The Brian Moylett Podcast

Niall Williams is a Black Ferns sevens player, Olympic silver medalist and before transitioning to sevens was one of the best touch rugby players in the world. Niall talks about; The neck injury that ruled her out of the Olympics. The new perspective & mindset her recent injury gave her. The nerves she feels returning to play. Age & getting old not worrying her. What has helped her develop...

Andy Lockwood is the man behind Rugby Vacancies. The best place online to find a job in rugby. Here we chat about this and the unusual roles he has placed former rugby players in. Link to join The 1st XV Patreon & get extra podcasts https://www.patreon.com/offfieldrugby Link to Support the Pod https://www.patreon.com/offfieldrugby My instagram is @offfieldrugby - The Off Field Rugby Coach...

Andrew Lockwood is a Major in the British Army who has worked extensively in identifying leaders for the army, leadership development and building culture in teams. We chat about these things and also; Why he decided join the British Army. The importance of empathy. How to Build trust in teams How he assessed and selected future leaders for the army. The similarities between sports teams and the m...

Peter Lydon is an Irish rugby player currently playing in France with Rouen Normandie Rugby in the Pro D2. Peter talks about the crazy turn of events that saw him go from playing average Irish club rugby to signing with State Francais and playing with Sergio Parisse. We chat about his journey from playing schools rugby in Kilkenny College, playing with me in the Lansdowne under 20s team, Seapoint...

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Ilona Maher is USA international (7s & 15s), Olympian and the most followed rugby player on social media. Ilona talks about the positives and negatives with having close to 1 million followers on social media. She opens up about a time where she fell into a depression because of rugby and how she worked her way out of that hole, and is continuing to do so. We chat about her time at the Olympic...

Russell Earnshaw (aka Rusty) is a Heineken Cup winning player, who has coached England Men’s Sevens, u18s & u20s. Recently he has worked with Eddie Jones and the England senior team, Liverpool fc and other Premier League soccer teams. We chat about how you can become a more skillful and adaptable player, and also how as a coach you can help players be their best selves. After winning a Heineke...

Noel McNamara is the Attack & Backs coach for the Sharks in South Africa, and before that coached UCD in the All Ireland League, North Harbour in New Zealand’s Mitre 10, the Ireland under 18s, Ireland 20s, Leinster 20s, their A side and was also their academy manager before leaving to join the Sharks. In the pod talks about his unorthodox route to where he is today and what has helped him get...

Robbie Henshaw is a test Lion, has won two Six Nations Titles and been a European Champion with Leinster.  We chat about his journey from starting out with Connacht Rugby right after he left high school right up to winning the Irish Players’ Player of the Year award recently. Robbie opens up about times he lacked confidence on the field, periods where he wasn’t enjoying playing rugby and also...

Jimmy Gopperth has been named Premiership Player of the Season, won the Golden Boot 3 times and also won a Pro 14 title with Leinster. He’s been one of the top fly halves in Europe for the last decade, and before that was played Super Rugby with the Hurricanes and Blues. We chat about his journey from a farm in New Plymouth to playing with some of the all time greats and becoming one of the top fl...

Portia Woodman is an Olympic gold medal winner, the all time leading women’s try scorer on the World Series, and in 2020 was named Sevens Player of the Decade. She is also the only person ever to have been named both World Rugby 7s and 15s Player of the Year.  We chat about her journey from athletics, to professional netball to rugby, all the way up to winning gold in Tokyo last summer. Porti...

Enda McNulty is a renowned sports psychologist and was the Irish rugby team’s mental skills coach for a number of years. Enda came to prominence in rugby circles when he started working with Brian O’Driscoll in 2007, and O’Driscoll pays huge credit to Enda in his autobiography. Enda talks about the work he is now doing with Robbie Henshaw, what he is getting right mentally, and also; How you can t...

