Grant has been coaching rugby for 20 years, starting with his own Christchurch Rugby Club he moved to Auckland to take up a coaching post with the famous Ponsonby RC where the won the competition in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He has coached professionally in Japan and returned home for provincial honours with Auckland B, Canterbury and Mid-Canterbury. More recently he was the Skills and Backs Coach for the NZ Black Ferns where the won the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017. He is currently the Crusader International Academy Manager, and is working in Japan with Hino Red Dolphins on behalf of the Crusaders.
To see all that is going on and to donate please follow my bio linktr.ee/2022in2022Challenge Why am I podcasting? Well I decided to raise £2022 by running/walking 2022km for Mental Health in Rugby to fundraise for two fantastic charities Brave Mind, and Head for Change. I will be interviewing guests from around the globe who work are either experiencing either are or have suffered from concussion and other connected illnesses, guests family members, Mind Mentors who have either have lost family members to mental health, or are working in that space. I want to make talking about vulnerability is ok, and to ensure that everyone in our fantastic game feels that there is help there. I need your support. Please give a little to help a lot.
