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Coaching Culture with Ben Herring

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NEW Season 1 Oct 23, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

How a State School Built a Rugby Powerhouse | Northampton School for Boys

A state school winning at Twickenham sounds like a fairy tale until you hear how Northampton School for Boys actually built it. We sit down with Phil Beaumont and Simon Heffer, the leaders behind NSB rugby’s decade-long rise from six teams to 18 teams and hundreds of players, all in a non-selective, lottery-intake comprehensive where rugby is optional. What makes it work is not a single golden generation, it’s a repeatable system that keeps producing confident players and tight-knit squads ye...

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