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Wandering Bear Podcast

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The Wandering Bear Podcast aims to give our listeners insight, ideas, thoughts and tactics on how to make the most of their time on this earth

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Episodes

BJ Botha: How To Coach The Scrum

Brendon James Botha (BJ) is a 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok prop and the current SCT Rugby Head Coach at Glenstal Abbey. He is also the UL Bohemians Men's Head Coach and a world-renowned scrum specialist.

Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 4 min

Anthony J. Klarica: 7 Steps To Success In Sport & Life

Anthony is the Managing Director of Elite Performance. He was originally a Physical Education and Psychology Teacher and has spent the last 30 years working as a Psychologist and Performance Coach. He has worked in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, in government and non-government education and consulted to a wide variety of corporate organisations. In sport Anthony has worked with Australian teams internationally and at the Olympic Games, with national s...

Jun 16, 2024•49 min

Glen Jackson: Taking The Step Up

Glen Jackson will take over as Head Coach for the Fijian Drua Super Rugby team in 2025. In addition to being an international standard referee, Glen had a long career as a player, representing the Maori All Blacks, the Waikato Chiefs, and Saracens in the English Premiership.

Jun 10, 2024•53 min

Petrus Du Plessis: A Life In Professional Sport & The Science Of Scrummaging

Petrus is an ex-professional rugby player and current professional rugby coach working with teams like Kobe in Japan & the Leicester Tigers in England. His most recent job has been as the Scrum Coach for the Wallabies under Dave Rennie. Petrus also runs a physiotherapy business.

Jan 21, 2024•44 min

The Blake Schoupp Story

This week on the Podcast is Wallabies & Brumbies Prop Blake Schoupp.

Jan 07, 2024•29 min

Anthony Eddy: How To Build a High Performance Team.

Anthony Eddy is the current Director of Symmetry Sports a company focused on Elite Athlete Management and Representation, Coach and High Performance Management & High Performance Health Assessments. www.symmetry-sports.com . In his coaching career Anthonys has been the Director of Rugby Sevens for the Irish Rugby Union, the National Programs Manager For Rugby Australia, the Director Of Rugby For Sydney University, the Head Coach of Worcester as well as being an Assistant Coach both the Brumb...

Jan 01, 2024•49 min

Craig Wilson: Making The Most Of Every Opportunity

Craig Wilson is the Director of Rugby and Head Coach at the prestigious Ivy League school, Yale.. He is also a leading rugby analysis content creator with millions of views across social media channels with his company The Contact Coach (@thecontactcoach).

Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 15 min

Matt Taylor: How To Make The Most Of Your Opportunities

Matt Taylor is the current Director of Coaching For Ricoh in the Japanese Top League. During his international coaching career (over 100 Test Matches) he worked as a Defence Coach for both Australia & Scotland. Domestically he coached for the Glasgow Warriors and the Queensland Reds.

Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Andrew Fraser: Why Outcomes Don't Care How You Feel

Andrew Fraser is the General Manager for IRAA (International Rugby Academy of Australia) and the Defensive Coach for Bond University Rugby Club in the Queensland Premier Rugby Competition.

Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Ben Batger: Why Hard Work Beats Talent

Ben Batger is the Head Coach of Eastwood Rugby Club in the Shute Shield, the premier grade rugby competition in Australia. During his playing career he represented the ACT Brumbies, the NSW Waratahs, the Greater Sydney Rams as well as a distinguished career for Eastwood Rugby Club.

Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Brian Doyle: How To Build Real Confidence & Finding A way To Win.

Brian Doyle is the Boxing coach for the Gracie Jiujitsu Smeaton Grange Fight Team, home of former UFC Champion Robert Whittaker and one of the most renowned MMA Teams in Australia . In his boxing career he trained under legendary Boxing Coach Johnny Lewis and was the main sparring partner for Jeff Fenech & Kostya Tszyu during the World Title Runs.

Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Michael Ruthven: The Importance Of Staying True To Yourself

This weeks guest is Warringah Rats Head Coach Michael Ruthven, we reflect on the 2022 Shute Shield Season, the importance of having mentors and being true to your values, learning from mistakes, how to stay true to your values and much much more.

Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 16 min

Chris Delooze: You Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup

Chris Delooze is the Head Coach of Manly Rugby Club in the Shute Shield Premier Grade Competition. During the pod we talked about theming, building people, learning from failure, being true to yourselfhow neither of us enjoyed the 2022 Shute Shield season, how we can learn from disappointment and much much more.

Mar 05, 2023•57 min

Zak Beer: The Importance of Being Urgent & Not Anxious

Zak Beer is the Head Coach of Northern Suburbs Rugby Club in the Shute Shield Premier Grade Competition. During the pod we talked about the rapidly improving standard of the Shute Shield, how neither of us enjoyed the 2022 Shute Shield season, how we can learn from disappointment and use it to our advantage, the importance of self care and much much more. Zak was incredibly honest and open with his answers and gave some great insights into the ups and downs of coaching, why Norths have had so mu...

Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min

Failure Cannot Cope With Perseverance

Mick Byrne is the Head Coach of the Fijian Drua Super Rugby Team. As a skills coach Mick has worked with the Wallabies, All Blacks, Scotland and Leinster. As an athlete Mick played professional Australian rules Football for Melbourne, Hawthorn and Sydney.

Nov 16, 2022•Ep. 1

Matt O’Connor: How To Improve People

Matt O'Connor is a former Wallaby and professional rugby union coach with a long track record of success at the highest levels. Matt has held head coaching roles at the Leicester Tigers (Winning the English Premiership in 2013), at Irish province Leinster (where he won the Pro12 in 2013–14) as well as the Queeensland Reds (co-head coach) in 2016.

Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min

Simon Strachan: How To Build Long Term Success

This weeks guest on the Podcast is Simon Strachan. Simon is a co founder of Gain Line Analytics http://www.gainline.biz a company he formed with former Wallabies Prop Ben Darwin. Gain Line Analytics is an operations and management consultancy with a unique perspective on success in professional sport and business. Their work has shown that great teams are more than just the sum of their parts and that great teams are the product of linkages and connections within the organisation. Through their ...

Oct 19, 2022•52 min

Aaron Walsh: The Mental Side Of High Performance

This weeks guest is Mr Aaron Walsh. Aarons work includes developing leadership, culture and mental performance programs for teams in sport and business. He is currently working with the Chiefs in Super Rugby as well as consulting to Harlequins, Texas Rangers and Basketball New Zealand. His work also includes coaching multiple corporate leadership teams in creating and maintaining a high performance working environment. In addition Aaron Has worked in MLB, NRL and with with various national teams...

Oct 05, 2022•50 min

Sean Hedger: The Key Ingredients For Long Term Success

This weeks guest on the podcast is 2022 Sydney University Head Coach, Shute Shield Coach of the year, Shute Shield 2022 Premiership winner, former Melbourne Rebels Attack Coach & the current Head of Coaching for the international Rugby Academy Mr Sean Hedger.

Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min

Scott Coleman: Building A Culture From The Ground Up

This week on the podcast we sit down with one half of the joint Shute Shield Coaches of the year Scott “Bubba” Coleman. We talk about forming the Hunter Wildfires, building an identity and a culture from scratch, lessons learned and some of the main takeaways from the crazy 2022 Shute Shield Season.

Sep 21, 2022•52 min
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