Professor Pieter Kruger: Bath, Boks & The Brain
6/10/20261 hr 12 min
Payno and Tins are joined by Professor Pieter Kruger - clinical psychologist, performance consultant, and one of sport's most sought-after minds. Having worked with the Springboks, Team GB, Formula 1 teams, he now works with Bath as they chase back-to-back Premiership titles, Pieter offers a rare and fascinating window into what really separates good from the great. 00:00 🛞 Season 6 Powered by Continental Tyres 03:09 🧠 What Performance Psychs Do 06:07 🩸 Bloodgate and Rebuild 08:42 🏗️ Bath Turnaround Blueprint 13:47 😎 Finn Russell Calm Under Fire 18:47 💓 Managing Pre Game Anxiety 21:55 🌧️ Brighton Loss Recovery 24:17 🏎️ Cross Sport Culture F1 38:38 ⚔️ Bath Semifinal Week 46:48 📉 England Form Swings 48:05 🎙️ Media And Trust 57:19 🟢 Boks Under Pressure? 📝LooseHeadz looseheadz.co.uk/24-7s 🥃 Rémy Martin Cocktail Recipes https://www.remymartin.com/en-uk/cocktails/ 📗 The Good, The Bad & The Rugby: Unloaded: https://lnk.to/GBRUnlocked/waterstones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsPieter Kruger· Guest0:00
Performance psychology is only as good as the head coach would allow them to be.
Alex Payne· Host0:03
How do you work with someone like Finn Russell, who on game day is so relaxed?
Pieter Kruger· Guest0:07
Some players just have a low intrusive voice. They just don't get phased by things.
Alex Payne· Host0:11
Can I ask you how you picked the pieces up off the back of Brighton and Japan?
Pieter Kruger· Guest0:14
It was, uh, probably the lowest week in my 24-year professional rugby career. We are driven as human beings by the why. Why do we do what we do? And the one thing I can tell you is money isn't enough. Even if you get paid exceptionally well, that- that's not gonna make you turn up every week and bleed and sweat.
Alex Payne· Host0:29
Alex Payne trying to keep the side going forward. Haskell takes it on now with just relentless chat. And there's Tindall to add the finishing touch of glamour and World Cup winning stories. A dominant display by the good, the bad and the rugby. Hello, dream team. Welcome along to this week's episode of The Good, The Bad & The Rugby, proudly sponsored, as always, by our fantastic partners at Continental Tires.
Mike Tindall· Host0:52
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Alex Payne· Host1:04
Yeah.
Mike Tindall· Host1:04
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Alex Payne· Host1:24
Thanks to my mum for that one. [laughs] Um, this week we have got another South African gentleman on the show, and I think