Our guest today is Rachael Burford who is one of the first professionally paid women in English Rugby and owner of Twelve and The Burford Academy.
Rachael is one of the most capped females for England Rugby having earned 79 caps at Centre for the Red Roses. She's an IRB World Cup Champion, representing England in both 7's and 15's and was named England player of the year in 2014. She's won the Medway Sports Personality 4 times and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of The Year in 2014 and Sky Sports Women's Team of The Year in 2014.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into how to receive and give great player feedback, the Burford Academy and how this is helping female players enter the game of rugby, what makes coaches inspiring to play for and much, much more.
If you want to find more about Rachael you can find her here: https://www.burford12.co.uk/about-rachael.html
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