She’s Gotta Try

What I’d be eating if I was playing my first game of rugby this weekend

This week I'm talking about something that comes up every single time a new player is about to step over the white line for the first time: how do you actually fuel for a

Perimenopause, HRT, and finally listening to my body

For months I put it down to burnout. Running my own business, two jobs, rugby, life. of course I was tired. But the brain fog, the low mood, the fatigue that wouldn't lif

Stop Chasing the Outcome

This week I'm talking about what happens when you're putting the work in but the results just aren't showing up yet, because this week one of my clients hit exactly that

The No-Tracking Plate Method Every Busy Player Needs

This week I'm talking you through the easiest way I know to manage your calorie intake and structure your plate without ever opening a tracking app. Life has been full on

Building Muscle as a Rugby Player: What the Science Actually Says

This week on She’s Gotta Try, I break down what it actually takes to build muscle for rugby, using a real question from inside the Peerless Pack. I cover the three things

What to Eat Before and After Training (Without Overthinking It)

This week’s episode is the flip side of last week’s conversation about structuring your training week. This time it’s all about the eating around it. A Peerless Pack memb

How to Actually Structure Your Pre-Season Training Week

New to rugby or coming from another sport and trying to work out how to train like a rugby player? This week I’m answering the three questions I keep getting asked by new

Operation NC1 Ready: Why I Coach Myself the Same Way I Coach You

We won our league. We’re going up to NC1 after 14 years in NC2. And now the real work starts. In this episode I go deep on Operation NC1 Ready, my 70 day countdown to Se

Tour Rules: Why I Told My Clients to Just Go and Enjoy It

I had a proper hiatus last week. Three weeks of posting three times a day, onboarding new one to one clients and a Peerless Pack intake finally caught up with me, so inst

What You Think Gets You Results vs What Actually Does

It's launch week for the Peerless Pack — the last one before September — and I'm knee deep in it. So this week I'm talking about the thing my mate said to me that's stuck

Sisters Who Scrum: Breaking the Silence on Pelvic Floor Health in Women’s Rugby

In this episode, I sit down with Holly Montabelli (known on Instagram as "The Rugby Midwife") to tackle a critical, yet often ignored, topic in our sporting community: pe

What Do I Want to Be Known For?

This week I’m taking a step back to answer a question that came up in my business mentoring group: what do I want to be known for? The result is a properly honest rundown

Did Drinking Three Days in a Row Ruin My Life?

This week I'm back on my own and we're getting into something that's been on my mind after a very normal, very human weekend involving three consecutive days of drinking.

They Don't Want Us to Take Up Space. We're Doing It Anyway.

This week I'm joined by Becky Jones, otherwise known as the Empower Coach, and honestly this conversation went places I didn't expect. Becky is an anti-diet coach who he

I Retired at 39 and Made County Trials at 43. Here is What Actually Changed.

At 39 I genuinely believed I had no business playing rugby anymore. So I hung up my boots, missed an entire season, and told myself that was just what happened when you g

The Tight 5: The Only Things You Need to Reset, Recover and Keep Moving Forward

I’m going to be honest with you. The last few weeks have been a lot. Socialising, eating on the fly, poor sleep, and a body that was absolutely cooked after our cup final

Not Every Club, not Everybody but Some - The Women’s Game Deserves Better

This week I’m getting something off my chest. I’m part of the most successful team at my club, league winners, National Plate winners, three-time County Cup holders yet w

She’s Gotta Try — 13 Seasons, One League Title, and What It Actually Takes to Reach Your goals

We won the league. 13 seasons in the making, two near-misses, one absolutely rank mud bath, and a day trip to Guernsey that cost more than a week away and we finally did

Stupid s*&t I used to do that nearly ruined my relationship with rugby

I’m 14 seasons deep, a qualified nutritionist, mid-way through my gym instructor exams, and feeling the strongest and fittest I’ve ever felt. But it wasn’t always like th

What County Trials Taught Me About Showing Up (Even When You Don’t Get In)

I went to county trials for the first time ever. I didn’t get picked. And honestly? It was one of the best things I’ve done in a long time. In this episode, I’m reflecti