Todd Dammers
Rugby coach: Forwards & Defence Coach for Major League Rugby's Chicago Hounds, previously Director of Rugby at Brisbane Boys' College and Samoa national team staff.
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Oct 29, 2026
7:55
Do you think that's the right strategy for USA Rugby and for rugby promoters?
Todd DammersGUEST
I think the biggest thing, and we'll talk about this in a minute, was the biggest takeaway for me is that the negativity and how the weekend actually unfolded.
Todd DammersGUEST
Not so much the on-field, but people talking about the crowd size and all those sort of things.
Todd DammersGUEST
8,000 people to a doubleheader for the ladies' game last who the Eagles, the ladies Eagles are unbelievable.
14 MINS LATER
22:33
Then you have an MLS-sized venue, but then you also have a smaller venue where the Sharks used to play.
NickHOST
What are some of those main areas that when you go in now that you go, "Okay, this is what we have to focus on, this is what we have to get right"?
Todd DammersGUEST
Yeah, I think for me, like I was always a little bit blown away, and I remember going to Spain for the first time, and that was a real...
Todd DammersGUEST
Like, uh, um, I, I'd been at Sydney Uni, I was director of rugby at Sydney Uni and like, mate, we'd just played in a grand final and I basically had the Wallaby back row.
Todd DammersGUEST
The, like I pretty much, I think we had 14 Super Rugby players, maybe seven Wallabies in our team.
Todd DammersGUEST
And I was like, "Oh, what am I doing? This is crazy." And but I was blown away by how, how good they actually were.
18 MINS LATER
NickHOST
How have you found, um, applying that to American teams, um, even the Australian teams? How do you decide a system that works for the players you have?