The Petey Performance Podcast

This episode is a conversation with Irish international 7s star, Foster Horan. We chat about the Irish team's recent qualification for the Olympics via the repechage tournament in Monaco, how their preparation is going as a team, Foster's road to getting to this point and the various players that have come through the 7s system over the years.

This podcast is a review of the British and Irish Lions first game of their 2021 Tour of South Africa, vs Japan. I go into depth, analysing both the collective and individual performances, as well as talking about Gatland's most recent call-ups, due to injuries within the squad.

This episode of the podcast is a conversation with my good-friend, former housemate and fellow S&C coach, Rob Morledge. He's currently coaching over in Cambodia with Svay Rieng FC, so we talk in great detail about the challenges he's faced and solutions he's come up with in relation to their S&C program. With Rob being English and working in football, we also had to touch on Euro 2020 and England's chances to lift the trophy...

This week's episode of the podcast is a conversation with the always interesting, Harry McNulty, of the Irish Rugby 7s and LA Giltinis.

We went all over with this conversation, touching on the upcoming Olympic Repechage tournament, Harry's swift transition back into 7s rugby, his experiences playing in LA and what it's like to travel the world creating content.

This podcast is a conversation with LA Giltinis and soon to be USA Eagles international, Luke Carty. We talked about his new life in LA, his experiences so far in the MLR and how he's getting on running a star-studded backline, featuring Matt Giteau and Adam Ashley-Cooper.

This episode of the podcast is a conversation with Irish international athlete and reigning 400m champion, Sophie Becker. We had a thoroughly enjoyable conversation around a number of topics pertaining to her athletic career. These included her recent performance as part of the 4x200m team at the World Relays in Poland, her hopes of competing at this year's Summer Olympic games and what she feels needs to be done to continue to grow the sport of athletics in Ireland.

This podcast is an interesting conversation with sports physio and media personality, Lauren Guilfoyle. We talk about how she's managing the return to play process, hamstring and achilles injuries, the psychology of injury, managing athlete and coach relationships, the return of the GAA and the recent news of the government's decision to provide equal funding to ladies inter-county GAA.

This podcast is a very casual conversation with Sligoman, Conán O'Donnell, of the Crusaders and Counties Manukau. We had a great chat about life and rugby in New Zealand, growing up in Sligo, the perils of being a student-athlete and a lot more as well.

On this episode of the podcast, I sat down for an in-depth conversation with Irish 400m runner, Brandon Arrey. We talked about his hopes and expectations for the World Championships and Olympics, his love and admiration for soccer and other field-based sports, his recent trip to Cameroon, his experience of racism in Ireland and the challenging topic of cancel culture.

This episode of the podcast is a conversation with former Melbourne Rebels Strength and Conditioning Coach, Eoin Scullion. We talk about how he is getting on with his head coaching job with Wanderers RFC in Singapore, his upcoming charity run across the island, mental health and mindfulness techniques and how he builds the athlete-coach relationship.