional with over 12 years of experience working across the private and charity sectors.   In his current role as Inclusion & Diversity Director at the RFU, Jatin focuses on driving the I&D strategy across four strategic pillars; Game Play, Fans/Followers/Partners, Employee and Board and Game Leadership via multi-year action plans, key events, ongoing awareness and education and advocacy for positive change across the game.   Before joining the RFU, Jatin worked for DLA Piper and KPMG UK, developing specific expertise in social and racial equality, communication campaigns and public & organisational policy.

Today I'm introducing a new show IN THE MIX. During the past three year over 120 guests have featured on the Inside Agri-Turf podcast. All have had tales to tell, advice to pass on and experiences to relate that are relevant to those working in this extraordinary land-based engineering industry.Tucked away in our back-catalogue are some wonderful contributions, some a reminder of challenging times such as working through the pandemic.IN THE MIX will be published monthly in addition to the regular output.Extracts featured in this first episode, together with time-stamps are:04:20 The Role of Trade Associations (Episode 2) featuring Ruth Bailey (AEA) and Keith Christian (then BAGMA) on how the associations worked together during COVID-1912:22 From Tanks to Tractors (Episode 24) with Jeremy Gibbs of Forces Farming and Will Foster, Ben Burgess Ltd on opportunities in land-based engineering for those leaving the Services25:58 The Road to Resilience (Episode 114). Ultra runner Andrew Findley on the ways to meet and conquer those times when the going gets tough in business and in personal life.27:42 World Cup to Grass Roots (Episode 69). Keith Kent headed the pitch management team at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium for 15 years, before being appointed to lead the pitch management team at the Rugby Football Union's Twickenham stadium

This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Johnathon Weakley about training. They discuss resistance training, and if heavy or light load is superior for gains, they talk about the importance of sleep for the athlete and the role of exercise at mitigating some of these risks, and also discuss overtraining and Johnathon's own experience as a young athlete which spurred him into researching and writing on the topic.Dr Jonathon Weakley is a lecturer at ACU and an associate research fellow at Leeds Beckett University (UK). Dr Weakley completed a PhD and post-doctorate position working alongside the Rugby Football Union. His primary area of research is in the topics of strength and power development, youth and team sports, and he has over 50 peer-reviewed publications on the topics of strength and conditioning and sports science. He currently supervises several PhD students and consults for professional sports teams and technology companies.Johnathon Weakley https://www.acu.edu.au/research-and-enterprise/our-research-institutes/sprint-research-centre/our-people/dr-jonathon-weakleyPublications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathon-Weakley Contact Mikki:https://mikkiwilliden.com/https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutritionhttps://www.instagram.com/mikkiwilliden/https://linktr.ee/mikkiwillidenSave 20% on all NuZest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKI at www.nuzest.co.nz, www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.comCurranz supplement: MIKKI saves you 25% at www.curranz.co.nz or www.curranz.co.uk ooff your first order

Japan Rugby Football Union to Announce Final 33-Player World Cup Roster Aug. 15

This month, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood from Practical Law Construction look at a number of building safety developments (starts at 0.44), before moving on to the judgments in FK Construction Ltd v ISG Retail Ltd [2023] EWHC 1042 (TCC) (starts at 8.03) and FM Conway Ltd v The Rugby Football Union [2023] EWCA Civ 418 (starts at 16.30). Finally, they end with a brief look at the impact of recent proposed changes to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (starts at 22.26).

Hayley has 10 years in recruitment focusing on senior leader appointments across the education sector.Prior to that she worked in Sports Development with the Rugby Football Union.Hayley has just moved to Anderson Quigley an executive search firm focusing on working with organisations that have a social purpose.She loves meeting people and hearing their stories which is how she got into recruitment.Hayley is CIPD qualified and currently undertaking ILM Level 7 in Coaching and development.Hayley didn't go to university… although she did study later in Business and Human Resources at UEA.Lived mainly in London (the city in her younger days) and Southwest London Twickenham and now have crossed the border to Surrey.Hayley loves watching sport especially Rugby and she can be a bit of adrenaline junky and has skydived, bungie jumped, paraglided, flown a plane, run a marathon, and is a try it once tick off the bucket list person and she is also a big fan of yoga for relaxation.https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayleymintern/https://www.linkedin.com/company/andersonquigley/Method AvenueWe are a group of like-minded people who want to help organisations solve their problems. We create strategic partnerships, working alongside them in order to help them achieve their objectives.'method - the quality of being well organised and systematic in thought or action'avenue - a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards somethingFind us on socialhttps://www.methodavenue.comhttps://www.instagram.com/methodavenue/https://www.linkedin.com/company/methodavenuehttps://www.youtube.com/@methodavenue

We've another cracker this week as we bring you Episode 103. We start with Manchester City winning the Premier League with a week to spare, and Newcastle securing a Champions League place next season – whilst at the bottom the fight for survival goes right to the final weekend. In the WSL the title chase also goes to the final weekend, with Chelsea in the box seat over Manchester United. We bring you the latest from the final week of cycling's Giro D'Italia, with Geraint Thomas in the leader's Maglia Rosa as they head towards Rome; and we discuss the announcement by the “Manx Missile” Mark Cavendish that he will be retiring at the end of this season. In Tennis, Tony looks at the news that Andy Murray, Rafal Nadal, Nick Kyrgios and Matteo Berretini will all miss the French Open. It was Rugby's European Champions Cup Final, with holders La Rochelle fought back from 17-0 down to beat home side Leinster 27-26 in an enthralling final. This weekend also saw Ospreys, Wales and Lions greats Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric announcing their retirement, ruling them out of Wales' plans for the upcoming World Cup in the autumn. In a first for Null & Void we look at Wheelchair Basketball, following the British Premier League final where Manchester Revolution just edged out London Titans 63-61. And for the second week running we set the sights of Get a Grip towards Twickenham, this week telling the Rugby Football Union's Chief Executive Bill Sweeney to get a grip on the financials as the governing body in England face a financial black hole of between £50-70 million over the next 18 months.

Guest: Stuart Armstrong, Head of Coaching and Professional Workforce for Sport England and Host of the Talent Acquisition Podcast Head of Coaching and Professional Workforce for Sport England and host of the Talent Equation Podcast. Stuart Armstrong joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on sports development, coaching, skill acquisition, and sport science.Stuart has worked in sports development for the past 20 years. Stuart has held positions in performance and talent development at England Golf, UK Coaching, and the Rugby Football Union which have all focused on creating optimal development environments for young people to thrive and reach their potential. Stuart is currently the Head of Coaching and Professional Workforce at Sport England. He has been responsible for writing and publishing two national strategy documents, ‘Coaching in an Active Nation: The Coaching Plan for England' and ‘Working in an Active Nation: The Professional Workforce Strategy for England'.Stuart is a highly regarded public speaker, having delivered keynote presentations across the globe for a range of organizations both in and out of the sport. He is an expert facilitator who leads workshops for organizations striving to support people to be the best they can be. Stuart also owns the website www.thetalentequation.co.uk and is the host of the 5-star rated podcast ‘The Talent Equation' which is dedicated to providing advice, guidance, and support to people at the cutting edge of coaching and performance development.Breakdown1:00 - Pitfalls of Using Drills8:00 - Evidence-Based Research10:30 - Problem Solving16:00 - Alternatives to Drills20:30 - Perception28:00 - Traditional Drill33:34 - 34:09 - B.I. Ads January 202334:10 - Game Context37:00 - Ecological Dynamics41:00 - Self Determine46:00 - Finding a Solution49:00 - Not Overburdening Athletes56:00 - Fun and Engagement57:30 - Teaching Systems of Plays1:03:00 - Ecological Explorations1:05:00 - ConclusionStuart Armstrong's Bio:Website: www.thetalentequation.co.uk Podcast: The Talent Equation Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talent-equation-podcast/id1209549739Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionImmersion Videos:Check out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com

This month, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood from Practical Law Construction discuss 25 years of the payment and adjudication provisions of the Construction Act 1996 applying to construction contracts (starts at 1.18), a number of building safety developments (including registering higher-risk buildings, draft Responsible Actors Scheme Regulations, the Independent Review of Construction Products and new Practical Law materials (starts at 15.12) and two judgments upheld on appeal (Atalian Servest AMK Ltd v BW (Electrical Contractors) Ltd [2023] CSIH 18 and FM Conway Ltd v The Rugby Football Union and others [2023] EWCA Civ 418) (starts at 36.27). They end with the Construction Contracts (Exclusion) (Wales) Order 2023 (WSI 2023/475) (starts at 42.37) and the first edition of the IChemE's engineering, procurement and construction management contract (EPCM), known as the Blue Book (starts at 44.11).

In episode 161, Jonathon Weakley, Senior Lecturer at Australian Catholic University, joins us. Specifically Jonathon will be looking at: Impulse vs power The importance of impulse and power in sport How to train to improve these physical aspects of performance About Jonathon: "Dr Jonathon Weakley is a Senior Lecturer at Australian Catholic University and a Research Fellow at Leeds Beckett University (UK). Jonathon completed a PhD and Post-Doctorate position working alongside the Rugby Football Union and currently is a sport science consultant for several rugby union governing bodies and professional teams. His areas of interest include resistance training, the development of strength and power, and long-term athlete development. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in sport science and is currently involved in several studies that aim to optimise adaptations in females and professional athletes." Twitter: jonathonweakle1 Instagram: Jonathonweakleyphd Nominate future podcast guests here! If you want to hear from a particular person on a particular topic, let us know! Hit the link below and we'll see what we can whip up for you. https://www.scienceforsport.com/nominate/ FREE 7d COACH ACADEMY TRIAL SIGN UP NOW: https://bit.ly/sfsepisode161 JOIN THE SCIENCE FOR SPORT TEAM: https://www.scienceforsport.com/join-our-team/ ​ Learn Quicker & More Effectively, Freeing Up Time To Spend With Friends And Family ​ Optimise Your Athletes' Recovery ​ Position Yourself As An Expert To Your Athletes And Naturally Improve Buy-In ​ Reduce Your Athletes' Injury Ratese ​ Save 100's Of Dollars A Year That Would Otherwise Be Spent On Books, Courses And More ​ Improve Your Athletes' Performance ​ Advance Forward In Your Career, Allowing You To Earn More Money And Work With Elite-Level Athletes ​ Save Yourself The Stress & Worry Of Constantly Trying To Stay Up-To-Date With Sports Science Research

Emily Scarratt is Vice Captain of the Red Roses, and may be most known as the player who secured England's 2014 World Cup win with six minutes left in the final match. Emily was the top point-scorer at the 2014 World Cup; and helped lead England to finals in the 2017 and 2022 World Cups. She captained Team Great Britain at the Rio Olympics, won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and represented England at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Emily returned to the 15-a-side game in January 2019, joining the Loughborough Lightning and turning professional when the Rugby Football Union broke new ground by offering full-time contracts to 28 women's rugby players. Emily was a stand-out performer at the 2019 Super Series, finishing as top try-scorer and also secured a number of points as goal-kicker. Emily was named World Rugby's Women's Player of the Year in November 2019 and became the highest ever Red Roses points scorer in the 2020 Six Nations. Emily is a once in a generation talent. She carries herself with poise, humility, and humour as she leads women's rugby on an international stage. We talk to Emily about her approach to leadership on and off the pitch, her evolution into a professional rugby player, and the 2022 World Cup final. PS. Back by popular demand to debrief this epic rugby moment, friends of the podcast, Stu McReynolds (AVP, Programs & Advocacy at Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities and former pro rugby player) and David Butcher (head coach of the Queen's University Men's Rugby team).

Nicola talks to Stuart Gallagher a Senior Lecturer at The University of Worcester, about a course he runs: a Post Graduate Certificate in Leading Culture Change in Safeguarding.She also chats with two students who have taken this course: Victoria Wiegleb from The English Cricket Board, and Kath Bennett from The Rugby Football Union.Stuart describes the course as "a course for people who are short on time. It's a flexible course for really busy safeguarding leaders. It respects your time, and your work/life balance."The course allows participants to learn not about safeguarding, but around the subject. It encourages participants to thinks about safeguarding in a different way. How can we change what is, particularly in sport, quite a well-defined process?Throughout, Stuart, Victoria and Kate refer to The Munro Review. This was an independent review into child protection in England, which called for "a move from a compliance to a learning culture." The three consider how much the safeguarding community has taken onboard this report's lessons: How do you do things right, and do the right thing? It's not an either/or choice. You need to do both!They also discuss the idea of being a positive "rebel at work". This is a campaign that encourages people to improve and innovate in the work place through asking: What are you doing to make things better? You can learn more about Rebels at Work here.If you want to learn more about Stuart's Leading Culture Change in Safeguarding post graduate certificate, head to The University of Worcester's site.

