Bath Rugby Podcast

In line with Mental Health Awareness Week, which seeks to raise awareness and tackle the stigma surrounding mental health, Tom Giles (Marketing Manager) and Garin Vivian (Community Events Coordinator) - who both work for the club’s community team – have created a podcast for those who are searching for helpful information, tools and practices to improve their mental and physical health - and that of those closest to them.Our first guest is Bath Rugby wing Ruaridh McConnochie, who chats openly and honestly about his experiences with mental health, as well as the recent #DrawTheLine campaign to tackle online abuse.

Listen to our panel, hosted by Chief Executive Tarquin McDonald, of Director of Rugby Stuart Hooper, Academy Manager Craig Lilley and players Orlando Bailey and Tom Dunn.

Listen to our panel, hosted by Chief Executive Tarquin McDonald, of coaches (Stuart Hooper and Neal Hatley), players (Miles Reid) and staff (Katie Warriner) discuss our game and culture.

Listen to our panel of coaches, players and staff discuss our game, our squad and our recruitment strategy.

In the final episode of the series, we catch up with Bath Rugby Chief Executive, Tarquin McDonald, on his personal experiences through lockdown, what it's been like running a rugby club from home and what his hopes for the future are.We have an exclusive catch up with the Watson Brothers, Anthony and Marcus and hear how brotherly love and competition has driven to them to their success, as well as some of the funnier moments from growing up in a family of 3 boys.And finally we have a chat with a former hero of the Rec and England international Olly Barkley, we hear from him on his experiences at Bath, what he's up to now and what he thinks on Eddie Jones' England.Enjoy the show.

In a special edition of The Clash podcast, presented by Dyson, we catch up with Director of Rugby, Stuart Hooper and Performance Director, Andy Rock as they discuss the challenges of the lockdown, the impact on planning, the daily interactions with players and touch on some of the lighter points that lockdown has presented.