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Jonny Hylton - Interview for Amateur Rugby Podcast

#29 – Jonny Hylton

Jonny Hylton former England 7s and Premiership player with Wasps and Worcester is my guest this week. Our careers converged from diametrically opposite directions in 2010 at Esher Rugby club where we were team-mates for a couple of joyful seasons. This interview was recorded in January of 2020 and we

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Piers Mitchell interview for The Amateur Rugby Podcast

#28 – Piers Mitchell

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

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Bill Blythe - Interview for Amateur Rugby Podcast

#27 – Bill Blythe

Bill Blythe and I met at Old Colfeians a good few years ago now. He was a late-comer to our sport but has since immersed himself as a player, captain, sponsor, committeeman and coach. This interview was recorded in January of 2020 and we discussed what it was like for him

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Lynn Evans - Interview for The Amateur Rugby Podcast

#26 – Lynn Evans

Lynn Evans is my guest this week. Without a doubt this episode is the one that has been most looked forward to by you. I’ve been receiving messages for months asking when it was due to air and just this week, Dan Cottrell said “Wow, what a guest. One of

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Dave Cheng - Amateur Rugby Podcast Interview

#25 – David Cheng

David Cheng a Rugby Development Coach for the RFU is my guest this week. Chengy and I first met on a training pitch around 7 years ago and we’ve pretty much done nothing apart from talk rugby ever since. This interview was recorded on New Year’s Eve in 2019 and

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Mark 'Moxy' Collier - Amateur Rugby Podcast Interview

#24 – Mark Collier

Mark ‘Moxy’ Collier and I were team-mates for Cheltenham Colts back in the early ’90s when our hair was long and our shorts were short – we had our whole lives ahead of us! This interview was recorded in December of 2019 and we talked about how Moxy made himself an integral

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James Waterhouse - Interview

#23 – James Waterhouse

James Waterhouse is my guest this week. His story of struggle, mismanagement and eventual bitterness over life playing Championship Rugby will only make the RFU’s decision to slash funding for that level of the game seem even more scandalous. This interview was recorded in December of 2019 and its release

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James Inglis - Interview

#22 – James Inglis

James Inglis and I were team-mates at Esher Rugby Club where I learnt from him what it meant to be a serious rugby player. This interview was recorded in December of 2019 and he told me what it was like to be one of the very first Academy players in

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Amateur Rugby Podcast Interview - Dave Phillips

#21 – Dave Phillips

Dave Phillips – ‘Mr Dartfordians’ has been a member of the Dartfordians club since leaving school and has held almost every role within the club over 50 years.  This interview was recorded in December of 2019 and Dave told me the secrets of keeping a club flourishing in this modern age

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Amateur Rugby Podcast Interview - Peter Short

#20 – Peter Short

Peter Short, the former Leicester Tigers, Narbonne and Bath lock forward is my guest this week. Shorty and I caught up in December of 2019 in Dorset, where he now works and lives to talk about the early days of professionalism, what it was like to be involved at Leicester

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