After a month away to reassess and regroup. WE. ARE. BACK!!!!! Our host Karleigh Webb is rested and ready for TDoV was special report to tell some stories from voices in sports you may not have heard of Julie Ann Curtiss -- When England's Rugby Football Union banned transgender women for playing at all levels of the sport, Curtiss decided to fight for her right play. She is suing the RFU and she was beamed up to talk about why she getting in the scrum and why she loves to play. Lex Horowitz -- A a varsity squash player at NCAA Division III Bowdoin College, Horowitz was one of 34 out transgender collegiate athletes. Their experiences being non-binary in a sporting landscape that is all-too binary are the catalyst for they are doing as an inclusion consultant who is actively working to make spaces in sports safer, inclusive and has their eye on the games of the tomorrow. Charlotte McEachern -- Wrestling is who she is and it has her studying hard on the art of the grapple at the iconic Monster Factory. Legendary heroes and heels have made their beginnings there, and the finishing school is the subject of a new Apple TV documentary series. McEachern, a trans woman in the squared circle, talks about being a part of the film, a part of the school, her budding career path, and she even gave us one of those cool pre-match intros! Arthur Webber -- On TDoV, TRUK United FC ("The Official Association Football Side of the Trans Sporter Room") will continuing making history. In 2022, TRUK United fielding the first-ever all-transfeminine eleven in the history of FA and UEFA competition against Fifth Division Dulwich Hamlet FC. This week, TRUK United will again field an all-trans woman side, and in a doubleheader event, they will field a first-ever all-transmasculine side to battle with a team of Dulwich Hamlet supporters. Webber, a young trans man who lives and breathes the pitch, will wear the captain's armband and lead the lads into the fray. His story is a comeback story. Last year, after giving up sport in frustration while finding his truth, he return to play after 11 years away. Also This Week Tears In Nashville Florida to legislate bathrooms. Yes, they really are. The World Athletics ban Protest And Deny: Posie Parker "The Nature Girl" Karleigh Webb? Oh by the way, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!

JB, from his mountain retreat spills all the beans on his experience standing to be an RFU Councillor and what the experience reveals about the state of, and future of, the game in England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One company is hoping to run every single yakatabune river boat in the capitol on SUSTEO, a next-generation biodiesel fuel making these floating dining halls as carbon-neutral as possible. Activists are battling Tokyo gov't to preserve Jingu Stadium, the world's fourth-oldest baseball ground, the 75 year-old Prince Chichibu Stadium, home to Japan's Rugby Football Union and the iconic tree-lined avenue of the Meiji Jingu. Meanwhile, ice on Lake Nukabira is erupting with mushroom-shaped ice during its annual freeze. It will be visible near the Hokkaido town of Kamishihoro until the end of February alongside the Taushubetsu River Bridge, nicknamed 'The Phantom Bridge'. And with the price of chocolate going up, some are looking for alternatives to Valentine's Day this year, with February 14th also known for two very different, well-established reasons: Niboshi-no-hi (dried sardine day) and Fundoshi-no-hi, or 'loincloth day' which more a test of endurance than expression of love. — Get in touch: notebook.podcast@gmail.com Leave a message: speakpipe.com/notebook Instagram: @notebook_pod Twitter: @notebook_pod — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a special episode of the podcast as Stuart and John got to record in person in Bend, Oregon after a 2 day work visit with a little ski adventure on the thrown in. He has been traveling the US speaking at the United Soccer Coaches Convention and working with the coaching staff of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL, and had a few days to spend in Bend before keynoting the Oregon Youth Soccer AGM. For those who do not know, Stuart has worked in sports development for the past 20 years. He has held positions in coach development, performance and talent development at England Golf, UK Coaching and the Rugby Football Union. Stuart is currently the Strategic Lead for Workforce Transformation at Sport England. He has been responsible for writing and publishing two national strategy documents, ‘Coaching in an Active Nation: The Coaching Plan for England' and ‘Working in an Active Nation: The Professional Workforce Strategy for England'. Stuart is a highly regarded public speaker, having delivered keynote presentations across the globe for a range of organizations both in and out of sport. He is an expert facilitator who leads workshops for organizations striving to support people to be the best they can be. Stuart also owns the website www.thetalentequation.co.uk and is host of the 5 star rated podcast ‘The Talent Equation' which is dedicated to providing advice, guidance and support to people at the cutting edge of coaching and performance development. SAVE THE DATE: The 2023 Way of Champions Conference will be held August 4-6, 2023 at Colorado Academy in Denver, CO. Click here to learn more, registration will open January 1, and we will be announcing guest speakers and other conference related events soon. Its going to be amazing to be back in person in 2023!  This week's podcast is brought to you by our friends at Sprocket Sports.  Sprocket Sports is a new software platform for youth sports clubs.  There are a lot of these systems out there, but Sprocket provides the full enchilada. They give you all the cool front-end stuff to make your club look good– like websites and marketing tools – AND all the back-end transactions and services to run your business better so you can focus on what really matters – your players and your teams.  Sprocket is built for those clubs looking to thrive, not just survive, in the competitive world of youth sports clubs.  So if you've been looking for a true business partner – not just another app – check them out today at https://sprocketsports.me/CTG. Become a Podcast Champion! This weeks podcast is also sponsored by our Patreon Podcast Champions. Help Support the Podcast and get FREE access to our most popular online courses, a $300 value. If you love the podcast, we would love for you to become a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions) for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK, its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of our best podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A code to get free access to our online course called “Coaching Mastery,” usually a $97 course, plus four other courses worth over $100, all yours for free for becoming a patron. Other special bonus opportunities that come up time to time Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences. Thank you for all your support these past four years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions

On this week's ‘You're On Mute', Lord Michael Hastings is in conversation with Tom Ilube CBE, Chair of England's Rugby Football Union, CEO of Crossword Cybersecurity PLC, Non-Executive Director for advertising giant WPP and more. By age ten, Tom's irrepressible nature had seen him overcome the early challenges of being a care leaver due to his bi-racial heritage, surviving a near death experience after being confronted by the barrel of a gun, in Idi Amin's Uganda, as well as setting up a new home on another continent. Embracing the dogged determination that represents the best of Nigerian culture and attitude, despite initially having a degree from a relatively unknown university in Benin, Tom has gone on to work for some of the most enviable corporations, companies and institutions, including British Airways, PWC, the British Stock Exchange and Goldman Sachs as a way of learning, gaining invaluable experience and validating his skill set. Matching his drive, tenacity and business acumen, Tom has successfully pursued his passion by becoming a serial tech entrepreneur, with his specialism being start-ups. Remarkably, Tom has a significant appetite for the associated risk of new ventures and speaks openly, about the relationship between failure and success and how often, the difference is about calibrating approach, necessary to create winning pathways. Renowned for his philanthropic pursuits, Tom's African Gifted Foundation has efficaciously created generational change for numerous Black girls and women in science across Africa, in turn, boosting their prospects globally. As a role model, Tom shares his wisdom regarding overcoming stereotypes, navigating racism, the importance of laughter and the role of drama as a component of engaging storytelling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Memoirs of Successful Women, Women's Biz Global CEO Annie Gibbins, interviews Rosie Golby, World Rugby's Women's Advisory Committee Founding Administrator. Rosie has been part of the rugby family for more than 35 years. After playing rugby at University, Rosie became involved in administering the women's game at National Level. She was Secretary for the WRFU and then the first president of the RFUW, following England winning the 1994 World Cup. After organised the 1st international meeting for Women's Rugby, Rosie then went on to sit on World Rugby's first Women's Advisory Committee. Since stepping back from the international game, Rosie became Secretary of Newbury RFC for 8 years, during the period they were promoted in the English Championship League and now enjoys watching the game! Especially the World Cup!!! Join us as we discuss - Rosie's part in the long and challenging journey to professionalize women's rugby while she was Secretary of Women's Rugby Football Union and the World Rugby Women's Advisory Committee. - The pure joy she felt attending the recent World Cup 2021 in New Zealand - and much much more... Reach out to Rosie Golby https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosie-golby/ Reach out to Annie Gibbins https://womensbizglobal.com/ #anniegibbins #rosiegolby #podcast #memoirs #success #women #rugby #womeninsport #worldrugby --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/annie-gibbins/message

“What's going on inside our noggins?” is a question we are often terrified to ask, but neuroscientist and Standard Issue favourite Professor Sophie Scott is more than happy to delve right in. She chats to Hannah about "lady brains", the infinite wisdom of post-menopausal killer whales, how chromosomes affect the old grey matter, and her new book, The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know. In Jenny Off The Blocks, Jen chats to Leonie Pryor, match official developer at the Rugby Football Union, about their #Inspire campaign, aimed to get more women into refereeing. Grab your hankies and hold on tight, as Hannah and Mick revisit Michael Winterbottom's 1997 war drama, Welcome To Sarajevo. And in this week's Bush Telegraph, Mick has some interesting (*question mark*) Christmas list ideas. Prepare the underground cellar and light the dusty vagina candle!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karl began his refereeing qualifications in January 2014 and continued to play for Harlequins while gaining experience officiating. This was made possible by the fact he never made the starting XV. Through the London Society of Referees he made his refereeing debut at the Reigate School 7s in March 2014 and since then has taken charge of a range of matches including schools, club juniors, sevens as well as local and national league clubs. Karl has refereed two A League semi-finals, Exeter v Newcastle in 2016 and Gloucester v Wasps in 2017 and made his debut in the Greene King IPA Championship in the Christmas Eve match between London Irish and Richmond. Three days later he was involved in Big Game 9 where Harlequins played Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership at Twickenham. After 169 appearances for Harlequins scrum-half Dickson announced his retirement in April and joins the Rugby Football Union's Professional Game Match Officials Team (PGMOT). Dickson said: "Over the last two years any time that I have had - a free Saturday or Sunday or even during the week - I would referee as many games as possible to get as much practice as I could. Every game you learn something new and gain increasing match sharpness. "I would always encourage players to plan for when they retire and the fact that I've been refereeing for three years already puts me in a position where I can look forward to starting with the team next season and, having refereed in a Championship game this year, hopefully officiate more at that level. I wouldn't have this opportunity unless I started when I did." In an interview to Rugby Players Association, he said refereeing at international level was his "main goal". A goal reached when in October 2020, Karl was appointed as the main referee in a friendly game between France and Wales, in the Stade de France. You can learn more about Karl by connecting with him on Instagram and Facebook For more information about James Roberts (the host of the podcast), visit jamesowenroberts.com and connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube and Instagram

This week's fare includes football, tennis, rugby, cricket and boxing and we begin with a review of England's World Cup qualifier against Austria where Alessia Russo, 7' Nikita Parris 69' stamped their ticket Down Under next year with a 2-0 scoreline. England's second qualifier against Luxembourg at Stoke City on September 6 now becomes a formality. In Kansas City also last Saturday, the USWNT scored a convincing victory in the first of two friendly games against Nigeria with a 4-0 win; Sophia Smith 14' Lindsey Horan, 25' Sophia Smith 66' Alex Morgan 52' penalty. The second game will take place at the Audi Field in Washington, DC also on Sept 6.In cricket The Oval Invincibles won The Hundred Trophy and set another record attendance of 20,840 at the Lords Cricket Ground. The total competition attendance was in excess of 270,000. We review the first week of the US Open Tennis and make our predictions for this year's champion. Also this weekend, American Clarrisa Shields will face Britain's Savannah Marshall for the Middleweight Boxing title as part of an all-female under-card at the O2 Arena in London. In rugby, while the World Cup prepares to kick-off on October 8 in New Zealand, the Rugby Football Union faces legal action in the UK against its ban on transgender players.Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy GillenRecorded: September 5, 2022WiSP Sports is the ONLY GLOBAL PODCAST NETWORK FOR WOMEN'S SPORT with more than 60 hosts, 1600+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. Every episode is a WiSP SPORTS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.We are ranked in the top 2% of more than 2.71 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at wispsports@gmail.com.

