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Defensive coaching specialist Scott Lawrence, now Head Coach at Rugby ATL in Major League Rugby, talks with Bruce McLane about defense. If first-phase is a prime attacking opportunity, how do you shut it down? How do you exploit the different defensive skills of your different players? Lawrence breaks it all down in a can't-miss episode.

Former New York Giant Super Bowl-winner Bill Ard talks about the Grateful Dead, the best football player he ever saw, and the making of a championship team. Part 2 of his conversation with Bruce McLane.

Cal Head Coach Jack Clark sits down with Alex Goff to talk about how his team handled the COVID-19 shutdown. Clark and Goff also look at how some aspects of rugby have changed over the years, including how the college season has changed. Then Clark has some choice words on where the college game is going, and how more programs can get better.

Billy Ard won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, and talks elite sports and building a team with Bruce McLane.

From D1A College Rugby and the College Rugby Association of America, Paul Keeler talks to Alex Goff about how a new governance model for college rugby in the USA will look. What will college rugby look like after USA Rugby's reorganization? Will DIAA, NIRA, DI Elite, and Sevens have a home? 

One of the shining lights of the US rugby team is AJ MacGinty, who chats with his former coach, Bruce McLane, about attacking rugby. MacGinty plays professionally for Sale and is also coaching in his spare time. He ranks 2nd all-time in points scored for the USA, and remains the field general of the USA attack.

Skills, learning to execute skills perfectly while physically drained, and demanding the most of yourself as an athlete. Doug Brown won Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings and he knows a bit about rugby, too. His lessons cross all sports boundaries.

Former USA Men's 15s Head Coach Mike Tolkin looks at the still-incomplete world of statistical measurement and analysis in rugby. 

Eamonn Hogan sits with Bruce McLane for Part Two, as he talks about letting coaches and players find the right path for them.

Longtime coach Eamonn Hogan talks about what lessons coaches learned as professional rugby came to the USA. The only overseas coach employed in PRO Rugby, Hogan has a special insight into how the game and the players have developed over the last few years.

Bruce McLane talks rugby and coaching with George Skivington, former captain of London Irish and now the team's Forwards Coach. Skivington led the England Saxons to a 2010 Churchill Cup win, and players professionally for London Irish, Saracens, London Wasps, and Leicester Tigers. 

Former USA National Team psychologist Dr. Steve Durant is now the sports psychologist to the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox, and he talks with Bruce McLane about what he has learned as a former rugby player, and as a leader in the sports psychology field. Part 2 of 2.

Former USA National Team psychologist Dr. Steve Durant is now the sports psychologist to the Boston Bruins and Boston Red Sox, and he talks with Bruce McLane about what he has learned as a former rugby player, and as a leader in the sports psychology field. Part 1 of 2.

Former England women's national team Head Coach Graham Smith talks about coaching the coach, the difference between player-centric and player-focused coaching, and how he built a World Cup winner with the England Women's Team.

Former USA 7s and 15s player Tui Osborne discuses culture, preparation, and leadership with Bruce McLane. Osborne was a national champion in 7s and also an Eagle, before helping coach Life University to a national collegiate title. He is now Head Coach at St. Bonaventure.

Bruce Mclane and Mike Tolkin decided they didn't get into quite enough detail in their first sit-down, so they sat down again and went over attack options and ideas, including specific roles for specific players.  

Mike Tolkin, who has coached the USA Men's National Team, RUNY, and Xavier HS, sits down with his old friend Bruce McLane to talk coaching. This show covers a wide range of issues, including exits, attack philosophy, set-piece launching, and some psychology. 

Longtime Atlantis coach Biddy Boyle joins Alex and, more importantly, Bruce, to talk coaching, bringing players together, and the deep, deep philosophy of creating something out of nothing. Rugby on an outbreak hiatus? OK, let's talk coaching with the experts.

Alex and Bruce talk about the LA 7s and how big a deal it is, and then they talk about other big deals, like the supposed death of club rugby (woe, didn't see that coming).

MLR opened up its third season with a game in Las Vegas, three new teams, of which two won, and Bruce and Alex look at what approach puts the pieces together the quickest. And ... what's a Gilgroni ?

Bruce McLane holds forth with Alex Goff about the fallacy that the college-All Americans-Eagles pathway is THE way. Players from American colleges are outnumbered on the US National Team. That doesn't mean college rugby isn't meaningful, it is, but this brings up several questions as to whether we look at the right players, coaches, pathways, and ideas. Mclane has opinions.

Pat Clifton joins Alex Goff and Bruce McLane to talk about USA Rugby's financial woes, why blaming specific people is bad, then they blame specific people, and then they talk about some radical ways forward.

Alex and Bruce talk about what aspects of the rugby world they are thankful for, and look at tactical and skill improvements in the USA women's 7s team, and look at pathway decisions in the USA men's 7s team. And they also talk about sushi. Why? Listen and find out.

Alex Goff and Bruce McLane talk about whether college playoffs are useful, too big, too small (?), or just there to make some people feel good.