I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 2 of the 2025 6 Nations.

For Italy vs France - actually that was just me! For England vs Scotland - Former Gloucester Academy coach - Phil Greenaway For Wales vs Ireland - Former S&C Coach for London Scottish - Simon Elkinson

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CONTENT WARNING - This episode contains many sensitive subjects throughout such as substance abuse, mental illness and suicide. If that will be triggering for you then please feel free to give this episode a miss. Thank you.

My guest this week was the star of his US college rugby team, he made a ton of money in tech, and he’s now an author - he is Tyler Kania.

Tyler has battled mental illness throughout his adult life and has now been diagnosed with bipolar. We discuss how rugby has been a stabilising factor as both a player and a coach with the highs of winning College championships and the lows of two horrific injuries.

This is an incredible episode - I hope you enjoy.

LINKS
Tyler Kania - @tyler_kania on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tyler_kania/
Tyler Kania website - tylerkania.com
The Maniac with No Knees - https://amzn.to/4gq3Ixd

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The 6 Nations is in full swing now and the second weekend of fixtures was made up of three very different games. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to discuss everything that happened.

For Scotland vs Ireland - I spoke with Simon Elkinson who had some damning words about the Scottish performance. For England vs France - I spoke with Phil Greenaway and we did our best to unpick a wild encounter at Twickenham. And for Italy vs Wales my friend Huw Jones fronted up to speak about the dire straits of Welsh rugby.

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I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 2 of the 2025 6 Nations.

For Scotland vs Ireland - Former S&C Coach for London Scottish - Simon Elkinson
For England vs France - Former Gloucester Academy coach - Phil Greenaway
For Italy vs Wales - Bargoed coach - Huw Jones

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The 6 Nations has started and it was a magical first weekend of fixtures. And as usual, I got a load of special guests to add some wonderful insight into what were three great games.

For Scotland vs Italy - I spoke with Mike Petretta from the Fratelli D’Rugby podcast.
For Ireland vs England - I spoke with Former Harlequins and Connacht player - Dave Slemen.
But we started with France vs Wales where I spoke with my friend Stephen Corlett.

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Fratelli D'Rugby - https://www.youtube.com/@FRATELLIDRUGBY

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My guest this week is Veor RFC player and Chairman - Scott Lake.

Scott has done so much for the game of rugby and the community around Veor RFC in Cornwall that he was awarded the prestigious RFU Volunteer of the Year award.

Shortly after that his family received the tragic news that his son, Riley had been diagnosed with the extremely rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The rugby family gathered and supported Scott and his family and now the annual Rugby for Riley event has become a huge event in Cornwall’s calendar.

This is an incredible, emotional episode - I hope you enjoy.

LINKS
Rugby 4 Riley - https://www.facebook.com/events/s/rugby4riley-the-finale-/1530138634531042/
Just Giving - https://www.justgiving.com/page/scott-lake-1729238579813
Rugby 4 Riley 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPiTnp-uW0
Veor RFC - https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/veor/

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With the 2025 Six Nations fast approaching, I spoke with some incredible rugby folk to analyse the upcoming games in Round 1 of the 2025 6 Nations.

For France vs Wales - Rugby YouTuber - Rugby Merlin For Scotland vs Italy - former player for Cumbernauld RFC - Chris Burns For Ireland vs England - Former Harlequins and Connacht player - Dave Slemen

Enjoy the games!

LINKS
Rugby Merlin - https://www.youtube.com/@RugbyMerlin
David Slemen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidslemen
Chris Burns - https://www.instagram.com/savagescholarchris/

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With the 2025 Six Nations fast approaching, I spoke with some incredible rugby-folk to get the inside line on each of the Nations.

For Wales - Former Dragons Head Coach - Dai Flanagan
For England - Former England 7’s Captain - Mike Friday
For France - Huge French Rugby fan - Jerome Moisan
For Italy - Fratelli D’Rugby Podcaster - Mike Petretta
For Ireland - Former London Irish Academy Manager - Patrick O’Grady

Sadly, we didn’t manage to get a Scot on board - listen to the end to find out why…

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