Friday July 29, 2022 was a day where trans inclusion in sports took two hits in a matter of minutes. England's Rugby Football Union voted to ban transgender women from competition in the contact sport all level, and within minutes, Rugby League revealed similar policy publicly. The reaction at any levels of the game was critical. A number of grassroots clubs across the UK condemned the bans that have been latest to join world governing bodies in swimming and cycling, and British Triathlon in near-draconian restrictions or outright blanket bans. One of those who vocally stood opposed was Bristol Bison head coach Sasha Acheson. Her views echoed many women in the grassroots game who opposed a ban. A key difference: Acheson holds caps. From 2014-2019 she was a part of England's national side, in addition successful career in league play. In prior to the vote she was speaking out, including a 6-minute scholarly Instagram Live teach-in that went viral. Karleigh Webb goes one-on-one with Acheson as they discuss standing up, speaking out and how to step forward as an ally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imagine a team who is a hit on the field with a coach who has been there and won that, a group of players gelling together with an unbeaten record and the cup in sight. Imagine that same team undercut by an owner who talks about winning on the field, but working against the goal by how they are running the club. Sounds like a sports movie script? It played out this past season with Austin Elite FC in United Women's Soccer. The team was in the middle of the season with an unbeaten team and was a national title contender when the team's owner fired the head coach without warning or reason. Further investigation saw a horror show of bad business decisions, abuse, and players and coaches paid late when they are paid at all. Those actions led to a player boycott, a league investigation, a season ending abruptly and a team adrift. In the scrum of it all is Bethany Cyrtmus, a team member will versed in the challenge of change. She always loved sports, especially the beautiful game. Her love led her to take sabbatical from a job in finance to take a stab at playing soccer professionally. it was also at the same time she was pursuing her transition. She held her own in a tryout in the NWSL which led to playing overseas in Spain and ended up at Austin Elite where now she is leading a charge to from the rubble of the past, and could end up as part of an ownership group. Karleigh Webb sat down with a trans pioneer in the making to talk about rebuilding, rebranding, rebirth, rise -- and lengths she'd go for the Legend of Zelda Also this week: BREAKING NEWS: Federal judge stiff-arms Indiana trans-student athlete ban England's Rugby Football Union to vote on trans participation this week Past Guest Update: The Pronouns nail a goal down Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Girl Guides endorse trans-insanity, following the example of the Scouts! Meanwhile, the Rugby Football Union moves to stop "trans women" competing in Women's rugby!   Please help support our work and Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DavidVanceV  or support us via https://donorbox.org/let-free-speech-prevail Premium Podcast https://www.podbean.com/premium-podcast/davidvancepremium      Be part of the Community with David https://thedavidvance.locals.com    Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/davidvance BrandNewTube:  https://brandnewtube.com/@TheDavidVanceChannel Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/DavidVancePodcast  Telegram: @davidvance1 A Tangled Web:  https://www.atangledweb.org   Also try my second channel with ilana Mercer Hard Truth Podcast: https://HardTruthWithDavidVanceAndIlanaMercer.Podbean.com

The history of rugby in Japan is extraordinary. But the best is yet to come, as Japan just created a pro-League and trains for the 2023 World Cup in France next year. So we sat down with Kensuke Iwabuchi, Chairman and CEO of Japan Rugby Football Union. Go, Brave Blossoms!

In this month's The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in May's monthly bulletin. We discuss further building safety developments (starts at 1.08), and also look at the draft Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022, which will exclude certain sewerage or water undertaker contracts from the adjudication and payment provisions in the Construction Act 1996) (starts at 8.47), the judgment in Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd v Liberty Homes (Kent) Ltd [2022] EWHC 1203 (TCC), where the judge continued an interim freezing injunction pending the outcome of an adjudication enforcement hearing and (starts at 16.16) and the judgment in Rugby Football Union v Clark Smith Partnership Ltd and FM Conway Ltd [2022] EWHC 956 (TCC), where the court interpreted a construction all risks insurance policy (starts at 31.44).

Scot Drawer is the current Director of Sport at Millfield School, one of the UK's leading independent school's. Before that he was Head of Research and Innovation at UK Sport and also held positions as Athletic Performance Manager at the Rugby Football Union and worked in the Sky Performance Hub in Cycling. I first met Scott in his role at UK Sport almost 15 years ago as I asked him to help me tap into the amazing work being done across the UK sport innovation and research network to help the England sevens programme I was running at the time . His varied experiences made this a wide-ranging an incredibly interesting conversation covering innovation, technology, leadership, teaching, coaching, learning environments and a whole lot more. Show Notes: Millfield School - https://www.millfieldschool.com/UK Sport - https://www.uksport.gov.uk/RFU - https://www.englandrugby.com/homeGiro d'Italia - https://www.giroditalia.it/en/Grand Tour - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour_(cycling)Secret Squrrel Club - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/22525004English Institue of Sport - https://eis2win.co.uk/McClaren and BAE Systems - https://www.f1technical.net/news/2022Sir David Brailsford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_BrailsfordChris Boardman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_BoardmanEngland Rugby Sevens - https://www.englandrugby.com/england/sevens-men#indexSir Clive Woodward - https://www.clivewoodward.com/Ineos Grenadiers Cycling - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ineos_Grenadiers Marginal Gains - https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gainsProfessor Dave Snowden - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_SnowdenRobin Dunbar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_DunbarDunbar's Number - https://bbc.in/3wRTjW4Professor Steve Peters - https://chimpmanagement.com/professor-steve-peters/Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick book ‘How Learning Happens' - https://amzn.to/3GBoEAOGeneral Stanley McChrystal book 'Team of Teams' - https://amzn.to/3lZcmcfAlex Pentland book 'Social Physics' - https://amzn.to/3PUQiNuRobin Dunbar book ‘Evolution' - https://amzn.to/3m1dWKxBayern Munich Mirage - https://bit.ly/3z9ybgNLA Lakers Dynasty - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_Time:_The_Rise_of_the_Lakers_DynastyThe Last Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance_(miniseries)Cheer Series - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_(TV_series)Last Chance U - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Chance_UHenry Ford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_FordMore About Scott Drawer:Twitter - https://twitter.com/robbieelliott3?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-elliott-6971383b/Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_ElliottMillfield School - https://www.millfieldschool.com/senior-13-16/about-us/leadership-teamListen & Subscribe to The Ben Ryan Podcast:Ben's Website - http://benryan.co.uk/bio/Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3iUL1eLA7HFKt5gxO7Uf4j?si=oN9YN6uFRSSGbO6kR01ONQAmazon Music - https://amzn.to/3shGDnOTuneIn - http://tun.in/pkdsmBen On Social:Follow me on Instagram - https://bit.ly/2Z5QSitFollow me on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3ph5W7oFollow me on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3ah8FtvRead about me - https://amzn.to/2NLu0Ck

Keith Kent has scaled the heights of his profession. He has presided over the preparation of pitches for the English Premier League, England football internationals, England Rugby internationals and the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final. Keith joined Leicester City as a grounds trainee, and was later appointed Head Groundsman at English Premier League giants Manchester United. In 2002, he changed codes when chosen by the Rugby Football Union to take charge of the pitch at Twickenham - the home of English rugby. Keith retired from Twickenham in 2019, since when he has continued his love of turf maintenance – but away from the spotlight. This is a terrific episode with Keith opening up about the joys of turf management, weather watching, hosting an NFL game – and his part in attracting the Rolling Stones to play Twickenham. Photo courtesy of https://www.groundstraining.com/ (Grounds Training)

Today we have part one of a two-part interview with Dr. Greg Potter, a British researcher who specializes in circadian biology, sleep, diet, and metabolism. Greg gained attention in the U.S. and Europe for his research into the importance of biological rhythms and sleep and how they affect people's lives. His work has been featured in the BBC World Service, the Washington Post, Reuters and other scientific journals and news outlets. In addition to being a science writer and sleep consultant, Greg also is an entrepreneur who co-founded Resilient Nutrition in 2020, a company that leverages science to produce foods and supplements geared toward helping people feel and perform better. Greg earned undergraduate and master's degrees in exercise science from Loughborough University in England before heading off to the University of Leeds for his Ph.D. Ken Ford's STEM-Talk co-host Dawn Kernagis is traveling and was not able to join him for today's interview with Greg.  In this first part of the interview, Ken talks to Greg about his youth and academic background and how he became interested in circadian biology. Greg also goes into detail about why he decided to specialize in sleep and what his research has taught him about the role and importance of melatonin, a hormone that helps control the body's sleep cycle. Be on the lookout for part two of Ken's interview with Greg, which covers a number of topics ranging from insomnia, sleep apnea, time-restricted eating, exercise, and nutrition. Show notes: [00:05:03] Ken opens the interview asking if it's true that Greg's curiosity and fascination with building things as a child led him to tell his uncle he wanted to be an engineer when he grew up. [00:06:22] Greg talks about how he and his older siblings lived on the campus of the school where their parents taught. [00:07:35] Ken asks Greg why he abandoned the idea of being an engineer and instead applied for an art scholarship to senior school. [00:08:28] Ken asks what kind of art Greg liked to make. [00:09:17} Ken asks how a rugby injury in Greg's childhood sparked his initial interest in science. [00:10:33] Ken asks why Greg took a year off before attending university, and what he did during that time. [00:11:04] Greg talks about his first experience with research, which came during a physiological society studentship in his second year of university, where he worked under Dr. Johnathan Folland. [00:12:59] Ken asks about Greg's experiences as an undergrad when he coached sprinters and worked as a personal trainer and massage therapist. [00:14:18] Ken mentions that Greg must have been a good coach because in addition to training sprinters, he also helped two men break the Atlantic Rowing World Record. [00:16:01] Ken mentions that Greg finished his undergraduate degree in exercise science at Loughborough around the same time as the 2012 London Olympic games. The Great Britain Olympic Team used Loughborough as its base. Greg talks about what a great experience that was for him as a recent graduate who had an interest in elite athletic performance. [00:16:42] Ken asks about Greg's experience in between his undergraduate and graduate studies, where he took an internship in the sports science and sports medicine department of the Rugby Football Union. [00:17:36] Ken mentions that while at Loughborough pursing a master's degree, Greg began to pay more attention to the role of biological rhythms and sleep in people's lives. That prompted him to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Leeds, researching circadian rhythms, sleep, nutrition, and metabolism. Ken asks why Greg developed an interest in these research topics and what led him to the University of Leeds. [00:19:58] Ken mentions that Greg has become best-known for his work on sleep, asking about a paper Greg published in Endocrine Reviews in 2016 on circadian rhythm and sleep disruption. Ken goes on to ask Greg to explain how circadian rhythm...

Welcome back to series 2! Kicking off this series, Sue is joined by none-other than Tom Ilube CBE. British entrepreneur, philanthropist, and first Black chair of a major sport in England as chair of the Rugby Football Union. In this episode, Sue and Tom take a look at the fascinating world of quantum computing and the difference between this and our classical machines – from thousands of years to seconds! Kaal shares her passion for all things quantum computing and her ideas for the future, while Quentin discusses alternative ways we might have innovated to get to where we are with this transformative tech. You can email your suggestions for moments for Sue, Kaal and Quentin to look at using 100moments@durham.ac.uk For those interested in studying Computer Science at Durham University, visit our website to find out more: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/computer-science/ If you enjoyed this episode, please do three lovely things for us - like, subscribe and tell a friend! 100 Moments that Rocked Computer Science is a Why did the Chicken? production for Durham University.

In this episode, Guy talks to Tom Ilube, serial entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Crossword Cybersecurity, and a man with such an insanely long list of achievements that it would take pages and pages to list them all. Highlights include: Chair of the Rugby Football Union, CBE for services to technology and philanthropy, non-exec director of WPP, former BBC Board member, founder of the African Science Academy, and 2017 top ranking on the Powerlist, the annual listing of the 100 most influential Black Britons.Tom describes himself as a “start-up guy” and has founded, and sold, businesses that include Noddle – the pioneering credit rating service – and Garlick, the identity protection company, and he was part of the original team at Egg, the UK's first internet bank. The son of a British Maths and Science teacher and a Ugandan who arrived in Britain in the 50s to attend army training school, his story is refreshingly different from most in the UK tech sector.

Beginning her career within HR in the late 90's, Lucinda joined Shell and worked in various roles, starting in Shell Trading. She then wanted to take her passion for sport and blend it with her career and this is when she moved to the Rugby Football Union, working as the HR Director there for over 4 years.  It was here she met ex rugby player, Tim Rodber, who is also the CEO at Instant. With no real desire to work within the property world, she knew that she wanted to work in a fast moving and everchanging industry, with room for growth. And that is how she was pulled into the ever-evolving world of property, through the environment, culture, and the businesses growth potential. 

Ugo and Chris are joined by Sam Warburton and John Barclay for the big Six Nations debrief after France completed the Grand Slam in Paris. It's not the title they wanted to fight for but after disappointing tournaments for England, Scotland and Wales, the guys argue over who had the worst campaign. Support for Eddie Jones is questioned as England's Rugby Football Union say they are “encouraged by solid progress” - but the team aren't convinced! Friend of the podcast and former France hooker Ben Kayser joins us to reflect on the celebrations at the Stade de France and the feeling of unity within French rugby. Plus Ugo, John and Sam name their team and standout player of the tournament.

