12. Carrick Blake - Cambridge Rugby

Joined by Henry Mander of England U20s and discussed the Premiership, Insight Analysis,  trends in the game, and how they try to make their U20 environment match the senior side. 

Joined by Carrick Blake to discuss his blog and Youtube work as well as winning the collison and the importance of the maul.  https://twitter.com/analysisguy0502?lang=en https://theanalysisguy.sport.blog/blog-feed/

FIrst time interviewing two people for the pod as I was joined by Alan Walsh and John Buckley of the IRFU. We primarily discuss Alan's work with sevens, John's work with referees, how statistics impact coaching and decision making, and working under Stuart Lancaster.

A brief break this week but look for a new episode coming next week.

Joined by George Murray of Munster rugby to discuss working for the same club for 18 years, coaching transitions, winning the Heineken Cup, and the stats they track. https://twitter.com/murrayg9

Joined for this pod by James Kent to discuss his experience with the Canadian Women's national team and the French U20s. 

Simon joins the podcast to discuss winning a Prem Final, trends he's seeing in the game, and all things stats. 

Joined this week by Phil Terrigno of the US Military Academy and the Seattle Seawolves of the MLR. We discussed balancing two different analyst positions, West Point's game model, and the statistics he's analyzing for each club. 

Joined this week by Brett Igoe who is a Performance Analyst Lecturer at IT Carlow and a defensive coach with the Leinster 18s. We discussed the benefits of a degree in Performance Analysis vs the self taught route. We also discussed his early experience as an Analyst at Leinster, Scotland and his current work as a lecturer.  https://twitter.com/brettruganalyst

Joined this week by Jamie Hamilton of the New Zealand All Blacks to discuss the team's culture, the loss to England at the World Cup, what the team has been doing during quarantine, and his views on the game and statistics.