Liza Burgess. World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2018, 93 international caps for Wales and GB, 62 times as captain, WRU board member
Welcome to the Rugby Coach Weekly girls’ and women’s section.
I’m Liza Burgess otherwise known as “Bird” and have been involved in coaching since retiring from international rugby in 2007. I’m currently part of the coaching team at Gloucester Hartpury in the Tyrrells Premiership League and I have previously coached the Welsh women’s team and inaugural women’s Barbarian team.
Over the next few months, I am going to be interviewing some top class women coaches and look forward to sharing with you some coaching tips and ideas that will develop your personal coaching skill set as the women’s game continues to grow.
We’ve five key elements to our club coaching philosophy, one of which is “Protect”. This refers to each other and also to protect the ball. Here’s our ball protection policy. MORE
Bird and LJ talk to Lynne Cantwell, the first high performance manager for the women’s game in South Africa.
Lynne is Ireland’s most capped (86) female rugby player. She was appointed to the South African role in February 2021. She has been a member of Sport Ireland’s board since 2019. She is also a qualified physiotherapist. MORE
The remarkable and untold story of the 2014 Rugby World Cup winning England side from the view of their coaches, Gary Street and Graham Smith.
In this episode, approaches to the selection of Captain, why its not a sacrifice to play for your country, ‘you’re not fit to wear the shirt’, guns, bullets and the team begin their journey at the 2014 Rugby World Cup in France. MORE
The remarkable and untold story of the 2014 Rugby World Cup winning England side from the view of their coaches, Gary Street and Graham Smith.
In this episode, recovering from a World Cup final loss, the power of a Post It note, ‘Toughen Up Tuesdays’, random Tornado's and how a 'wet Wednesday in Waikato’ in 2013 was so significant. MORE
In this episode of the Women's Rugby Coaching podcast, Jess Bunyard is joined by Vicky Alexander.
Vicky has a number of rugby roles including Petersfield RFC Senior Men’s Coach and Cobham Girl’s Rugby Lead.
The episode discusses Vicky's coaching work at Cobham including recognising and supporting female players with their mental health. MORE
Develop your pick-and-go game against an organised ruck defence. James Forrester introduces this three-player move to create some go-forward momentum. MORE
In 2016, Harlequins and England star and Girls Rugby Club’s Advisory Board member, Leanne Riley helped set up the girls’ section at Guildfordians Rugby Club, which has grown to more than 75 players. The key element to this success was her work in engaging girls with rugby within schools. With girls playing rugby in schools,... MORE
Tired, bloated, diarrhoea, pain, headaches, anxiety, depression. These issues and more can be experienced by women on or around their period. Yet, menstruation is considered a taboo subject. MORE
Use this low impact tackling exercise to work on both the ball carrier's ball placement after the tackle, tackler technique and recovering.
The emphasis is on completing the tackle, with the tackler's "speed to feet" to then compete for the ball. MORE
Liza Burgess. World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee 2018, 93 international caps for Wales and GB, 62 times as captain, WRU board member
