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Exciting times for women’s rugby and coaching

by Dan Cottrell in Girls/Womens, Podcast, Rugby Coach Weekly with Dan Cottrell

Liza “Bird” Burgess was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2018. With 93 caps for Wales and GB, she’s also an experienced international and club coach. Now assisting Susie Appleby at Gloucester-Hartbury in the Tyrrells English Premiership, she shares her approach to coaching, what inspires her and how she’s changed her delivery. These are exciting times for the women’s game as more women take up the coaching reigns – it was great to catch with a good friend and a beacon for the game.

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