EPISODE 13 - JOHN POLAND

04/01/20 • 46 min

John Poland is a top class scrum half who signed with the New England Freejacks in the MLR this season. John gives us great insight into life in the MLR , the differences he came across after playing his rugby in Ireland for his entire career up to this point, how he found balancing college & training full time with Munster and lastly why he has a bone to pick with Ma'a Nonu!

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EPISODE 12 - TOMAS QUINLAN

Tomás Quinlan is a professional rugby player from Ireland who signed with the Colorado Raptors in the MLR for their 2020 season. Previous to this, he spent a year in the South of France playing with Narbonne. He also represented Ireland in the U-20 World Cup in 2015 where he made a huge impact after his touch line conversion to steal victory at the death vs Argentina. He enjoyed an excellent season in 2017 before heading to France with Cork Constitution where he picked up a number of trophies including the AIL. During this episode , Tomas breaks us some news before filling us in on his career to date and provides us with great insight into life playing rugby in America!

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EPISODE 14 - STEPHEN CASEY

Stephen Casey has been working in the fitness industry for the last fifteen years. He is currently the Strength & Conditioning coach for both Blackrock Senior and Blarney Premier Intermediate hurling teams.
Stephen has played a big part in Cork hurling after spending 3 years as the S&C with Cork Minors (2017), U21s (2018) and most recently U20s (2019). Throughout this episode , Steve covers an array of topics and gives great insight into how he trains his athletes. He goes into load monitoring, training the hamstrings and who he'd choose to go to war with! Enjoy!