Dan McKellar: How To Build A Team

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Dan McKellar: How To Build A Team

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Jan 18, 2022

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This week on the podcast is Brumbies Head Coach & Wallabies Forwards Coach Dan McKellar. I have been a massive fan of Dans for a long time and it was an honour to sit down and pick his brain on all aspects of how to build teams & the unique challenge of getting 8 massive humans to work together.

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Jan 18, 2022

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