Episode 11: Victoria Grant

Victoria Grant has just recently been named Head Coach of the Hurricanes Poua for the upcoming Super Rugby Aupiki 2023. She has also coached the New Zealand Mens Under 20s, NZ Black Ferns 7s Development, NZ U18 Girls 7s, Bay of Plenty Women's 7s, and currently her local Premier Men's Club team, Rotoiti. She just loves it, where she genuinely coaches for the love of people and the game. 

Formally Victoria played for and captained both the Black Ferns 15s and 7s rugby teams (including winning a couple of World Cups). She is also a trained physiotherapist, where she manages to balance running a private practice, being a wonderful mother and wife, alongside fulfilling her passion of coaching. It's always great to connect with Tors. 

We yarned about...

• The context of coaching the Hurricanes Poua and other High-Performance teams remotely.
• Enhancing opportunities for female coaches.
• Framing connection, purpose, belonging.
• Her perspective on coaching women and men, similarities and differences.
• The challenges of providing feedback, both formal and informal.
• The power of coaching one campaign at a time.
• Other bits and bobs.