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Today I chat with Ireland 7s international Ian Fitzpatrick. Ian was with the Irish 7s from its relaunch in 2015 right up to the Olympics in 2021. We chat about that journey from playing the likes of Malta to playing Fiji with Semi Radradra and Josh Tuisova. He talks about the nights out the team would have after tournaments and also, How he felt getting released and not getting another contract. I...

Today I chat with USA Eagle Malon Al Jiboori who is currently playing with Ealing Trailfinders in the English Championship. Malon signed with the USA sevens when he was 18. He left first year university, moved to San Diego and started travelling across the world on the HSBC World Series. When he was 20 he was capped by the Eagles and then jumped back to sevens before going to the 2019 RWC. He’s no...

Michael Baska is a US Eagle who, this year, has played against Ireland, England and the All Blacks. But for most of his career he has been a back up player. Constantly being overlooked by coaches and struggling at times to get a contract. Baska talks about the mindset, determination and work ethic he had to keep following his dream of becoming a US Eagle no matter what setbacks he faced. We also c...

Mike Ruddock is a Grand Slam winning coach.  Throughout his 35 year career he built a reputation for turning around underperforming teams into unlikely champions. When he took over at Wales they had lost 10 games in a row, and he won a Slam in his first full season. We chat about this, and Mike shares his practices and learnings from a 35 year coaching career.  We also talk about; The be...

Today I chat with Mack Carson, who is a Canadian international, and has been playing in the Allianz Premier 15s for the past couple of seasons, firstly with Bristol and more recently Saracens. I’m currently coaching Mack as she is back in UBC for a semester to finish her degree, before going back to Saracens in January. We chat about what it’s like to play with one of the top teams in the Allianz...

Today I chat with Rugby Bricks Founder Pete Breen. Pete is a former ITM Cup player, having represented Otago and Northland. Since retiring from the game he has founded Rugby Bricks, which has over 143k followers on instagram and developed the @rugbybricks kicking tees, which are used by some of the best players in the world. On @rugbybricks insta he coaches skills, and sometimes does so with All B...

Today I chat with rugby agent Tom Beattie, who is the founder of TDB Sports.  We talk about; What he does to maximize players earnings. How agents get paid in rugby. How he got started as an agent. The British & Irish Lions coach that mentored him. How transfer dealings with club work, and the impact Covid had. The RFU requirements to being an agent, and representing players in England. W...

Today I chat with England Rugby’s Head Nutritionist Dr Graeme Close. Graeme is also the Head of Nutrition on the European Tour of Golf, a Professor of Human Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University and has worked in Premier League Soccer. He is also a former professional rugby league player. We talk about; What it’s like working for Eddie Jones and the English Rugby (RFU) environment. If alc...

Today I chat with Connacht Rugby player Tom Daly. Tom was in the recent Ireland squad and is playing the best rugby of his life recently, but he was very close to walking away from pro rugby a couple of years ago because things just didn’t seem to be working out. We chat about that time and also, Why his time at Leinster didn’t work out. The point of difference he feels he has, that got him into t...

Today I chat with Clare Sadler, who is the USA Men’s Sevens Mental Skills Coach. Clare has previously worked with England Rugby, top level football teams and the Premier League. She is also an executive coach to business leaders, a coach developer and a therapist. We talk about; How your beliefs and assumptions dictate what you are capable of. How your personal biases can hold you back. How to acc...

Matai Leuta has played for the USA Sevens since early 2015, he was at the recent Olympics and has been capped 4 times for the USA Eagles in 15s. Matai talks about, The day Mike Friday sat him down and told him his attitude needed to change. What it was like growing up in Fiji  How he knew at age 7/8 what his life’s purpose was and how he pursued it from that day. The obstacles he had to overc...

Today I chat with Saracens player, and Wales international, Georgia Evans. This week 123 Wales international players started a petition to call on the Welsh Rugby Union to implement women’s performance pathways in the country. We talk about that, what the current pathway (or lack of one) is like in Wales and what potentially could be done to improve it. We also talk about; How it feels playing for...