What if rugby didn’t have to choose between performance and protection?

In this opening episode of the @ForceField Podcast, I introduce a different kind of conversation, one that sits in the space between two ways we often talk about injury in sport. Sometimes not enough, and sometimes in a way that creates concern.

Rugby is a game that shapes people. It builds resilience, connection, identity. But alongside the pride and passion, there is often something unspoken. Those moments on the touchline, the quiet concerns, the injuries that don’t always make it back into the way we train and prepare.

This podcast is about changing that.

Not by criticising the game.

Not by softening it.

But by asking a better question:

👉 How do we build athletes who are not only powerful but protected?

In this first ...