Today I was delighted to be joined by the founder of The Arthur Wharton Foundation, Shaun Campbell!

Arthur’s incredible story started when he moved from Ghana to Darlington in 1883 whereupon he became the first black professional footballer, the first official fastest man as well as a professional cricketer and rugby player!

The Foundation works to promote racial harmony for the public benefit by promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups and advancing education and raising awareness towards the promotion of equality and diversity by promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds.

On Saturday 17th October Darlington Mowden Park rugby club will be welcoming Shaun and the Arthur Wharton trust to celebrate Black History month and Darlington will be presenting a ball signed by all of their players of colour from the minis to the seniors.

Today I thoroughly enjoyed doing a deep dive on an outstanding new fly-half who made the first two URC matches in South Africa that little bit more exiting!

Born in Austria and following in his father's footsteps, Casper joined Leinster rugby during covid and after making his first cap last year has now since started twice against the Lions and Sharks.

In this video I go into his background, his motivations, the skills in him that caught my eye and where I think he sits in the Leinster fly-half pecking order! Always love seeing a new player make a good account of himself! Keep it up Casper 👍 Also available wherever you stream your podcasts 🏉

This week I was overjoyed to reunite with a legend of Champ rugby and phenomenal fly-half, Bruce Houston!

Bruce’s rugby CV boasts a wide range of experience from club level to international duty as he toured South Africa, Canada and America playing for Zimbabwe. I first spoke to Bruce in 2025 whilst we played with Champ side Cornish Pirates and we really hit it off, Bruce’s enthusiasm and experience makes an interview feel more like a chat and now the Ulsterman returns to The Champ the tournament will be more thrilling then ever!

Honing his skills with Ulster, Edinburgh, Ealing Trailfinders, Cornish Pirates, USBPA rugby and even on an international duty with Zimbabwe, Bruce is certainly one to watch and as I’ve keenly been watching his career with interest, I can’t wait to see what’s in store next for the 26-year-old!

Also an impromptu and unexpected chat about golf for good measure!