Chris and Lizzie discuss the Duchess of Cambridge's new role as she takes over from Prince Harry as patron of the Rugby Football League and the Rugby Football Union.Kate was also out and about with Prince Charles and Camilla this week to promote an arts school run by the Prince's Foundation.Plus, we look at the latest Platinum Jubilee plans, Prince Harry and Meghan's message to Spotify and the thousands of misspelled royal mugs and plates up for grabs.New episodes of The Royal Rota are released every week.You can also watch The Royal Rota on our YouTube channel - subscribe to ITV News' YouTube channel to be notified about new episodes.For Royal videos and classic moments, subscribe to The Royal Family Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/royalchannel/For more royal news, like the ITV News Royals Facebook page.Our royal team are on Instagram, too.

WRP on tour.........Malaga 7s - Finally Burf and Johnnie and reunited and in Malaga of all places! Our very own are commentating on the World Rugby 7s series on the Costa Del Sol, in Spain.....so why not do a "live" pod while the action is going on behind them?!!? Obviously, they discuss the shortened version of the game which they witnessed over the weekend, including the performance of gold medalists USA but also how England and Ireland went. Ella Amory, who happened to walk past, chat about her country, Belgium's weekend. Which then leads on to discussing the less established rugby nations inclusion at these events, due to COVID preventing the likes of New Zealand travelling. Johnnie also asks Burf about the Premier XVs games that were played out the weekend and DMP Durham Sharks (one of the Premier XVs teams) is spoken about in reference to the press release issued by the Rugby Football Union. #WRP @podwomensrugby www.halbro.com/WRP Coming soon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Skiing and snowboarding have always been among the spotlight sports at the Olympic Winter Games and the 2022 Games in Beijing will be no different with MikaelaShiffrin and ChloeKim being among the biggest names for Team USA. But getting to Beijing and passing strict COVID protocols has been a hot topic in the Olympic world, among many others as China hosts another major sporting event. Named as the president and chief executive officer for U.S. Ski and Snowboard in September, SophieGoldschmidt joined the national governing body off a stint as CEO of the World Surf League, with international experience ranging from the NBA to the WTA Tour and the Rugby Football Union. Goldschmidt joined SportsTravel Senior Editor MattTraub recently for a conversation about the logistical hurdles that athletes will face to get to Beijing, health and safety protocols the organization has implemented this winter ahead of the Olympics, being the first female president and CEO of the national governing body, balancing the needs of high-performance athletes and growing the sport at the grassroots level, and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we welcome back Stuart Armstrong (@stu_arm) to the podcast. Stuart is the Head of Coaching for Sport England and the host of one of our favorite podcasts, The Talent Equation., He spends his days helping to elevate the coaching profession, develop educational pathways for grassroots coaches, and so much more. This is his third solo visit to the podcast (Episodes 16 and 113). Prior to Sport England, he was the Player Development Manager for the Rugby Football Union. He is one of the world's top experts on player development pathways and skill acquisition, and has helped thousands of coaches in the UK create better learning environments and develop deeper relationships with their players. His sports coaching experience is in golf, cricket, field hockey, rugby, and soccer, and to this day he is coaching 14 year old boys in rugby and cricket. He leverages the knowledge gained from the various sports he has coached to help create multi-sport, player-focused training programs that assist athletes in not only developing solid skill foundations but great off-field skills to help them succeed in life. In our conversation today we touch on a variety of topics, ranging from developments in coach education to whether sport is fundamentally good or not. We talk about some of the best things we each have learned on our respective podcasts, and how we implement them in our own daily coaching.  You can follow Stuart's work at the following links: Website: http://www.thetalentequation.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartarmstrong/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stu_arm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetalentequation.co.uk  Today's Podcast is brought to you by the 2021 Way of Champions Conference. The conference videos have been made into an online course and are now available here: Click Here to Learn More. This includes sessions with Steve Kerr, Brad Stevens, Cindy Timchal, Jenny Levy, George Mumford, Tara VanDerveer, and Quin Snyder along with Anson Dorrance. It is hours of top level coach education on connecting with your athletes, building your culture, and winning the “Inner Game.” Become a Podcast Champion! This weeks podcast is also sponsored by our Patreon Podcast Champions. Help Support the Podcast and get FREE access to our most popular online courses, a $300 value. If you love the podcast, we would love for you to become a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions) for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK, its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of our best podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A code to get free access to our online course called “Coaching Mastery,” usually a $97 course, plus four other courses worth over $100, all yours for free for becoming a patron. Other special bonus opportunities that come up time to time Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences. Thank you for all your support these past four years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions

Tom Ilube is an entrepreneur, known for his successful start-up companies, and a philanthropist. He recently took up the post of chairman of the Rugby Football Union. He was born in 1963 to a Nigerian father and a British mother, and grew up first in London, and then in Uganda, a stay cut short by the rise to power of Idi Amin. He began his teenage years back in the UK, enjoying rugby and ice-skating, before moving with his family to Nigeria, where he also attended university, studying Applied Physics and launching his first business selling flared trousers to fellow students. He returned to London looking for work in information technology. After many unsuccessful job applications, British Airways gave him a break, and he later worked for the London Stock Exchange and Goldman Sachs. In 1996, he founded his first company and has since been involved with several other start-ups – “thinking up ideas, raising venture capital, building companies, selling them and doing it all again,” he says. He is also involved with philanthropic projects in education, including founding a school for high-achieving but disadvantaged girls in Ghana with a focus on maths and science. In 2017 he topped the Powerlist, the annual list of the 100 most influential people of African and African Caribbean heritage in Britain, and was appointed a CBE in 2018. He is married to Karen and has two grown-up children. DISC ONE: Doctor Who by BBC Radiophonic Workshop DISC TWO: Sweet Mother by Prince Nico Mbarga And Rocafil Jazz International DISC THREE: The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy DISC FOUR: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Ladysmith Black Mambazo DISC FIVE: That's The Way Love Goes by Janet Jackson DISC SIX: Family Business by Kanye West DISC SEVEN: Mr Bojangles by Sammy Davis Jr DISC EIGHT: A Change is Gonna Come by Ayanna Witter-Johnson BOOK CHOICE: The Wormwood Trilogy by Tade Thompson LUXURY ITEM: A solar-powered puzzle generator, designed by Tom. CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Mr Bojangles by Sammy Davis Jr Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor

Bill Sweeney is chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, English rugby's 150-year old governing body that oversees half a million regular players and strives for elite international success. Sweeney joins James Ashton to discuss: Bringing back the fans and steadying the finances in the wake of the Covid-19 closedown; Making your own luck on and off the pitch; Instilling a team ethic in the athletes who brought back a record medals haul from the Rio Olympics in 2016 when he led the British Olympic Association; What he learnt from working with Usain Bolt and the All Blacks during his time at Puma and Adidas and his hopes for future Rugby World Cup victories. Bill Sweeney was a junior footballer with Chelsea and played rugby for Aberdeenshire and Rosslyn Park before gaining corporate experience working for Shell, Mars and Unilever. His passion for sport saw him join Adidas, a supporter of Team GB at the Beijing and London Olympic Games, and later become head of business development at Puma. Sweeney was appointed chief executive of the BOA by Lord Coe in 2013, describing his decision to depart for the RFU in 2019 as “the only opportunity I would have left the BOA for”. Leading is supported by Lockton, the world's largest privately-owned, independent insurance broker. Lockton's independence means its 8,000 associates worldwide are free to focus solely on their clients' risk and insurance needs. To hear more from Lockton experts, please visit locktoninternational.com/gb/insight For further details of this series, follow @leadingpod or go to leadingpod.com James Ashton's book The Nine Types of Leader (bit.ly/NINEbook) is available to order now

This is an absolutely phenomenal episode with Jim Buttar, the Head Groundsperson of the Rugby Football Union at Twitchenum Stadium in London, England. We discuss the importance of work ethic and how determination will take you around the world to pursue your passion—such a great story and person. We cannot thank Jim enough for taking the time.

Dr Simon Kemp is a Sport and Exercise Medicine consultant, and Medical Services Director at the Rugby Football Union. He is a leading researcher in Rugby Medicine, with a wide and high-impact research portfolio. Dr Patrick O’Halloran is a Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar in the UK who is undertaking a PhD at the University of Birmingham. He also works as a senior medical advisor to Marker. They both join us in this podcast to talk about their recently published paper on the diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes. In this 15-minute chat, we talk about the importance of developing objective measures in diagnosing concussions, how they went about their ground-breaking trial and much more. You can find their paper ‘Unique diagnostic signatures of concussion in the saliva of male athletes: the Study of Concussion in Rugby Union through MicroRNAs (SCRUM)’, via the link below: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/02/09/bjsports-2020-103274

On the show this week is former rugby player Jason Leonard - one of the finest prop forwards ever to appear for England.   Winning 114 Caps over a 14 year career he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2014, is a former President of the Rugby Football Union and the current Chairman of the British & Irish Lions.   A rugby legend.  And exceptional company in bar.

Tuesday 26 January is the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Rugby Football Union at the Pall Mall Restaurant in the centre of London. In this week's 150th episode of 'Rugby Reloaded' we explore why and how the RFU was formed, and discover the contemporary parallels which forced rugby clubs to form their first governing body. For more on the history of rugby and the other football codes, take a look at www.rugbyreloaded.com (where you can find the links for this episode) and follow me on Twitter at @collinstony

