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Matt O'Connor: The Harsh Truths of Coaching Winning Teams

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Matt O'Connor: The Harsh Truths of Coaching Winning Teams

Coaching Culture with Ben Herring›
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Pressure makes culture visible. With Matt O’Connor, we go inside elite rugby environments to show how trust, standards, and brutally honest conversations turn potential into performance. Matt’s coached at Kubota, the Brumbies, Leicester Tigers, Leinster, and the Queensland Reds, and he draws a sharp line between glossy values and the gritty, day-to-day actions that actually win games. We talk about social capital as

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