Jamie Cudmore - Stories, Concussion & the Journey
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Jamie went to 4 World Cups, won a Top 14 and played professionally for 15 years. He shares stories from his career and we also chat about,
- Competitive skiing (junior Canadian international)
- Why he started playing rugby
- Playing with Capilano rugby club
- Cutting his teeth in New Zealand club rugby.
- How his move to Scarletts happened
- What it was like walking into the scarlets dressing room with Stephen Jones, Simon Easterby, and Scott Quinnelll, and how he felt about it.
- Playing 40/50 games a year, and how it impacted him.
- Why Scarlets released him after 1 year.
- Showing up drunk to training.
- Being captain in France
- Why he think Clermont lost a finals.
- Being coached by Joe Schmidt
- Concussion, seeing neurologists
- Our thoughts on dealing with concussion
- Starting out as a coach
- Why he thinks Canada have fallen down the world rankings
- Pro D2 budgets vs Rugby Canada
- How he thinks Canada get back up the rankings
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