In this episode, Dr. Steffan Griffin talks about his research into ‘Rugby Union, and Health and Wellbeing.’ Dr. Steffan Griffin is a junior doctor based in London, pursuing a career in Sport and Exercise Medicine. He is a Sports Medicine Training Fellow at the Rugby Football Union, deputy editor at the BJSM, and a part-time Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh, where he is researching the topic of ‘rugby union, and health and wellbeing’. Steffan also works clinically with a range of elite sports teams including Chelsea Football Club, and London Irish Rugby Football Club. Today, we learn about the different forms of rugby, and Steffan elaborates on the findings of his research regarding the health and wellbeing benefits associated with playing rugby. What does the review mean to those who are interested in gaining the health benefits from rugby? How does this review affect policymakers? What does the review mean for researchers? Steffan tells us about the common misconceptions surrounding rugby, and how his research aims to change that, and he gives his younger self some advice, all on today’s episode of The Healthy, Wealthy & Smart Podcast. Key Takeaways  “There are 10 million people playing the game rugby, and they don’t play this blind to the fact that there are risks associated with ” The different forms of rugby: Contact Rugby: It’s the “collision game” that you typically see when tuning in on a Saturday afternoon. Touch Rugby: It’s a glorified version of “tag” with a ball. Tag Rugby: Players wear a belt with Velcro strips, and a tackle is when players manage to grab one of those Velcro tags. Wheelchair Rugby: Nicknamed “Murderball”. “Our research found that all forms of rugby can provide health-enhancing moderate- to-vigorous intensity physical ” “Symptoms of common mental disorders were higher in professional players compared to general ” “People are well aware; rugby compared to other sports has a higher injury ”   “What the review isn’t doing is saying that everybody in the world should play rugby… It provides an objective piece of work that can help people make a decision based on evidence and not on emotion and ” “We need to try and move away from just looking at studies where all the participants are white middle class ” “One of the potential conclusions that a reader could get from this study is that non- contact rugby is the holy grail of rugby, but actually there aren’t any level 1 studies looking at the injury risk of ” More About Dr. Griffin: Dr Steffan Griffin is a junior doctor based in London, pursuing a career in Sport and Exercise Medicine. He is a Sports Medicine Training Fellow at the Rugby Football Union, deputy editor at the BJSM, and also a part-time PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, where he is researching the topic of ‘rugby union, and health and wellbeing’.  Steffan also works clinically with a range of elite sports teams including Chelsea Football Club, and London Irish Rugby Football Club.  Suggested Keywords  Rugby, Health, Wellbeing, Injury, Research, Review, Benefits, Risks, Sport, Policies, Union, Activity, To learn more, follow Dr. Griffin at:  Website:          Rugby, Health and Wellbeing Twitter:          @SteffanGriffin Review:           https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/23/bjsports-2020-102085 Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart:  Website:                      https://podcast.healthywealthysmart.com Apple Podcasts:          https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-wealthy- smart/id532717264 Spotify:                        https://open.spotify.com/show/6ELmKwE4mSZXBB8TiQvp73 SoundCloud:                                    https://soundcloud.com/healthywealthysmart Stitcher:                       https://www.stitcher.com/show/healthy-wealthy-smart iHeart Radio:               https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-healthy-wealthy-smart-27628927 Read the Transcript here: Speaker 1 (00:00): Hey, Steffan, welcome to the podcast. I'm happy to have you on Speaker 2 (00:04): Thank you very much for the invitation, Karen. So it's a real privilege to have been asked to come on and to have a good chat with you. Speaker 1 (00:11): Yes. And for those of you who may think to yourself, God, this voice sounds familiar it's because Stephan is the host of many, many podcasts for BJSM. So if you have the chance definitely, and you haven't listened to BJSM podcast, definitely go over and listen to all of them because they're all really wonderful. So but this is your first time on the other side, which I find hard to believe Speaker 2 (00:36): It is. Yeah, absolutely. As you said, it's something I've been doing for a few years for the journal now and yeah, it's the, it's very strange to be on the other side of the podcast. So I'm a different set of nerves. I'm really looking forward to it. Speaker 1 (00:49): Great. Well, thank you so much. And today we're going to talk about a recent review that was published in the British journal of sports medicine, the relationship between rugby union and health and wellbeing, which was a scoping review with you and also our good friend Nim but amongst other wonderful authors, but let's start out with the basic why behind this review. Speaker 2 (01:19): Yeah, sure. And I think that the main, why about this is that it was just, it's just a completely unexplored area. So I'm sure that, you know, for people in America, maybe their perception of room B probably comes from our friends at absurd with Ross, where I think he comes out pretty battered and bruised. And actually that's actually not too dissimilar to a lot of the perceptions in the, in the kind of the health and the sports science, sports medicine research landscape. We know about rugby's relationships with injuries and concussions. They're highly publicized and probably rugby is a victim of its own success in that because it's leading on player welfare and it's, you know, really pushing the boundaries in terms of trying to make it as safe a game as possible. Everyone's very aware of of the injury injurious nature of forgetting. Speaker 2 (02:12): But what I think for me personally, I've, I'm, I'm Welsh by birth. So I brought up on rugby and, you know, there are 10 million people playing the game of rugby and they don't play this blind to the fact that there are risks associated with it. So we know people know there are benefits to it, but looking at the actual scientific literature, there's nothing really providing a big picture overview of some of that, the health and wellbeing benefits associated with the sport. And really as we know, to make an informed decision about anything in life, be that sport, be that buying a car, for instance, people need to know the, the data surrounding the risks and the benefits, and, you know, we had a lot of the former so what we, what this really has been as aimed to do is provide, you know, some, some evidence not just emotion around some of the benefits associated with the sport. So really is a piece that hopefully prides balance to that, to the wider picture now. Speaker 1 (03:17): And what did, what did the review find? So what were those benefits to health and wellbeing? Speaker 2 (03:23): Yeah, sure. And before we jumped on the call, we kind of discussed the different types of members. So I'll probably just spend a tiny bit of time just covering and providing a tiny bit of context. So what we wanted to do is rugby, as we've mentioned, the friends app. So there is the contact form of rugby union, which is, you know, this collision gamers, if you're tuning in on a Saturday afternoon, typically here, especially in well-established rugby countries like England, like New Zealand, and it is growing in the U S and over in Canada as well, you know, that's the contact forms of the game, and there are other forms of rugby. So there's, non-contact rugby such as touch rugby, which is basically a glorified version of, of the game tag with a ball involved. And there's also something called tag rugby, which generally people wear a belt with the Velcro strips and tackle is where you manage to grab one of those Velcro type tags off. Speaker 2 (04:17): The other form of rugby then that we looked at was wheelchair rugby, which is I think given the lovely nickname of Murderball. But actually we want to, so you may have some of the listeners may have heard admirable being referenced and there are some wonderful documentaries on Netflix, you know, that really provide a good insight into the game. So basically by breaking it down to the type of rugby, we then wanted to break it down further. So people who read the review could really look to see exactly where the benefits lay. So if we kind of look at it from and I'll split it into, into some themes that some listeners might be might be familiar with. So as we know a big, I mean the world health organization, physical activity guidelines came out yesterday. So if we look at physical activity, so we know this is a huge global health priority at the moment, and our research found that all forms of rugby be that contact be that non-contact and wheelchair rugby can provide health enhancing, moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity, which, which really wasn't well known before. Speaker 2 (05:27): And then now it puts, it allows people like governing bodies and policy makers to align the sport of rugby with some of those global health priorities. As, as we all know, as practitioners, as practitioners, that muscle strengthening balance coordination and huge parts of these physical activity guidelines. And although we didn't find any studies that really look, look at that, per se, we found that lots of national population surveys, which are really based on expert consensus, consider rugby and all sports such as rugby to provide some of these benefits as well. So again, that was a kind of a landmark finding of this study in terms of the, we then looked at different kinds of health benefits. So we, first of all, wanted to look at physical health and we stratified by that by different domains. So for instance, cardiovascular health, respiratory health, musculoskeletal health, probably the best way to summarize this is non-contact rugby and wheelchair rugby have very supportive research kind of around that, you know, that rugby can provide quite significant physical health benefits into the contact drug B, which is kind of the traditional form of the game. Speaker 2 (06:43): There's a real mix there, lots of mixed studies and also just a lot of conflicting findings as well. Although a lot of the studies that look at that, you know, look to control for things like age you know, some of the demographic variables did show some supportive data that is conflicted by some other studies. And you know, what we couldn't do as part of this scoping review was really delve into the pros and cons of each of those individual studies. So in terms of, in terms of contact rugby, slightly more mixed findings in terms of physical health mental health and kind of wellbeing. So psychosocial measures such as quality of life and things, again, non-contact rugby or wheelchair rugby, rugby can provide a real wide raft of of mental health and wellbeing benefits. And most of the research in the contact game was, was, was focused on professional athletes and that fans that have symptoms of common mental disorders were higher and in professional players compared to general population though that is, you know, similar actually to professional athletes in other sports, such as football and things. Speaker 2 (07:58): And then the last thing is, as we've discussed right at the very top was the injuries associated with the game because we were very aware of is that it wouldn't be all well and good. That's just providing the health benefits, but also, you know, we didn't, we, although we didn't have the capacity to look at every single injury study to do with rugby relate to all the systematic reviews and Metro analyses around this. And as people are very, Oh, well aware, rugby compared to other sports has the higher injury profile and especially around concussion and things. So, so yeah, so sorry, that answer probably a bit tiny bit longer, but just to kind of try and break it down a little bit you know, in terms of the different types of rugby and then the various kind of health domains. Speaker 1 (08:38): Yeah. No, that was great. So let's break it down even further now. So let's say I am a player, or I'm a parent of a child who we want them to have these benefits of physical activity. And if rugby is something that maybe we're looking at to accomplish that what does this review mean to that parent or to that player? Speaker 2 (09:08): Yeah, sure. So, I mean, six months ago, if you, I mean, if I was a, if I was a, if I was a parent, you know, I was thinking about, you know, do I want my kids to play rugby, then I probably would have done, you know, Google search health and wellbeing rugby. And the vast majority would have been around purely to do with, you know, concussion injuries and not letting my kids anywhere near this kind of sport. Although, you know, rugby unions and, and people know there are loads of testimonials. As I said, at the top of the podcast, there are 10 million people playing rugby. They ha there has to be a benefit. It's just probably the scientists a bit slow to catch up. People can, kids players can reach all their physical activity guidelines and tick that box by playing any form of rugby. Speaker 2 (09:51): And then it's about individual perception of risks and benefit as to what kinds of rugby they want to play. So for instance, you might have, I might have, I might have a child for me. I don't know that, you know, the research says that participants in contact rugby, they say they, they there's Reese qualitative research really supporting the fact that it could provide a lot of psychosocial benefits that instills lots of confidence in people that builds teamwork. And people will say that they feel stronger by doing it and that's across across women, across youth players, across adult players. But also at the same time, you know, I think what there isn't doing is saying that everybody in the world should play rugby. It's providing people with the, with kind of a, some objective data so that, you know, someone else might come along and say, okay, we want our kids to be getting know taking all the physical activity boxes. Speaker 2 (10:43): Cause we know that it reduces the incidence of diabetes, heart disease. We know it provides X amount of benefits, but for me, the injurious side of it means that I don't want my kids or I don't want to expose myself to that risk. So what I'm going to do is look for a non-contact form. And I'll, I'll try and get and get, you know, reap the benefits by, by going down that route. So yeah, we hope that it provides an objective piece of work that can just help people make a decision based on, on evidence and not just pure kind of emotion and headlines, Speaker 1 (11:19): How novel, especially in this day and age now let's go, let's move on to what does this mean for the researcher? Speaker 2 (11:29): Yeah, she also, I mean, we, we found offset strategy. We found six Oh six and a half thousand studies of which we included 200 studies. And, you know, as, as I can, as I kind of said, like having broken it down into different forms of rugby in different healthcare domains there are some huge research gaps. So for the research right there, you know, we've identified we've identified a lot of research gaps that really, you know, there are some real low hanging fruit there that could really help them inform, help inform decisions further and provide more evidence in these areas. So for instance, I think there's a real pressing need to, first of all, look at populations outside of just the white, 70 kg male playing player. So we know that I think women's rugby had a growth from 2018 to 19. Speaker 2 (12:24): Excuse me, if the, if the exact percentage is off, I think it was that 28% increase in participation and it's growing in, in areas such as Asia, especially. And, you know, we, we, we need to try and move away from just looking at looking at participants and looking at studies that look at the benefits or look at, you know, studies where all the participants are, as I said, kind of white middle-class males, that's one big thing. And looking then at, you know, we do need to do more research. We need to, we need to try and quantify how rugby integrates with the physical activity guidelines even further. We need to be looking at more you know, how rugby interacts with various health and wellbeing outcomes you know, across more diverse populations, as I said. But also then I think, you know, I think one of the potential conclusions that really could get from this study is that non-contact rugby is, you know, the Holy grail now with rugby, but actually no, there aren't any kind of level one studies looking at the injury risk of that. So, you know, there are a ton of research areas that we've identified that that are going to be really important moving forward to allow people to make fully informed decisions. Speaker 1 (13:39): Excellent. And then moving on, how does this review then affect policymakers? You touched on it a little bit earlier and also international federations. Speaker 2 (13:53): Yeah, sure. So again, I've been very fortunate to have to work NAFA 18 months with the rugby football union, which is the essential England's national governing body for rugby. And two of the medical services director and the head of medical research that Simon Kemp and Keith Stokes to, to they for part of the scientific committee of the, of the PhD and their co-authors of the study. So we what's been great at doing this research and doing this PhD is that we're trying to answer questions that we know are relevant to governing bodies and to policy makers. So for governing bodies, for instance, you know, we're now able to provide the English from BMC, the RFU the likes of world rugby. Who've been really receptive to this kind of research with again, objective health objective scientific data that allows them to align the game with some of the current global health priorities, you know, be that physical activity or be that, you know, that we know physical activity levels are down because of COVID and because of lockdowns and you're could the sports such as rugby, such as football, tennis play a role in actually getting, you know, increasing health globally and then says as a policy makers, again, it's it provides because, you know, we know that sports such as rope in your needs, look at football or soccer. Speaker 2 (15:12): Now, you know, there's such a huge debater on head injuries and things, and these are, there's a sense that sensationalized to a certain degree, but they're also brought up in pretty in high places, you know, and government level. And, you know, what I'm hoping that this kind of research does is it provides, you know, a big picture for them to see and to look at it and say, well, actually, you know, we can promote rugby before. You know, whether it be that to kids, we can, you know, we need to make sure that rugby is a it's the welcoming environment for all types of all types of people and, you know, across society, because we know that it could provide people with lots of benefits and yes, we know that it might be more injurious relative, but, you know, as long as we put pressure on rugby to keep on making it as safe as possible, and that's where it's great, you know, that we're dropping all these governing bodies have player welfare as they're kind of strap by the number one priority, but it just provides a, you know, a broad picture that people government bodies and policy makers, like you said, can start to actually, you know, start promote things and to provide you filter that down to individuals and groups. Speaker 1 (16:22): Yeah. I think that's wonderful. And I love the thing that I really liked about this review. And we sort of spoke about it before we went on the air is I love that you included wheelchair rugby. I did not know that was murder ball, but now that I, now I'm like, Oh, okay. Yes, I get that. But I thought that was really important to include that because there are a lot of people in, across all countries who are wheelchair bound or who maybe cannot participate fully in, you know non-contact or contact rugby. And to include this, I thought was, was really, really great. And it, even in the wheelchair, rugby still had all of these physical, it's still taking the physical activity boxes, right. And still increasing muscle mass and improving cardiovascular and mental health and that feeling of a team. And so I thought that was really great. And to me, the non-contact rugby seems like a much much more forgiving game for people who are like, I would never do rugby. Cause I would like literally be in, you know, laid out for days or something like that because it looks so intimidating. Speaker 2 (17:38): Yeah, absolutely. And actually that's a lot of what you just mentioned, actually, it's pretty much going to be our next steps in terms of what we, what we do, because what we don't want to do is we don't want to set up in awards in like a research ivory tower and say, this is our research now go forth and do what you want to there. We really now want to see how people perceive our research. And I think rugby and rugby also wants to know what, so there's no point us, one of the, you know, one of the main points of the resets being, you know, playing rugby, which is your contact, rugby is good for you. Therefore everybody should do it because we need, what isn't known at the moment is how different population groups might perceive those risks. So for instance, if, for instance, you know, if someone's never played the game before, you know, is the fact that there are only really contact versions of the game available locally, is that a huge barrier to them then getting involved? Speaker 2 (18:36): So, so I think, yeah, you've touched nicely upon, you know, some of the real practical key issues there. And that's really what we want to be going into next is kind of being able to now piece together and also pretty much providing a toolkit to not just participants, but to governing bodies that says, you know, if you want more people involved, this is what matters at the, at the coalface and this is what you need to be providing. So no, you're, yeah, you're completely right. Because, you know, look watching, you know, watching 20 stone, you know, 250 pound blokes run into each other on a Saturday sometimes quite hard to think, how am I going to get from the sofa to that? Yeah. Speaker 1 (19:13): You can't even, you can't even picture it. You can't even imagine. Imagine it because it looks so scary. You know, and even as let's say, as a woman, if I were interested in playing, I wouldn't even know where to start. Right. So this research eVic, and I'm sure there's places I'm in New York city, there's gotta be rugby clubs and things like that, but I wouldn't even know where to start. And so I feel like this might spark some curiosity among people to say, Hey, listen, I can't do the contact. I just can't do it nor do I want to do it, but Oh, I didn't even realize there was a non-contact option. Or if you're wheelchair bound, gosh, I didn't even realize that this is something that I can do so great parts of the research. Speaker 2 (19:59): Oh, thank you. Yeah. and yeah. And just to kinda touch on you at the wheelchair, every point. Yeah. We were, we wanted to make this as big picture, as inclusive as possible. And that was one of the real, almost surprising things that the, that the evidence of, you know, of benefits associated with wheelchair rugby were so significant and so wide ranging. It was yeah. A really pleasant surprise. And the population group that isn't as well studied, you know, as we know. Speaker 1 (20:25): Excellent. All right. So before we start to wrap things up here, what do you want the listeners to take away from this discussion and also from this, from this research article, from this broad scoping research? Speaker 2 (20:38): Yeah, sure. I mean, I think some of it is, is probably a bit broad in that, you know, trying to, you know, we, so, so for when, so for instance, in my role with in revenue, we're looking at how to reduce concussion. We're looking at exactly, you know, nailing down what the incidence is kind of across various playing groups. You know, and that is the kind of thing that generates headlines in terms of you know, cause it, well, it's actually, as soon as something's published, it's now concussion rates up down the same for X consecutive year. That it's, it's, it's a, it's a common thing. Whereas hopefully what this does, it just provides the people. If people are aware that this now exists and there's this research going on, that they can touch base with either the paper with the website kind of with with any of our kinds of sites, social media platforms as well. Speaker 2 (21:32): I can just see what that, you know, if I do know someone, if I know a parent's a play, who's looking into it, this is actually, you know, this is where I'd go to make to be able to make a fully informed decision. So yeah, we're not, you know, the, the point of the research wasn't to show that rugby, you know, is this all singing, all dancing, wonderful sport you know, we're, it's always sunshine and rainbows just by the fact that for some people, it, it really is. But you know, it's just, it's just something that can provide, you know, as you, as you said, what sometimes feels like a bit of a novelty at the moment, just an objective overview, so people can make fully informed decisions. Speaker 1 (22:11): Excellent. And before we end, I'm going to ask you the question I ask everyone, sorry, I didn't bring this up to you earlier, but surprise now. So knowing where you are now in your life and in your career, what advice would you give to your younger self? Speaker 2 (22:27): I think just, just keep going, just keep doing what you're doing head down and hopefully everything so far, it all ends up working out. Yeah, just work hard and keep going. Speaker 1 (22:40): Excellent. Excellent advice. And now where can people find you social media websites, et cetera? Speaker 2 (22:49): Yeah, sure. So I'm probably I'm most active, especially from a kind of a professional research point of view on Twitter. So is that Stefan Griffin with Welsh spelling? So it's too, otherwise I'm not would kill me. Yeah. And then there's a website www.rugby, health and wellbeing dot com and, and yeah, and, and as, as you, as you've mentioned at the start, we publish the scope review and the question was sports medicine. So it's very easy to find to find the scrap from view on there as well. So, yeah. And if anyone has any questions and you, you know, once access to the PDF or anything, so unfortunately it is behind a paywall, then I'm obviously more than happy to provide all of that. Speaker 1 (23:30): Awesome. And we will have all of this information at podcast dot healthy, wealthy, smart.com under the show notes. Thank you so much stuff for coming on. This was great. Lovely to catch up, lovely to see you and congratulations on a great article. Speaker 2 (23:45): Thank you very much, Karen. It's lovely to know to chat to you and that's here. Everything's going well. Speaker 1 (23:49): And everyone, thanks so much for listening. Have a great couple of days and stay healthy, wealthy and smart.

