BEYOND THE GAME
BEYOND THE GAME
Podcast Description
Beyond The Game explores the mindset, resilience, and high-performance habits of elite athletes, expert coaches, and experienced business leaders from the world of high performance sport.
Hosted by Paul Cahill and Jonny Holland, each episode examines the success and the struggles—revealing lessons learned along the way that have allowed our guests find success within their professional and personal lives.
Expect conversations and applicable learnings on:
Resilience – Overcoming setbacks & staying mentally strong
Mindset – The psychology behind peak performance
Leadership – Lessons from sport that apply to business & life
Winning Habits – The routines & discipline that drive success
The principles and tools of leadership, resilience, and high performance don’t just belong in sport—they belong everywhere.
New episodes every fortnight. Listen, learn, and level up.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on key themes such as resilience, mindset, leadership, and winning habits. For example, Episode 1 features Simon Zebo discussing the transferable skills from rugby to business, while Episode 2 with Patrick Horgan reveals insights into mental toughness and motivation, demonstrating how these principles apply beyond the realm of sports.
Beyond The Game explores the mindset, resilience, and high-performance habits of elite athletes, expert coaches, and experienced business leaders from the world of high performance sport.
Hosted by Paul Cahill and Jonny Holland, each episode examines the success and the struggles—revealing lessons learned along the way that have allowed our guests find success within their professional and personal lives.
Expect conversations and applicable learnings on:
Resilience – Overcoming setbacks & staying mentally strong
Mindset – The psychology behind peak performance
Leadership – Lessons from sport that apply to business & life
Winning Habits – The routines & discipline that drive success
The principles and tools of leadership, resilience, and high performance don’t just belong in sport—they belong everywhere.
New episodes every fortnight. Listen, learn, and level up.
What does it take to stay at the top of professional rugby for over a decade?
In this episode of Beyond The Game, we sit down with James Cronin – former Munster, Biarritz, and Leicester Tigers prop – whose career is defined by consistency, resilience, and an unbreakable determination to succeed.
Having made over 150 appearances for his boyhood club Munster, James went on to test himself in France with Biarritz before finishing his professional career in the English Premiership with Leicester Tigers. Now stepping into his next chapter as Head Coach of Highfield Rugby, he reflects on the lessons learned from the highs, lows, and everyday grind of elite sport.
James shares powerful insights into maintaining elite performance over time, managing setbacks, and transferring the mindset of a professional athlete into leadership and coaching.
Topics Covered:
Building resilience and consistency in elite performance
Overcoming injury setbacks & psychological recovery
Leadership lessons from the pitch to the coaching box
Transitioning identity from player to leader
The importance of preparation, perspective & purpose
Listen, follow, and subscribe to the Beyond The Game Podcast for real-world lessons on resilience, mindset, and leadership from athletes, coaches, and business leaders who’ve performed at the highest level.
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