Keeping It Real With Robbie

It was so nice chatting to current La Rochelle fullback Dillyn Leyds. We cover all things from a farewell to Newlands, life in France as well as the disappointment of not making the Rugby World Cup squad to go to Japan.  🏼 What is clear is Dillyns energy and easy going nature and man it was really refreshing to chat to him. Although he didn’t get to go to Japan in 2019, the Springbok Dream i...

Madosh, born in the DRC, raised in Jozi and living in Durban (where according to him is summer from Jan to December  ) For me it’s always such a great experience chatting to everyone that comes on the podcast and this one was no different!  🏼 Madosh is a young guy with a great pedigree already and it is clear that he is someone who is going to go far in this beautiful game 🇿🇦 We ex...

I thoroughly enjoyed my chat with World Cup winning fly-half Damian Willemse as he shared openly about the pressure that come with being a young guy in the pro set up as well as his experiences at rugby World Cup 2019 🇿🇦 We are well aware of his ability on the rugby field and it’s a scary thought, that he is only 22 and going to go from strength to strength. 🇿🇦 🏼 Aside from that, off the fie...

Episode 12 that was a long time coming and man it was worth the wait!  The past 3 weeks haven’t gone all according to plan, podcast wise, but man I’m grateful for this chat I had with Nic. Nonetheless, We cover the dangers of praise and affirmation and the ability of these to dictate happiness and performance  🏼 One thing that stands out for me and something I really admire, is Nic's pe...

Daryns YouTube Chanel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC_SrH_3fOsd3hLFAixtNHZg The 11th chat bought out insight into the life of a player that sustained injuries for 2 years and off the back of that lost his franchise contract. Frustrating would be the word. 🥵 However, his story shows how quickly things can change for the good and bad. Daryn has recently earned his first Proteas cap and expla...

Another insightful and quality chat with the super professional individual that is Thando Ntini.    We chat about his move to the Titans, critics and something about Cubana and Extrablatt 👀😂 but in all seriousness, this is a guy who has serious talent and always quality to have a chat with. Thanks Thando for coming on and all the best for training on Monday 😉   Remember the name...

An interesting chat to Marcel Brache, USA Eagles captain 🦅 and current Western Force centre 🌪🌪   We chatted about the Forces Super Rugby return, USA rugby, his processes and yes the NADOES! 😅   Thank you Marcel - for sharing openly about your journey, career thus far and plans for the future.   (Catch him in action on the 11th of July for Super Rugby Australia 🚀)

An hour and 1 minutes of Springbok rugby captain No.63!     Rugby World Cup winner, 216 Saracens caps and great human being.     They say never meet your hero’s but after my chat to Schalk Brits I disagree, meet them (Even if it is over zoom! 🤣) Schalk embodies perseverance and a positive attitude in life. Everyone I’ve spoken too has only had positive words to say a...

A remarkable chat with Demetri Catrakilis as he opens up about his life threatening injury while playing for the Harlequins at the infamous stoop and his first taste for professional sport with Moroka Swallows F.C. 🔥 What a top guy! Thanks so much for keeping it real with me, Demetri 👊🏼🤞🏼

104 Sharks caps, 20 Springbok caps and 6 years in Japan! What an honor to chat to this running rugby legend! 🤩Thank you Ryan for coming on - it was such a special chat 🙌🏼🙌🏼

7 years with the DHL Stormers. 12 years with the Springboks, over 100 tests and World Cup winner. Yup, I most definitely was in the midst of springbok rugby royalty 🥇🏆 Rene Naylor and I chat all things life, lockdown and rugby World Cup 2019. Thank you Rene Naylor for chatting on the podcast - what a privilege 🙌🏼

To say that DHL Western Province and DHL Stormers lock forward, Chris Van Zyl is a legend and serious role model to all would be an understatement. In this episode we chat all things from the winning the 2017 Currie cup final as a captain, to mental health, leadership, time management and professionalism. Thank you Chris for everything you shared and I am positive this is going to help a lot of pe...

As far as down to earth athletes go, don’t look much further than DHL Western Province and DHL Stormers scrum half Paul De Wet. This is a fairly different episode but was hellavu fun to record. As some some you may have seen, I gave Afrikaans a crack in the intro for the first time since matric (I rehearsed. A lot) but still fairly happy with the final result 🤪🤟🏼 He shared some awesome insight...

First of all, thank you Dylan Sage for coming on! Sometimes us as the public see sportsmen and sportswomen for there performances on the field and not for what they are off it. I think it’s important that athletes get this opportunity to express themselves as people before sportsmen or sportswomen. Dylan has had a successful career thus far and shares some awesome insight into the Blitzboks and Th...

Gee, that was harder than expected. 😲 Prior to the interview, Alex Payne said this to me “Take the pressure off yourself, enjoy what it is that you do, celebrate the good stories and be relaxed and laugh when it all goes wrong.” That is certainly easier said than done but advice I cherish and am eager to work on. As far as comfort zones go - I reckon I was well out of mine, but nonetheless the co...