The Simon Middleton Special

Rugby Union Weekly

BBC

Sports, Rugby, News, Sports News

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

With his Red Roses team chasing World Cup glory, Simon Middleton chats to Sara Orchard about his journey from glassmaker to England head coach. He reflects on his first coaching gig at Leeds, how he gets the best out of young players and the adjustments he's had to make to his coaching style. We hear about his gruelling PPP training sessions and he talks about the lessons learned from losing the 2017 World Cup final to New Zealand.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	Kia ora, rugby union daily listeners.
0:08.2	Hello, there is Veggie Might in the cupboard upstairs,
0:11.6	and that only means one thing.
0:13.1	I am officially in the Southern Hemisphere,
0:15.5	and I am pleased that I've made it all the way to New Zealand,
0:18.0	Auckland to be precise,
0:19.5	where on Saturday morning, Eden Park
0:21.3	will host both the semi-finals of the women's rugby world cup.
0:25.0	It is plastered all over the walls out here.
0:28.3	I'm really delighted to see how this country,
0:31.0	this rugby loving country,
0:32.8	has clearly embraced this world cup.
0:35.0	I am of course Sarah Orchard,
0:36.9	and we will be bringing you England,
0:38.8	taking on Canada at 3.30 in the morning on Saturday,
0:42.0	then host New Zealand,
0:43.6	take on France and the other semi-final,
0:45.7	and myself and England World Cup winner,
0:47.8	Cat Merchant will bring you both commentaries
0:50.7	on five live and BBC sounds.
0:53.5	So another day and another daily podcast.
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