Callum Mahoney

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Around 480 days until the 2024 Olympics.

There is a clear top 2/3 in the Women’s 7s pecking order but the team I’d want to coach for that event is the Canadians.

A strong squad with clear opportunities to find discontinuities for immediate performance improvements.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Arnold Rothstein would be spinning in his grave.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Rugby survived longer than many fields/professions but we now have marketers with no experience in the field at all selling courses. That's the attention algorithm for you.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Rugby is just one level of incompetent administrators trying to protect the sport from the incompetent administrators directly below them and so on.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

The instagram claim of a rugby coach working with 10000 players might be crazier than the 2005 era claim that every PT on the internet working with hundreds of NFL players.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

@DellAnnaLuca Australia requires Bachelors+exam+interview (though there is now a more direct path). Nothing to do with learning but because the people who nail high school academics are not necessarily who you want to become doctors.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

It continues to get worse, we now have coaches who have never coached a single second of rugby selling courses and coaching as they have seen the number of views some of the terrible rugby videos get.

That's before you even get to the AI slop.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

The NCoTT (novice coaches of TikTok) phenomenon is getting even further out of hand.

The “best” tackle technique in rugby is apparently one that is illegal and poorly preferred at that.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Random EOFY Question: anybody aware of any rugby platforms/content creators seeking sponsorship (and producing results deserving of it)?

DMs Open.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Random EOFY Question: anybody aware of any rugby platforms/content creators seeking sponsorship (and producing results deserving of it)?

DMs Open.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Danhausen is so over that as a child of the 90s Bulls, I’m actually cheering for the Knicks.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Remember your predicitve analytics models have always needed to include a referee with a 400k gambling debt with a penchant for over-ruling other officials and history of being dropped for incorrect match-defining calls.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Announcing the Rugbyology Coach Network
https://t.co/GDz6EnJgNM

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

The NCoTT (novice coaches of TikTok) phenomenon is getting even further out of hand.

The “best” tackle technique in rugby is apparently one that is illegal and poorly preferred at that.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

New Post: Cognition, Not Technicians https://t.co/2gleq358Aq

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Calculate a SA players 40 time based on their top speed and make up a random number for Bolt.

For the record, using the same formula, Bolt is a sub 3.2s.

A 5.11 40m for a lock isn’t lightning quick and that is a proper 40, not a flying like this.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Given the difference in number of registered players and tests conducted absolute numbers are about as useful as the proverbial.

Also compare time during that decade nations were non-WADA compliant.

[Inside Rugby With Mark @insiderugbymark]

Have spent some time this week looking into the state of doping on rugby across the world.

The top 3 nations with violations in the past 10 years are

1. UK
2. Australia
3. South Africa.

The UK has had 143 players fail doping tests. Australia second with 83 and South Africa 3rd with 81.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Really random request:

Does anyone know the result of the Ipswich Grammar vs Toowoomba Grammar rugby match in 2009? 18 July I believe.

Even if you only know who won.

I’ve tracked down the other 35 results of that “lost” season, just short this one.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Committing to audio versions of essays and then dropping a 6000 word one might not have been my best idea.

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Most rugby organisations celebrate their depth without asking if it's working against them.

Best coaches end up below the top team. The pipeline accelerates. The top can't keep up.

I call this inverted depth and it's more common that we think.

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[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

Dan Herbert not even being nominated is a choice.

Clears the Aussies here apart from maybe Snorky.

[Super Rugby Pacific @SuperRugby]

Some explosive talent in this bunch of stars 💥

Which of these icons earns a spot in the Super Rugby Legends XV?

Have your say 👉 https://t.co/TE7ag2867c

#SuperRugbyPacific #SRP30

[Callum Mahoney @callummahoney]

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