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Amateur Rugby Podcast

Nov 30, 2019

Ben Mercer
 
Now, Ben and I have never actually met, but he came with a very strong recommendation from a former team-mate of both of ours Geoff Griffiths. Ben has experienced all different sides of rugby over a lengthy playing career and his story is one that I really wanted to share with you.
 
This interview was...


Nov 23, 2019

Dave Townsend
 
Cheltenham RFC President - Dave 'Towner' Townsend was my coach for Cheltenham Colts back in 1995/96 and is also the father of Matt Townsend from Episode No.2
 
This interview was recorded in August 2019 at Cheltenham RFC, where we appropriately sat in Colts Corner and chatted about the goals of the club,...


Nov 16, 2019

Phil Watters
 
Premiership Assistant Referee Phil Watters and I were team-mates at Cheltenham RFC many moons ago and more recently, he was AR in a game I played for Ealing.
 
This interview was recorded in August of 2019 and we talked about playing and coaching the England Police and Phil’s transition into refereeing...


Nov 9, 2019

Tom Lindsay
 
My guest this week is Bristol Bears hooker, Tom Lindsay. Tom and I first locked horns during a London 1 game between Sutton & Epsom and Old Colfeians. We later went on to become team-mates at both Blackheath and Esher.
 
This interview was recorded August of 2000 and 19 and we took a lovely stroll down...


Nov 2, 2019

David Slemen
 
'Slem' was my captain and fly-half when I played at Esher, so it’s highly appropriate that he should feature in episode 10 of the podcast.
 
This interview was recorded in August 2019 and we chatted about the state of the professional game, lessons from captaincy and skills learned in rugby that can be...