My guest on this episode of the Mann on a Mission podcast is John Steele. John has had a truly amazing career. Ex army officer, professional rugby player, head coach of Northampton Saints rugby, CEO of the Rugby Football Union, CEO of UK Sport where he led the transformation of team GB medals success in both Beijing and the London Olympics and now Executive Director of Sport at Loughborough University. John really knows how to get the best out of people. How to create the impact that will 'make the boat go faster' for elite performance under pressure. I've had the pleasure of working closely with John and the team at Loughborough, where they continue to build a 'sporting excellence 'eco system' that is truly world leading. We discuss John's thoughts on leadership, the challenges he has faced both personally and professionally and much more.   John Steele - Executive Director of Sport, Loughborough University 

A fun conversation between Steve and Aaron on the ruby ecosystem in New Zealand.

Gordon Lord features on this weeks podcast. Gordon is an ex professional cricketer who has worked nationally for the English Cricket Board and the Rugby Football Union. He is well regarded throughout sport for his work developing coaches and has proven experience in mentoring at elite levels.

It is a special edition of the Golden Point podcast this week as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of what is now the Rugby Football League.Rugby historian and author Tony Collins joins Marc Bazeley and Sky Sports rugby league expert Phil Clarke to examine the origins of the split which led to an initial 22 northern clubs breaking away from the Rugby Football Union in 1895.Find out why more than just arguments over broken time payments led to the schism, how union giants Leicester Tigers almost became a league club and what the thinking behind some of the sport's defining rule changes was.The panel also delve into what might have happened had rugby stayed as a united sport, why rugby league dominates in some towns and association football in others, and the links between the 13-man code, American football and cricket.Plus, Tony and Phil give their views on what the future holds for rugby league.

How can we get perfection in an imperfect world? Balance between winning and losing; Media scrutiny; The role and impact on family; A thirst for learning; The importance of perspective, the performance/learning environment and the constraints you have to work with are just a few of the many areas we covered in this fascinating conversation.   This is a must listen to podcast for any Rugby fan, people developer, aspiring coach, parent….in fact anybody with a thirst for learning and keen to learn from a very humble, wise and impactful individual.   Kevin Bowring is a former Welsh rugby union player and national coach. Bowring attended Neath Grammar School for Boys. A flanker, he played for London Welsh and captained the team. He also represented the Barbarians and Middlesex County.   He progressed into coaching with Wales Under-20, Under-21 and Wales A before being appointed as the first full-time professional coach of the Wales national rugby union team. He was later employed by the Rugby Football Union as the Head of Elite Coach Development for the RFU. Kevin is now a highly respected coach developer working across several different sporting environments.   If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It only takes a minute and really makes a difference in helping to convince new listeners. Thanks so much it - is much appreciated!!   For show notes and past guests, please visit www.sportstories247.com Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please make contact at: sportstories247@gmail.com Follow Sport Stories: Twitter:            twitter.com/sportstories_ Instagram:       Instagram.com/sportstories247 Facebook:        facebook.com/sportstories247 LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/company/sportstories YouTube:          Sport Stories YouTube Channel   Find out more about Dave at: www.thesummitpartnership.com Follow Dave: Twitter:    https://twitter.com/SummitDave LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davelevine3   Success Quote or sayings: How can we get perfection in an imperfect world? Success is: Creating something greater than the sum of the individual parts Not everything measured is important: not everything important can be measured Share and grow Sport has the power to change the world (Mandela) We all live lives of quiet desperation (Keith Lyons) TLC – Teaching, Learning and Coaching Quick fire questions: The books that you would recommend.   Turn The Ship Around!: A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules by L. David Marquet Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't by L. David Marquet Legacy by James Kerr World's Best: Coaching with the kookaburras and the hockeyroos by Ric Charlesworth Staying at the Top by Ric Charlesworth Proud: My Autobiography by Gareth Thomas The Second Curve: Thoughts on Reinventing Society by Charles Handy   How do I prepare to be the best version of myself… I anchor on!!! I hook on to past positive grounded experiences.   Who has made a big impact on you? Dai Morris (No8 for Neath RFC and No6 for Wales in the 1960's and 1970's) Johnny Hunter at Borough Road College John Dawes (Captain ‘71 Lions) Trevor James (Art teacher and Coach developer at the WRU) Keith Lyons (Professor of Sport Studies who researched teacher, player coach behaviour and more…)   Whos' Sport Story would you be really interested in hearing? Nelson Mandela Siya Kolisi (SA Rugby Captain)   Coaching questions I would like to pose: 1 What is the purpose of what you are doing? 2 Who are the key people that have influenced your life and why?   Contact info: Should you wish to make contact with Kevin the please contact me at sportstories247@gmial.com and I will make the connection.

Chris Grant from Sport England - one of the most senior black administrators in British Sport – debates how to tackle racism and inequality in sport. We also hear from Rugby World Cup winner Maggie Alphonsi, who is the only black person on the Rugby Football Union's council, about her goal to become president of the RFU. Plus gymnast Nile Wilson opens up about his struggles with gambling, gaming and social media.

In this episode CEO of the Rugby Football Union and former CEO of the British Olympic Association, Bill Sweeney discusses leadership through a pandemic, and the measures he's taking to give the organisation and himself the opportunity to come through this global crisis in the best possible shape.

