After The Whistle with Lewis Moody – Details, episodes & analysis

In the final episode of 2019, Lewis and Leon sit down to unpack where their lives are at after Rugby, including the lessons to be learned from failure and the importance of finding a passion outside of sport.

Leon confides in Lewis about his struggles with alcohol, how he felt distanced from his friends and team mates after retirement and in turn how these experiences fuelled him into his current line of work that aims to athletes transition out of sport and into other careers.

Lewis shares the incredible story of meeting and forming a strong bond with Joss Rowley-Stark in 2012 that inspired the launch of the Lewis moody Foundation, after the 14 year old rugby fan sadly lost his battle with cancer.

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The Former flanker and number eight who played with the Northampton Saints, and the British and Irish Lions, joins Lewis and Leon to discuss the highs and lows of his extraordinary career. 
In this episode, Rodber speaks candidly about his battle with self esteem while playing rugby and confessed that he wanted to leave the game because he doubted his talent in the sport. But it’s his high standards and relentless drive for success that has led him to achieve on the rugby field, in his role as as an army captain and in the business world where he currently resides. 
Although Rodber admits that he’s not a particularly reflective person when it comes to looking back on his life, he opens up about the emotion behind the iconic photo of him helping Pat Lam lift the Heineken Cup back in 2000, the people he considers his mentors,  what he describes as his tyranny as captain of the Saints and how he struggled to leave the discipline of being a sportsman behind in his retirement. 

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A long time Rugby fan, Steve joins Leon and Lewis to chat about his life and career and share his thoughts on the latest world cup action.

Steve is a BAFTA winning naturalist, writer and adventurer whose day job involves taking more risks than many of us will ever experience in a life time.

In this episode Steve opens up about his fears, how he managed to cope and get straight back on the boat after recent near death experience while white water rafting, why fatherhood has changed his approach to danger and his zero tolerance attitude towards what he perceives as personal weaknesses.

Oh, and some tips on swimming with sharks too! Always handy.

Check out Steve's new TV series Expedition on Dave and his book of the same name is out now at all good retailers: http://po.st/Expedition

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Andrew Steele is an Olympian who spent 12 years professionally competing in track and field;  specialising in the 400 metre and the 4x400 metre relay for Great Britain. 
In 2017 he became an Olympic medallist after he was retrospectively upgraded from 4th place to 3rd from the Beijing 2008 games as a direct result of the Russian doping scandal. 
In this episode, Andrew shares the story of his sporting triumphs and failures as a professional sportsperson and how they  inadvertently led him to his current role as one of the founding team at DNAFit, as he speaks honestly about the depression he suffered when he missed out on the London 2012 Olympics due to injury and illness. 
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Wayne began his career as a Royal Marine in the mid-1980s; he went on to complete Special Forces selection at the beginning of the 90’s and subsequently served more than 25 years in United Kingdom’s Special Forces.
He is no stranger to pressure and has been involved in every major conflict since the mid-1980s, earning him substantial experience operating in complex environments and scenarios including; close protection, peacekeeping, warfighting and combating insurgencies.
In this episode Wayne shares the difficulties he has faced adjusting to life outside of UKSF, his vulnerabilities, grief, determination, the F word - failure -  and explores the key mindsets and behaviours that make a person a great leader. 
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After making his debut for England in the 2002 Six Nations, Steve “Tommo” Thompson was once England’s most capped hooker. Standing at 6ft tall, he was a formidable force on the field and a key player in England’s victories over New Zealand and Australia during the 2003 Rugby World Cup that led the team to victory. But his playing years didn’t always run so smoothly... 
In this inaugural episode of After The Whistle, Tommo shares his remarkable journey of resilience and recovery through two severe neck injuries which forced him to retire from the sport on two occasions; once in 2007 and a final time in 2011. His story is one of true heroics, pain and ultimately, immense passion and drive that saw him grow from from a young teenager first developing his skills at Northampton Old Scouts through to the Rugby legend that stands before us today. 


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As England set off for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, join Lewis Moody and Leon Lloyd as they explore what it takes to build a champion mindset both in and beyond the realms of the sporting world and ask: what happens when the game stops? 

Each week with the help of a special guest they'll be tackling the difficult aspect of transition and dissecting the roles that leadership, resilience and team work play in personal and professional success.. and the toll it can take on your physical and mental well being. 

PLUS weekly game reflections on England's progress in Asia. 


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Rav Wilding has been a permanent fixture on our screens ever since he got his first, unexpected TV presenting gig on Crimewatch back in 2004 - but that wasn’t the first career he had under his belt.. 
In this episode lifelong rugby fan, Rav, opens up about how his childhood dream of a career in the army were cut short when he sustained a serious leg break and was forced to leave the 5th Airborne Brigade specialist unit that he was serving in. The sadness and regret he felt about leaving not only his dreams behind but also his friends. 
A ‘sliding doors’ moment in his life led him to a career working as a security guard in Harrod’s before he then pursued a career in the Police Force. During this time Rav was posted to Peckham in Southwark to work on the estate where Damilola Taylor was murdered as part of a specialist unit specifically created in the aftermath of the tragic incident.

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Leon turns the tables on Lewis as he grills his former team mate and 'Mad Dog'on his own life and career in Rugby.    Lewis joined the Leicester Tigers in in 1996 and at just 18 became the youngest player to play a league game. His career went from strength to strength and he left the sport with a host of accolades to his name and an MBE to boot.    In this candid conversation he chats to Leon about those eventful early years where he struggled to balance University life with Rugby, his passion for Leicester and reveals the devastation he felt when his contract was terminated in 2010 after 14 years - something he still finds difficult to deal with to this day.    They talk about the moment Martin Johnson asked him to be captain of the England team, while stood in his back garden. The numerous severe injuries that plagued his career and caused him to miss the 2007 Six Nations Championship, and his silent battle with Ulcerative Colitis; which he hid from doctors, coaches, teammates and friends.    Well known for his all or nothing style on the field, this approach has not come without some trouble attached, and Lewis is open and honest about that infamous red card he received in 2005 after being the first England player to be sent off at Twickenham for fighting with fellow Leicester teammate Alex Tuilagi.      Lewis Moody Foundation: thelewismoodyfoundation.org Leon Lloyd and Switch The Play: switchtheplay.com   Music is City Drive by DMJ-Music: audiojungle.net/user/dmj-music

Former Coventry, Saracens and Bath player, Danny Grewcock MBE, is one of the most revered players of his generation. Now working in a role as High Performance Rugby Manager as Clifton College, Grewy shares the skills and knowledge that he has learned about the game throughout his stellar career onto to younger generations. 
After starting his career by moving into the professional ranks in 1996 - 1997 in his home city of Coventry, Grewy stacked up impressive career that culminated in him clocking up over 200 appearances for Bath during his 10-year stint at the club before retiring in 2011.  
Known as “The Enforcer” for his all or nothing playing style on the field, Grewy reflects on his playing days and reputation, that broken hand injury that saw him replaced by Simon Shaw at the 2003 World Cup, what he misses the most about the game since retiring and the passion he has for helping shape and inspire the next generation of players. 
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