Mar 21, 2020
Piers Mitchell and I met in Africa in 2017 whilst on a rugby
outreach program and I caught up with him at Richmond Rugby Club in
January of 2020.
We talked about our time coaching kids in Africa with The
Bhubesi Pride, Piers’ self-admittedly limited playing career, some
amazing stories about playing rugby around the world, Touch Rugby
and how it can be used a development and outreach tool to grow the
game, club sustainability, and lastly what it’s like to be a rugby
Dad and living life vicariously through his son.
This is one of the most wide-ranging conversations in Amateur
Rugby Podcast history, there’s a bit of something in here for
absolutely everyone, so sit back, relax and please welcome Piers
Mitchell.
LINKS
Piers can be found on Twitter - @piersmitchell1 (https://twitter.com/piersmitchell1)
If you’d like to take him up on his kind offer of 4 tickets
for a DMP home game, get in touch via the Darlington Mowden Park
website - https://www.mowdenpark.com/
Piers also mentioned several other clubs and organisations,
check them out below:
Bhubesi Pride (https://bpfafrica.org/)
Friends of Rwandan Rugby (https://friendsofrwandanrugby.com/)
Touch Rugby (http://www.englandtouch.org.uk/)
Telford Rugby Club (https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/telfordhornets)
Cardiff Uni Rugby Club (https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/sport/rugby/)
Rosslyn Park (https://rosslynpark.co.uk/)
Sedbergh School (https://www.sedberghschool.org/)
Richmond Rugby Club (https://richmondfc.co.uk/)
PODCAST KIT
Everything I use to create, edit and produce this podcast can
be found on my Creating a Podcast (https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/creating-a-podcast/)
page.
SUPPORT
If you would like to support the podcast in some way then
there are plenty of options for you on my Support the Podcast
(https://www.amateurrugbypodcast.com/support/)
page.