Crack and share. Until it is done. At least, if there's anything to crack. For the second time Bethesda have managed to release a game with a built-in crack for the Denuvo DRM. What's the story behind it? Incompetence, a rogue agent, or are Bethesda secretly the DRM free heroes we don't deserve? Doom Eternal is the latest casualty of Bethesda's DRM mistakes, and Professor wants to know why.DJ has a list of the newest anime to watch this spring, or autumn if you live in the south. Southern Hemisphere Best Hemisphere. Get the latest ridiculously long anime names here!Just when you thought it was safe to go outside after the fires, COVID-19 swept in. Where did it come from? A lab has dissected the DNA behind this threat and all signs point to COVID-19 not being a Chinese bioweapon. Keep the conspiracies coming, science knows what's what.This week, both nerds played a Doom related game. Professor plays an official series game, but DJ plays a parody.As usual, the Nerds discuss the latest shoutouts and events of interest. RIP Al Worden, Albert Uderzo and Kenny Rogers.We'll be back next week for another episode. We're not going anywhere, and by the looks of things, neither are you.DRM Eternal- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/03/bethesda-apparently-broke-its-own-denuvo-protection-for-doom-eternal/Upcoming Spring Anime Lineup and other anime news-https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2020/03/20-1/crunchyroll-announces-spring-2020-anime-lineupThe origin story of COVID-19-https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9Games PlayedProfessor- Doom 3 : BFG Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/208200/Doom_3_BFG_Edition/Rating – 3.5/5DJ– BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre Demo - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1209860/BDSM_Big_Drunk_Satanic_Massacre_Demo/Rating – 3/5Other topics discussedQueensland borders closed due to Coronavirus- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-26/coronavirus-threat-sparks-calls-to-close-nsw-border-with-qld/12091632MyGov is down due to a “cyber-attack” – Minister- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/mygov-website-down-centrelink-massive-queues-coronavirus/12080558Alcohol restrictions are now limited in Western Australia- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-25/coronavirus-covid-19-wa-alcohol-sales-from-bottle-shops-limited/12087974Panic buying in alcohol leads to more drinking- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-26/coronavirus-crisis-has-people-drinking-more-experts-say/12086790Rage 2 drops Denuvo DRM- https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/rage-2-drops-denuvo-drm-in-record-time/Rage (a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video_game)- https://store.steampowered.com/app/9200/RAGE/Rime allegedly runs faster with Denuvo DRM stripped out- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/06/crackers-say-denuvo-drm-caused-slowdown-on-rime/Bleach Anime Returning With Thousand Year Blood War Adaptation- https://www.cbr.com/bleach-anime-return-thousand-year-blood-war/Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War, Explained- https://www.cbr.com/bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-explained/Fate/Grand Order Announces New Solomon Anime- https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/21/fate-grand-order-final-singularity-solomon-anime-announced/Fate/Grand Order: Camelot Film Confirms Release Date with New Trailer- https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/22/fate-grand-order-camelot-film-release-date-trailer/Definition of anime filler- https://www.quora.com/What-does-a-filler-mean-in-animeTite Kubo’s reaction to the new anime announcement- https://comicbook.com/anime/2020/03/22/bleach-anime-comeback-revival-tite-kubo-comment-manga/Fullmetal Alchemist (Japanese anime television series adapted from the mangaof the same name written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. During production, Arakawa requested an original ending that differed from the manga, leading to the series deviating into an original plot halfway through.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist_(TV_series)Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Japanese anime television series adapted from the Fullmetal Alchemist manga by Hiromu Arakawa. Unlike the previous adaptation, Brotherhood is an almost 1:1 adaptation directly following the original events of the manga.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist:_BrotherhoodPrince Charles tested positive for Coronavirus- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52033845History of H.I.V/AIDS (AIDS is caused by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which originated in non-human primates in Central and West Africa. While various sub-groups of the virus acquired human infectivity at different times, the global pandemic had its origins in the emergence of one specific strain – HIV-1 subgroup M – in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the 1920s)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_HIV/AIDSPlague Inc.- https://www.ndemiccreations.com/en/22-plague-incGetting Over It with Bennett Foddy- https://store.steampowered.com/app/240720/Getting_Over_It_with_Bennett_Foddy/Markiplier plays Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH9w9VlyNO4Cacodemon (Doom 3) (The Cacodemon in Doom 3, as compared to the original monster, is taupe in color, has a wider mouth, and has multiple green eyes, as well as some longer, thin tentacles hanging from the bottom of its body.)- https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Cacodemon/Doom_3Doom 3 (2004 horror first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by Activision.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3Rugby Football Union (The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England. )- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_UnionShout Outs18 March 2020 – Alfred Worden passes away - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2020/03/20/apollo-15-astronaut-al-worden-has-died/#2315b43836c6Alfred Worden, American astronaut and engineer who was the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, he orbited it 74 times in the Command Module Endeavour. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed an extravehicular activity to retrieve film cassettes from the exterior of the spacecraft, the Apollo command and service module. While orbiting the Moon alone, farther from other people than anyone has ever been, Worden mapped a quarter of the lunar surface, measured the composition of lunar rocks from space, picked out a landing site for the final Apollo mission, and launched a miniature satellite into lunar orbit to study the Moon’s gravity and magnetic field. It was the first "deep space" EVA in history, at great distance from any planetary body. As of 2020, it remains one of only three such EVAs that have taken place, all during the Apollo program's J-missions. He died from a stroke in Sugar Land, Texas at the age of 8818 March 2020 –The discovery of Asteriornis maastrichtensis, the oldest definitive species of modern bird, which lived at the end of the Mesozoic era.- https://www.newsweek.com/wonderchicken-oldest-known-modern-bird-dinosaur-1493000- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2096-0Researchers have discovered the remains of an extinct animal that may represent the oldest "modern" bird known to science. An international team of palaeontologists identified the near-complete fossil skull of the bird, which they have dated to between 66.8 and 66.7 million years ago. Dubbed Asteriornis maastrichtensis, the extinct bird—affectionately nicknamed the "wonderchicken"—shares some features that can be seen in modern-day ducks and chickens, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The palaeontologists say the find sheds new light on the evolution of modern birds and could help explain why these animals survived the mass-extinction event, while large dinosaurs did not. "We have discovered the oldest modern bird fossil yet identified," Daniel Field, an author of the study from the University of Cambridge in the U.K., told Newsweek. "Asteriornis maastrichtensis is an early fossil bird close to the origin of the group that today includes chicken-like birds and duck-like birds. Asteriornis lived 66.7 million years ago, at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, and provides new insights into what modern birds were like early in their evolutionary history."20 March 2020 – Kenny Rogers passes away - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/21/kenny-rogers-country-music-star-dies-aged-81Kenny Rogers, the American country music star with hits popular across the world, has died. His husky voice and down-home narrative style won him three Grammy awards and put him at the top of the American music business for more than four decades. He sold over 100 million records worldwide during his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His fame and career spanned multiple genres: jazz, folk, pop, rock, and country. He remade his career and was one of the most successful cross-over artists of all time. His signature song, 1978's "The Gambler", was a cross-over hit that won him a Grammy Award in 1980 and was selected in 2018 for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. The singer, who has been mourned by fans this weekend on social media, once summed up his success with mainstream audiences by explaining that the traditional lyrics to his songs “say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear”. He died from natural causes in Sandy Springs, Georgia at the age of 81.24 March 2020 – Albert Uderzo passes away - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52016721Albert Uderzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide, has died. He created the famous stories - about the adventures of Gaulish warriors fighting the Roman Empire - with his friend René Goscinny in 1959. As well as illustrating the series, Urderzo took over the writing following Goscinny's death in 1977. The books have sold 370 million copies worldwide, in dozens of languages, and several stories have been turned into cartoons and feature films. The series continues to this day under new ownership, with the most recent book, Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter, released last October. French Culture Minister Franck Riester said that Uderzo "found the magic potion", referring to his spirit, craftsmanship and long hours of work. He died from a heart attack in Neuilly-sur-Seine at the age of 92.Remembrances23 March 1981 - Beatrice Tinsley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_TinsleyBeatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley, British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist and professor of astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow and die. Tinsley completed pioneering theoretical studies of how populations of stars age and affect the observable qualities of galaxies. She also collaborated on basic research into models investigating whether the universe is closed or open. Her galaxy models led to the first approximation of what protogalaxies should look like. In 1978, she became the first female professor of astronomy at Yale University. Her last scientific paper, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal ten days before her death, was published posthumously that November, without revision. She died from cancer at the age of 40 in New Haven, Connecticut.23 March 2001 - Margaret Ursula Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ursula_JonesEnglish archaeologist, best known for directing major excavations at Mucking, Essex. She worked at a number of sites, but is best known for her excavations at Mucking, a major Anglo-Saxon settlement and associated cemetery, with finds ranging from the Stone Age to the Medieval period. The Mucking excavation, which Jones directed from 1965 to 1978, became Britain's largest ever archaeological excavation. It produced an unprecedented volume of material, although some academic archaeologists have criticised the fact that the results did not appear in print until decades after the excavation had ended. Jones' work at Mucking, as well as her role in founding the campaign group Rescue, was influential in the establishment of modern commercial archaeology in Britain. Jones herself also gained a reputation as an eccentric and intimidating figure: "indomitable, formidable, disinclined to suffer fools but very kind to those she considered worth helping, dedicated and inventive". She died at the age of 84.23 March 2007 – Paul Cohen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_CohenAmerican mathematician. He is best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal. Cohen is noted for developing a mathematical technique called forcing, which he used to prove that neither the continuum hypothesis (CH) nor the axiom of choice can be proved from the standard Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms (ZF) of set theory. In conjunction with the earlier work of Gödel, this showed that both of these statements are logically independent of the ZF axioms: these statements can be neither proved nor disproved from these axioms. In this sense, the continuum hypothesis is undecidable, and it is the most widely known example of a natural statement that is independent from the standard ZF axioms of set theory. While studying the continuum hypothesis, Cohen is quoted as saying in 1985 that he had "had the feeling that people thought the problem was hopeless, since there was no new way of constructing models of set theory. Indeed, they thought you had to be slightly crazy even to think about the problem." He died from lung disease at the age of 72 in Stanford, California, near Palo Alto.Famous Birthdays23 March 1890 – Cedric Gibbons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_GibbonsIrish-American art director and production designer for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist. Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and designed the Academy Awards statuette in 1928. A trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11. The last time for Best Art Direction for Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). Gibbons' set designs, particularly those in such films as Born to Dance (1936) and Rosalie (1937), heavily inspired motion picture theater architecture in the late 1930s through 1950s. In February 2005 Gibbons was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame. He was born in New York City.23 March 1907 - Daniel Bovet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_BovetSwiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for his discovery in 1937 of antihistamines, which block the neurotransmitter histamine and are used in allergy medication. His other research included work on chemotherapy,sulfa drugs, the sympathetic nervous system, the pharmacology of curare, and other neuropharmacological interests. In 1965, Bovet led a study team which concluded that smoking of tobacco cigarettes increased users' intelligence. He told The New York Times that the object was not to "create geniuses, but only [to] put the less-endowed individual in a position to reach a satisfactory mental and intellectual development". He was born in Fleurier.23 March 1924 - Bette Nesmith Graham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_GrahamAmerican typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of the correction fluid Liquid Paper (not to be confused with competitor White-Out). She was the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. To make extra money, she used her talent painting holiday windows at the bank. She realized as she said, "with lettering, an artist never corrects by erasing, but always paints over the error. So I decided to use what artists use. I put some tempera water-based paint in a bottle and took my watercolor brush to the office. I used to correct my mistakes." She eventually began marketing her typewriter correction fluid as "Mistake Out" in 1956. The name was later changed to Liquid Paper when she began her own company. She was born in Dallas, Texas.25 March 1920 - Patrick George Troughton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_TroughtonEnglish actor. He was classically trained for the stage but became most widely known for his roles in television and film. His work included appearances in several fantasy, science fiction and horror films, but he became best known for his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969; he reprised the role in 1973, 1983 and 1985. he was born in Mill Hill, Middlesex.Events of Interest23 March 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia#AssassinationOn the night of 23 March 1801, a band of dismissed officers murdered Paul in his bedroom in the newly-built St. Michael's Castle. The assassins included General Bennigsen, a Hanoverian in the Russian service, and General Yashvil, a Georgian. They charged into his bedroom, flushed with drink after dining together, and found Paul hiding behind some drapes in the corner. he conspirators pulled him out, forced him to the table, and tried to compel him to sign his abdication. Paul offered some resistance, and Nikolay Zubov struck him with a sword, after which the assassins strangled and trampled him to death. Paul's successor on the Russian throne, his son, the 23-year-old Alexander, was actually in the palace at the time of the killing. General Nikolay Zubov announced his accession to the heir, accompanied by the admonition, "Time to grow up! Go and rule!" Alexander I did not punish the assassins, and the court physician, James Wylie, declared apoplexy the official cause of death.23 March 1888 – In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Football_LeagueThe first meeting was held at Anderton's Hotel in London on 23 March 1888 on the eve of the FA Cup Final. The Football League was formally created and named in Manchester at a further meeting on 17 April at the Royal Hotel. The name "Association Football Union" was proposed by McGregor but this was felt too close to "Rugby Football Union". Instead, "The Football League" was proposed by Major William Sudell, representing Preston, and quickly agreed upon. Each club played the others twice, once at home and once away, and two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. This points system was not agreed upon until after the season had started; the alternative proposal was one point for a win only. Preston won the first league title without losing a game, and completed the first league–cup double by also taking the FA Cup.23 March 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). - https://www.nasa.gov/content/march-23-1965-launch-of-first-crewed-gemini-flightNASA's two-man Gemini spaceflights demonstrated that astronauts could change their capsule's orbit, remain in space for at least two weeks and work outside their spacecraft. They also pioneered rendezvous and docking with other spacecraft. All were essential skills to land on the moon and return safely to Earth. Veteran Mercury astronaut Grissom was selected as command pilot of Gemini III, making him the first person traveling into space twice. Joining Grissom was Young, the first member of the second group of NASA pilots to fly in space. Young would go on to become the first person to make six spaceflights, including commanding Apollo 16 during which he walked on the moon. He also commanded STS-1, the first shuttle mission. Gemini III's primary goal was to test the new, maneuverable spacecraft. In space, the crew members fired thrusters to change the shape of their orbit, shift their orbital plane slightly, and drop to a lower altitude. The revolutionary orbital maneuvering technology paved the way for rendezvous missions later in the Gemini Program and proved it was possible for a lunar module to lift off the moon and dock with the lunar orbiting command module for the trip home to Earth. 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In the second From the Vaults podcast from the World Rugby Museum, we sit down with 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody to talk about confidence on the pitch, being part of a Rugby World Cup winning squad, and his time as the Rugby Football Union’s First World War Ambassador.From the Vaults is a World Rugby Museum podcast. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and sign up to our blog! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How can a brand save the world? They could do something flashy, like repel an alien invasion or topple Godzilla, or they could do something real and substantive, like the World Surf League. When the WSL isn’t helping pro surfers shred the next big curl (are we saying that right?) or giving sports fans a great way to soak up some rays, they’re preparing for the future. As a sport deeply intertwined with the environment, that means committing to going carbon neutral. Sophie Goldschmidt, CEO of the WSL, has helped this goal permeate the entirety of the organization, and has noted how crucial it is to have a brand purpose worth rallying behind. On this episode, she discusses her athletics-centered marketing career, from Adidas, to the World Tennis Association, the NBA, and Rugby Football Union, as well as her commitment to brand purpose, engaging with the customers, effective company leadership, and more.

