Coaching Culture with Ben Herring

Building A British And Irish Expat Rugby Team

A lot of people talk about “culture” like it’s a slogan. Dan Elsom lives it, by building a brand-new representative rugby team for the British and Irish expat community i

Inside Canada’s Rugby Factory | Shawnigan Lake School

Watching pro rugby on TV can make school rugby look intimidating, but the truth is far more hopeful and far more practical. We’re joined by Tim Murdy, Director of Sport a

Campese Ma’afu’s Incredible Road Back to Professional Coaching

A lot of people talk about “culture” like it’s a slogan on a wall. We wanted something more real, so I sat down with Campese Maafu, a three-time Rugby World Cup prop and

Merchiston Castle School | Inside One of Scotland’s Great Rugby Schools

Winning is loud. Development is quiet. And in school rugby, the noise can crush the very kids we are trying to help. I sit down with Roddy Dean, one of Scotland’s leading

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, So He Built the Asia Pacific Lions

A packed stadium, free entry, a brand-new team built across borders, and a cold email that ends with Northampton Saints landing in Colombo. We talk with Saabir Cader, the

The New Rugby Team That Could Change Asian Rugby | Jamie Henry

A captain’s job gets real when the message is hard and the stakes are higher than one person’s pride. Jamie Henry joins us to talk about the uncomfortable side of profess

The Culture Behind 54 All Blacks | Auckland Grammar School

What if the strongest teams aren’t built by hype, slogans, or “high performance” talk, but by a few clear rituals everyone can count on? I sit down with Dave Askew, deput

Paarl Boys High School | Inside the Program with Sean Eramus

Rugby can fill a stadium. Culture can shape a life. We sit down with Sean Erasmus, head coach at Paul Boys High School, to unpack what it takes to build a values-led rugb

How Ryan Martin led Northland’s Historic Ranfurly Shield Win

The Ranfurly Shield isn’t just a trophy. It’s a pressure cooker that turns every home match into a final, pulls entire towns into the story, and asks players to carry som

Why Winning Teams Still Have Culture Problems | Ross Neal

If someone had to “explain” your culture to a new hire, would it fall apart the moment pressure hits? Ross Neal joins us to get brutally practical about what culture actu

Newington College GPS Champions | Inside the Program

A championship season can tempt coaches to talk only about tactics, but the real story sits in the spaces between school, sport, and growing up. We sit down with Tim Rapp

Why So Many Good Coaches Are Struggling | The Invisible load

You can spot a coach on the sideline in seconds. What’s harder to see is everything they carry home afterward: the player who’s struggling, the conversation they should h

Ex-Wallaby Reveals How Culture Is Really Made | Ben Darwin

“Culture” is the most overused word in sport, and we’ve both heard it used as a lazy explanation for everything from blowout losses to surprise championships. So we put t

Ex-All Blacks Analyst Reveals the Danger of Statistics | Al Rodgers

You can know the “right” answer as a coach and still miss the point if your environment pushes people in the wrong direction. That’s the thread we pull on with Al Rogers,

Why Good Coaches Don't Always Pick the Good Players

The hottest debate in any team sport is selection, and we get why it drives people crazy. From the stands, it looks like a simple list of the most talented players. From

Pressure Made Me Forget Who I Was | Joey Mongalo

Pressure doesn’t usually change a coach with one big blow. It changes you slowly, one compromise at a time, until the season ends and you realize you’ve been walking arou

How to Break Through as a Coach (Without a Playing Career)

A Champions Cup-winning rugby attack coach who never played professional rugby should not make sense and that’s exactly why Noel McNamara’s story matters. We sit with the

How a maths teacher became a world class coach | Noel McNamara

Winning a major trophy is supposed to be the moment, but Noel McNamara doesn’t romanticize it. He explains why a title can feel like relief for ten minutes, and why the h

What 23 Years at Leicester Taught Me About Leadership | Geordan Murphy

Some teams win because they have better players. Leicester Tigers, at their best, won because they had a culture that could survive anything, including brutal training, r

THE NEW MASCULINITY OF COACHING Craig White

Most teams don’t lose because they lack information. They lose because pressure hijacks attention, connection, and decision making. Craig White joins us to unpack a simpl