On this episode we chat to Clayton Panga and Gary Dukelow from our North American and Canadian Charity Partner - BC Grassroots Rugby Foundation. Support their work by going to www.grassrootsrugby.ca and see how you can donate funds to their programmes or how to send old rugby boots and rugby balls to them to give out to kids. Yoi can also help by buying our RUGBYCOFFEE at www.rugbycoffee.com   *unedited as always

We are chatting to Rob 'The Hammer' Hammerschmidt, one of the passionate members of the popular Rugby Rant Podcast serving the MLR and rugby fans in North America. We talk about RUGBY PODCASTS and how their podcast came about. We talk about the game in the USA and in Canada and what Major League Rugby can potentially look like in the future. And we talk coffee! And our RUGBYCOFFEE launch in the USA and Canada. *Unedited as always Hope you enjoy and if you do please share and also why not follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn. You can order coffee at www.rugbycoffee.com

We had the pleasure to host two gentlemen that are passionate about the game. They share their experiences in the world of rugby journalism and rugby commentating! The talk about some of the characters they met, people they learned from and the places they enjoy going! Joe Harvey is a young UK based journalist and talks rugby for the Talk Rugby Union podcast. Dallen Stanford is based in the US and is a World Rugby commentator on the World Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup and also commentates in the exciting MLR. He is also a co-host on the successful The Rugby Hive Podcast. We chat about the Women's Game, Six Nations and Major League Rugby! *Unedited as always * Follow and share the podcast, and why not follow us on social media @rugbycoffee and try some of our great coffee from www.rugbycoffee.com to help make a difference in kids lives through the game of rugby!

Jamie Cudmore is a legend of the game! He played in no less than 4 x Rugby World Cups from 2003 to 2015. He was part of the incredible success at Clermont Auvergne ASM in the French Top 14 and the European Club Championships. His professional career lasted over 15 years and his story how he got there is a fantastic one. He tells us about the time he got back from a tour to Germany, planning to hitch hike through Canada with a team mate for the summer, and how that plans changed! He is now the head coach for the High Performance Canadian Rugby Academy called the Pacific Pride and shares, with us, some of the plans they have put in place to give talented players and the Canadian national teams the best chance to perform at the highest level. We get to know more about his family and making their way back home to Canada.   *Unedited as always Join our journey at RUGBYCOFFEE, by following the podcast, on social media and support our cause by buying the lovely coffee we have on offer online!

RUGBYCOFFEE is proud to chat to Suné Botha as she is our first female Brand Ambassador. She is also a student at the University of Pretoria and a millennium baby! Her rugby career started late but she has achieved plenty thus far in the game! *Unedited as always! We hope you enjoy! We promote rugby and people at all levels through our podcasts and we invite you to join our journey in making a difference in kids lives and their communities, through coffee and the wonderful game of rugby! Available on all main podcast platforms. Join our social media channels and learn more at www.rugbycoffee.com

We are chatting to Warren about his rich experience in rugby, the rugby institutes he is involved in, and how they are helping to develop young players on and off the pitch. He tell us more about the Villagers Rugby Club in Cape Town and about his sports business! Warren is RUGBYCOFFEE's first appointed Brand Representative in South Africa. Thinus and Warren are both flyhalves so they have plenty to say!  *Unedited as always ENJOY and share if you'd like and follow us on social media to see how we can make a difference together!

We are honoured to welcome Eugene 'Loffie' Eloff on our RUGBYCOFFEE Podcast Episode 9! Loffie chats to us about his career starting out as a 9 and moving into coaching. He created successful and winning teams wherever he was coaching, and his book serves as a guide to coaches and players. All with relationships at the heart of it! Now CEO of his new venture, Elite Sports Mentorship, he wants to help players, coaches and teams through mentoring and providing guidance. He shares their vision for the business. We also have an exciting announcement! Unedited as always! Enjoy, share and get involved!

In this episode we are talking to a Crowd Favourite, hard hitting ex-Saracens and ex-Namibian loose forward, Jacques Burger! We find out more about life in Namibia on their farm, his proud career, plus his view of the game, especially in Africa, and why he is involved as Brand Ambassador for RUGBYCOFFEE! *Unedited as always  Join us on our journey to together help make a difference in kids lives using rugby as a too! for change! Follow our podcast and social media as we grow and buy our coffee to create this change. www.rugbycoffee.com

We are chatting about our progress at RUGBYCOFFEE and also celebrate some newly crowned champions! Join us via your podcast platform to see where we are in our journey!

Representing Canada in no less than FOUR Rugby World Cups! A favourite in Scotland in playing for Glasgow Warriors for many years!  We chat about his life from back in school in South Africa, moving with his family to Canada and ending up in the UK with his rugby, and what they are up to now! He shares his passion for coffee and he talks about special memories in the game and about the unique experience of the World Cup in Japan. Enjoy and as always it is unedited!

We chat to young English prop forward Sam Nixon about his journey from the farm to France! It starts from a disappointment of not getting a chance at a Premiership Academy out of school, to playing in the European Cup and Premiership and now at Top 14 team Bayonne! Sam is representing RUGBYCOFFEE as Brand Ambassador and he is also representing the less travelled journey, along with all the young driven players out there looking to turn pro, plus the exclusive FRONT ROW UNION!

Dallen Stanford, World Rugby Commentator chats with RUGBYCOFFEE about how he got into broadcasting, commentating and how he came up with sayings like: "he's more dangerous than climate change" and "he is so scary, Freddy Kreuger has nightmares about him" We chat about the World Rugby Sevens Series, about Cape Town and growing up in the Mother City and life in his adopted country, the USA! We also chat rugby charity!  Hope you enjoy! Follow our podcast & social media!

RUGBYCOFFEE's Thinus Pienaar, chats with Mr. Rugby Asia, Ex-Captain and Rugby International for Sri-Lanka, and now also Brand Ambassador for RUGBYCOFFEE! He talks about how he got involved in the game and the work he does now to help introduce the wonderful game to kids in Sri-Lanka. *Unedited! Hope you enjoy! If you did why don't you follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

We chat to Dan Leo, Ex-Samoan Rugby International and now CEO of Pacific Rugby Player Welfare. A hard hitter on the field and now banging the drum for the wellbeing of players from the Pacific! We chat about his career, PRPW and why he has agreed to be part of the RUGBYCOFFEE team! **unedited and as recorded! Please share! We hope you enjoy!

Our first ever RUGBYCOFFEE podcast!  Chatting Rugby & Coffee with Thinus Pienaar and how he got involved helping with growing the RUGBYCOFFEE brand.