The sense across a day of insight at the City Football Academy in Manchester was of a topic – wellbeing in elite sport – finally reaching a tipping point into the main discourse. Themes covered ranged from developing performance environments and the fulfilment duties of care, to resilience and mental health. Leaders Performance Institute members both gleaned and shared knowledge in equal measure at a fitting venue that brought together elite sports practitioners from across the globe. The key insights can be found here  – if you are a Leaders Performance Institute member. Throughout the day, we caught up with a number of speakers and moderators to gain a sense of what insights they were taking from the day. You will hear from: David Fletcher, Director of Performance Psychology & Management at Loughborough University, on notions of assessing and developing resilience and where the balance is to be struck between challenge and support [3:00]; Simon Kemp, Medical Services Director at the Rugby Football Union, discussing steps that enable both athletes and staff to thrive and flourish in a high performance environment [17:00]; Matti Clements, Deputy Director of Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement at the Australian Institute of Sport, on building out the fundamentals and adopting a startup mentality when it comes to wellbeing [26:00]; John Bull, Head of High Performance at Management Futures, discussing his initial thoughts on the day’s proceedings, which he viewed from his position as compere [34:30]. Previous Episode: Ep 43: Brad Stulberg, author of Peak Performance Listen to Brad above and subscribe today on iTunes, Stitcher and Overcast, or your chosen podcast platform.

Stuart Armstrong is the Head of Coaching for Sport England. Prior to Sport England, he was the Player Development Manager for the Rugby Football Union. He is one of the world’s top experts on player development pathways and skill acquisition, and has helped thousands of coaches in the UK create better learning environments and develop deeper relationships with their players.   His sports coaching experience is in golf, cricket, field hockey, rugby, and soccer. He leverages the knowledge gained from the various sports he has coached to help create multi-sport, player-focused training programs that assist athletes in not only developing sold skill foundations but great off-field skills to help them succeed in life.   Highlights from the Podcast: Min 10: What is Talent? OR Talent vs Ability Min 18: Why it is important for a coach to develop more than just the technical and tactical  Min 24: How to shift the coach mindset from ignoring the psychological side of coaching athletes  Min 31: Finding the balance of sports knowledge and people skills  Min* 41: The difference between technique and skill Min 47: Checking for understanding  Min 52: Combining the art of coaching with the Science of Coaching Min 1:13 What if we identified players not just during competition, but at practice? Min 1:20 Examples of great Programs that are “doing it right”   Resources Mentioned The Talent Equation, The Podcast [Link] WOC #16 Stuart Armstrong, Head of Coaching for Sport England, “Learning Happens in the Ugly Zone” and other coaching factors [podcast]  WOC #96 “Success is Not an Accident; Success is a Choice” with Alan Stein Jr., author of Raise Your Game: High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best [podcast] WOC #31 Mark Bennett, Founder of Performance Development Systems, How Coaches Can Shape Behavior, Influence Training Habits, and Build Accountable Teams [podcast] WOC #50 It’s Time for Coaching Educators to Start Teaching Coaching and Stop Teaching Sport Science with Olympic Coaching Educator Wayne Goldsmith [podcast] 'Carving nature at her joints' - A conversation with Andrew Wilson [podcast] Non-Linear Pedagogy and Skill Acquisition, by Jia Yi Chow[book]  Playing with a 'clumsy pig' using a 'sandbox' in a 'fishtank' - A conversation about games with Amy Price [podcast] Coaches are terrible at Talent ID, so we must be architects of an optimal learning environment: A discussion with Dr. Joe Baker [podcast]   Connect with Stu Armstrong Website: http://www.thetalentequation.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartarmstrong/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stu_arm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetalentequation.co.uk   Announcements for Changing The Game Project:   CONFERENCE Way of Champions Conference will be in Denver, CO on August 2-4. Visit https://changingthegameproject.com/wocconference for more information!    SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Become a Podcast Champion! …and get FREE access to ALL of our online courses.   We are now offering you the ability to contribute as a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions)for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of the podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A monthly discussion with John, James, Jerry, and other special guests talking about the previous month's episodes and answering some of the FAQs we received that month A code to get free access to our online course called "Coaching Mastery," usually a $97 course, but yours for free for becoming a patron.  Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences. Thank you for all your support these past two years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions   Visit us on: Web: https://changingthegameproject.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctgprojecthq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangingTheGameProject/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctgprojecthq/ iTunes: http://bit.ly/wocpodcast

This week we chat Hong Kong 7's, the Red Devils and BBQ's......and a fair bit of Rugby Football Union See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  Tremendous to have as our guest today a true expert in the field of coaching and development. A wonderfully honest and open session sharing ideas from a 25 year career in coaching. Stuart Armstrong is the Head of Coaching for Sport England. Prior to Sport England, he was the Player Development Manager for the Rugby Football Union. He is one of the world’s top experts on player development pathways and skill acquisition, and has helped thousands of coaches in the UK create better learning environments and develop deeper relationships with their players. His sports coaching experience is in golf, cricket, field hockey, rugby, and soccer. He leverages the knowledge gained from the various sports he has coached to help create multi-sport, player-focused training programs that assist athletes in not only developing sold skill foundations but great off-field skills to help them succeed in life.   In a fantastic wide ranging podcast we talk about   The dangers and pitfalls of using drills in coaching and how a coach can become addicted to this form of coaching.   How effective coaching encourages ‘Problem Solving’ so the learner is engaged and takes ownership of the process   How and why fun and engagement are vital to long term development   Don’t let the learning get in the way of fun   The best way to use constraints led coaching   How to explore and learn without being overburdened by technical instruction   How the INTENTION of the coach is vital to understand and implement   The best way to balance the need for results with the way to learn   How to develop true confidence as a coach.   How to develop yourself as a coach – a pathway to excellence The need to understand human behaviour and motivation Balancing the technical with the mental approach   You will be challenged by this podcast to think about the way you go about learning coaching and development. You will question your own methods and approach.   To find out more about Stuart go to www.thetalentequation.co.uk      

Stuart Armstrong is the Head of Coaching for Sport England. Prior to Sport England, he was the Player Development Manager for the Rugby Football Union. He is one of the world’s top experts on player development pathways and skill acquisition, and has helped thousands of coaches in the UK create better learning environments and develop deeper relationships with their players. His sports coaching experience is in golf, cricket, field hockey, rugby, and soccer. He leverages the knowledge gained from the various sports he has coached to help create multi-sport, player-focused training programs that assist athletes in not only developing sold skill foundations but great off-field skills to help them succeed in life. Show Notes 7:30 Stu’s push to create a more diverse coaching force 9:30 What’s working in the UK for coaching diversification? Change the definition 15:15 We need to support coaches “where they are coaching” 21:30 There is no magic practice 24:00 Biggest mistake coaches are making - Joystick Coaching 29:15 The cultural catch-22 of “proper coaching” 32:30 “Learning happens in the Ugly Zone” 39:00 What are PCDE’s and how do they help develop super champions? 42:30 Stu’s advice on LTAD 49:00 LTAD is not something we “have”, it’s something we “do” Finding Stu Twitter - @stu_arm Website - The Talent Equation If you are enjoying our podcast, please help us out and leave a review on iTunes. How to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name Way of Champions. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the Way of Champions podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Thanks so much, every review helps us to spread this message!

Concussion is a clinical diagnosis made after a head injury with consequent associated signs, symptoms, and neurological or cognitive impairment (infographic - http://bmj.co/conrecG). In the absence of strong evidence, most recommendations on the management and recovery from concussion are based on international expert consensus. In this podcast John Brooks, academic clinical fellow in general practice, and Simon Kemp, chief medical officer for the Rugby Football Union take us through the process of guiding a patient through recovery and back into everyday life, including sport. Read the full 10 minute consultation: http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5629

Study: Reappraising Threat: How to Optimize Performance Under Pressure Abstract: Competitive situations often hinge on one pressurized moment. In these situations, individuals' psychophysiological states determine performance, with a challenge state associated with better performance than a threat state. But what can be done if an individual experiences a threat state? This study examined one potential solution: arousal reappraisal. Fifty participants received either arousal reappraisal or control instructions before performing a pressurized, single-trial, motor task. Although both groups initially displayed cardiovascular responses consistent with a threat state, the reappraisal group displayed a cardiovascular response more reflective of a challenge state (relatively higher cardiac output and/or lower total peripheral resistance) after the reappraisal manipulation. Furthermore, despite performing similarly at baseline, the reappraisal group outperformed the control group during the pressurized task. The results demonstrate that encouraging individuals to interpret heightened physiological arousal as a tool that can help maximize performance can result in more adaptive cardiovascular responses and motor performance under pressure.   Author: Lee Moore Dr. Lee Moore is a lecturer in Sport and Exercise psychology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. His two main areas of expertise include the effect of gaze training interventions on the acquisition and refinement of motor skills and how pre-competition psychophysiological states influence motor skill performance. His work has led him to working with several professional organizations including the Rugby Football Union, Professional Games Match Officials Limited and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. He has some very exciting upcoming work involving the relationship between psychophysiological states and concepts such as resilience, mental toughness and hardiness. He is also a huge fan of Universal Studios.   Links:   Author: http://www.glos.ac.uk/faculties-and-schools/sport-and-exercise/staff-profiles/pages/s2113142-lee-moore.aspx   Article: http://journals.humankinetics.com/jsep-back-issues/jsep-volume-37-issue-3-june/reappraising-threat-how-to-optimize-performance-under-pressure   Quotes:   “This is one of the first studies to show that arousal re-appraisal can also have a beneficial effect on motor performance, on the accuracy of motor and sporting skills.”   “We tend to view increases in physiological arousal…as something that will harm our performance…and is associated with feeling anxious. It is actually just our body preparing itself to perform a task and to perform it well.”  

Across The Pond, the sports digital revolution is underway, in the form of Seven League's Richard Ayers, who has worked on both the team side with Manchester City and is now one of the leading consultants for sports franchises, such as UEFA, FIFA, UFC, O2, Valencia CF, Juventus, Premier League, Green Bay Packers, Rugby Football Union, Major League Soccer and the England and Wales Cricket Board. Ayers talks about where digital in sports needs to go, and some of the mistakes that digital managers make on social media. Ayers presents a road map toward best practices overall, especially when engaging fans. Twitter: @richardayers

The UK's first licensed e-cig, owned by a tobacco company, is now classed as a medicine paving the way for it to be prescribed on the NHS to help people quit. Robert West, Professor of Psychology at University College London and one of the world's leading experts on smoking cessation, and GP Margaret McCartney debate the issues. Asherman's Syndrome, a little known complication of surgery that is often missed but can cause infertility. Obstetrician Virginia Beckett explains how Asherman's Syndrome occurs and how it is treated. Rugby is growing in popularity, particularly among children, with 1.2 million of them now playing at schools and clubs in England alone. But at what cost? Rugby is rough and injuries are more common than most parents think. After her son and other young people were hurt repeatedly on the rugby field, Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health Research and Policy at Queen Mary, University of London, explored the incidence of injuries. From her research she is now recommending an end to the contact element of rugby in young people. Rugby Football Union's community medical director Dr Mike England responds.

A discussion with Stuart Armstrong Rugby Football Union. We discuss topics including talent development and talent identification, the problems with competition, encouraging creativity through practice design and sports analytics.   More information about my guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartarmstrong http://www.thetalentequation.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/stu_arm   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc) Twitter: @Shakeywaits Email: robgray@asu.edu   Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Lo Fi is Hi Fi - I’m on a Talk Show Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org  

Sports rehabilitators and trainers specialise in exercise and sports rehabilitation and managing musculoskeletal conditions. They also promote exercise and healthy lifestyles. Listen here to BASRaT Chairman, Steve Aspinall from the University of Salford, and Continuing Professional Development Officer, Allan Munroe, University of Bradford. In addition to painting the picture of the profession, and the training pathway, our guests highlight BASRaT's clinical contribution to Team True Spirit (rehabilitation of seriously injured servicemen ) and the Rugby Football Union (concussion information and management).