“He’s been to the rugby corners of the world most people don’t even know exist.” 🌍🏉

If there’s rugby being played in some remote village halfway around the world, you can bet that Max Courtis has already found it, been there, and filmed a documentary about it...

Drawing on his experience playing for Exeter University and representing England Students, Max first used rugby as a way to travel — chasing new playing opportunities and connections overseas. What started as a passion for the game soon evolved into a mission to tell the stories of rugby’s hidden communities across the globe.

There’s no corner of the rugby world safe from CurtsCode’s expeditions — from the classic UK-to-Australia gap-year route to the more unexpected rugby outposts in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

Driven by pure curiosity and a love for storytelling, Max has made it his mission to show that rugby connects people everywhere — no matter the language, location, or level.

In this episode, Max reveals how he uncovers hidden rugby stories, his creative process behind filming and presenting, and his advice for creators looking to make their mark in the rugby space. 🎥✈️

Check out Max on Instagram 👉 @curtscode

Jake Colley-Davies — better known as Caradoc Conditioning — is one of the original and biggest online rugby strength & conditioning coaches. 💪

After completing his studies at Cardiff Metropolitan University, rather than the conventional route to full-time employment, Jake pioneered a path from the fitness industry into the rugby community, a transition that’s since inspired countless other coaches to follow.

In this episode, we chat about how grassroots rugby is benefiting from the rise of accessible S&C knowledge, and how Jake has been leading the charge in sharing high-quality coaching insight for free online. We dive into the details of the social media skills and strategy that he has developed along the way and have built a following of over 100,000 which he has leveraged to create a thriving rugby performance business.

Jake is doing great things for rugby through helping players everywhere get stronger, faster, and fitter, ultimately helping people enjoy the game more. 🏉

You can find more information on the Caradoc Conditioning coaching services on...

Instagram 👉 @caradoc_conditioning

Or his website 👉 caradocconditioning.com

Jack Wiles is the founder of RB Club (formerly Rugby Buckets) — a rugby lifestyle brand bringing something fresh to the game.

But Jack didn’t take the most traditional route into the rugby industry…

In this episode, we chat about the parallels between army and rugby culture, how he’s used lessons from his past to build his brand, and his mission to create the coolest brand in rugby! 🏉

Rugby is built on history and tradition — and while those values make the game what it is, they might also be what’s holding it back from growing… or worse, surviving.

It’s people like Jack who are keeping the game alive through their modern approach — filling a gap in the market with something genuinely cool. Maybe even the coolest brand in rugby. 😎

Fancy some new garms for your next game day? Check out @_rbclub 👕

🤯 Will Owen from Squidge Rugby lifts the lid on how two brothers turned their rugby obsession into one of YouTube’s biggest rugby channels...

Will Owen is one half of the iconic YouTube rugby duo — Squidge Rugby! 🏉

Arguably the original rugby content creators, the brothers first began posting videos about their beloved Ospreys back in 2018. Since then, they’ve used their deep rugby knowledge and sharp humour to produce over 400 videos and build an audience of more than 250,000 subscribers on YouTube! 🤯

Widely regarded as two of the brightest rugby minds in the game, they’ve helped fans see rugby through a new analytical — and often hilarious — lens. In this episode, we dive into the origins of their rugby story, explore the often-overlooked challenges of being a YouTube creator, and of course, put the rugby world to rights…

This was a fascinating chat with an incredibly insightful and dedicated rugby nerd — we hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 🎙️

Find Will on Instagram 👉 @will_owen9

And, of course, check out the legendary YouTube channel 👉 Squidge Rugby

Dave Algie is one of the most passionate rugby nauses our game has ever been fortunate enough to have 🏉🤓

He is the founder of Rugby's Lineal World Titles: the Raeburn Shield (men) and Utrecht Shield (women) 🏆

A competition similar to boxing world titles, where the "winner stays on" and puts the trophy on the line every time they take the field 🤯

Although Dave founded the competition in the late 2000's, it's origins actually date back to the original international rugby fixture! Making it both the newest and oldest competition in rugby! 🌍

Fuelled by only his love for the game, Dave has overcome major obstacles from World Rugby as he tries to grow a solution to one of rugby's biggest problems: creating jeopardy to reduce the number of "dead rubber games" / increase entertainment and investment into the sport, most significantly, without increasing the number of games in a season! 🤩

This was a really interesting conversation, and if you want more then you can find the men's and women's official accounts on instagram:

Raeburn Shield: https://www.instagram.com/raeburnshield?igsh=cTZoNzMyeXhrY3J1

Utrecht Shield: https://www.instagram.com/utrechtshield?igsh=MTRpN3ZocjRyeWkyNQ==

Thank you so much for listening, we hope you enjoy 🤝

Duncan Wood (or Boomfa Vintage as he is known to most) is the leading rugby jersey reseller in the world! 🌎

His love for reselling rugby kit has taken him from uni rags all the way to Sky Sports riches... 📺

As well as talking through his journey, we delved a little deeper into how you too can monetise your own passion to make a living through the world of content, and of course put the rugby world to rights in the process! 🤝

If you are interested in any jerseys or following Boomfa Vintage then you can do so here... https://www.instagram.com/boomfa_vintage?igsh=bWQ5NjM3eml0bW0w

And make sure you follow us on social media to keep up to date with who we will be Talkin' Ruggers with next... https://www.instagram.com/talkinruggers?igsh=MTM3dzJoNXNiYXpncg==