SHOWNOTES My guest this week is Hollywood Movie director – James Griffiths. Griff was also my team-mate and captain at Old Colfeians but being a Hollywood Movie director sounds somewhat more impressive. This interview was recorded in September of 2019 and it went in all manner of directions. It really

SHOWNOTES Geoff and I met playing for Esher RFC which was one of 4 Championship clubs that he represented. Geoff was a powerful three-quarter and played a lot of 7’s also. This interview was recorded in September of 2019 and we chatted through Geoff’s career and he shared his thoughts

SHOWNOTES Colm and I are former team-mates at Esher RFC and both fully paid up members of the front-row union. He is one of the most interesting and engaging characters that I have encountered in the game and I was very excited to sit down and chat with him. The

SHOWNOTES 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

SHOWNOTES 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

SHOWNOTES 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 2019 and we talked about playing and coaching the England Police and Phil’s transition into

SHOWNOTES 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

SHOWNOTES David Slemen 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

SHOWNOTES I’ve known Sammy for many years and we’ve been opponents and team-mates. We have some common interests, two of which are stats and sports. This was exemplified when Sammy thrust the book ‘Moneyball’ by Michael Lewis into my hand one day and said “read this, you’ll love it.” 24hrs

SHOWNOTES Mike Friday – Head Coach of the USA 7’s. Geezer and I have crossed paths in rugby circles in almost every capacity as players, coaches, on the same team and on opposite sides.  Now I have been retired for some time, it is with great clarity that I can