Ep 568: Owen Franks and Kev Toonen Teach Tex About Rugby

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4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Today we get a unique look into rugby through the eyes of a strength coach and a professional player. Tex talks with Kev Toonen and Owen Franks about the sport’s transition through COVID and the challenges that presented. This amazing discussion gives us insight into the culture, leadership, training, and growth of a team from both player and coach perspectives. And, never underestimate the power of shittalking. With all the cultural shifts occurring, may the ribbing between players never cease.

Coach Kev Toonen and rugby great, Owen Franks join the show to discuss the resilience of the sport during the recent lockdown. It’s a testament to the dedicated players and supporters that teams made massive sacrifices to keep the sport alive. Maybe it’s also why Kev Toonen says that his team has such high standards for character. Teams win when they play with teammates they respect.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into Power Athlete Radio.
0:05.7	Today we get a unique look into rugby through the eyes of both a strength coach and a professional player.
0:12.5	Text talks with Kev Tunin and Owen Franks about the sports transition through COVID and the challenges that that situation presented.
0:20.1	This amazing discussion gives us insight into the culture, the leadership,
0:25.0	training and growth of a team from both player and coach perspectives.
0:29.7	And never ever underestimate the power of shit talking.
0:32.7	With all the cultural shifts that are occurring right now,
0:35.9	may the ribbing between players never cease.
0:39.2	More on that and a great discussion ahead.
0:42.2	Here it is, episode 568.
0:48.6	Power Athlete Radio.
0:52.7	Welcome to another episode of the premiere podcast and Strength and Conditioning,
0:57.0	and we got two kick-ass guests from Down Under.
1:01.5	Owen Franks joining us once again and Mr. Kev Tunin, also a Power Athlete Radio alum,
1:07.8	but now we're combining forces for a kick-ass episode.
1:11.8	I got one question for you, Owen.
1:13.8	Is New Zealand still considered down under, or is that reserved for only Australia?
1:19.8	I think concerning we're closer to Antarctica, I'd say just New Zealand.
1:23.9	Yeah.
1:25.5	Yeah.
1:26.8	No, both.
1:28.3	I'm not sure. What do you got, Kiv?
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