Heads Up Podcast Ed Daly

Episode 5: Ed Daly speaks to the legendary England women's team winger 'Kat' (Katherine) Merchant. Kat has had an incredible career playing both 15s and 7s women's rugby for her country and Worcester. Achieving her first cap for England at 19. As part of her incredible 9-year term with England, she played in the 2010 and 2014 Rugby World Cups. In this episode, Kat speaks honestly about her career in the sport, level of play, and why it all came to an end due to concussion injuries. Kat s...

Episode 4: Ed Daly speaks to Australian model and former professional rugby league player Nick Youngquest. During his National Rugby League career, Nick played mainly as a winger with teams such as the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and in the UK for the Gateshead Thunder, Celtic Crusaders and the Castleford Tigers.In this episode, Nick speaks to Ed about his experiences with concussion injuries, many of w...

Episode 3: Ed Daly speaks to Niall Ronan, a retired professional Irish rugby player. Ronan began his career as a flanker in 2003 with Leinster, then Munster where he successfully accumulated over 100 caps and also represented Ireland at full international level.In this episode, Niall speaks to Ed about his journey and shares memories of his “best years” playing professional Rugby which evolved from his love for GAA. Niall shares the many opportunities presented to him and his encounter with c...

Episode 2: Ed Daly speaks to Kieran Low, a Scottish professional lineout who retired from Rugby in 2016. Kieran spent most of his career at London Irish and had short spells at Glasgow Warriors and Saracens.In this episode, Kieran speaks to Ed about his journey in professional Rugby, sharing the many successes and opportunities presented to him. Kieran shares his encounter with the numerous ignored concussion injuries that occurred as his career began to explode in 2013-2014. Sharing the impa...

Episode 1: Ed Daly, speaks to former professional Connacht prop forward Ronan Loughney who retired from rugby in 2017. Since his retirement, Loughney has gone on to develop establish his own furniture-making business - RO Designs creating Custom Wood Fittings (http://rodesign.ie/).Loughney made his Connacht debut in 2006 having come through the province's academy system before going on to spend 12 years at the Sportsground and play 191 times for the province; across the Pro 12, Challeng...

Episode 17: Ed Daly, speaks to the former professional Connacht, Wasps and Irish back row, and now Strength and Conditioning coach for Connacht's Senior team; Johnny O'Connor. O'Connor spent most of his career with Irish provincial side Connacht, making over 100 appearances across two stints with the team. He also spent four seasons with English Premiership side Wasps in between. He also played amateur club rugby for Galwegians and Galway Corinthians.O'Connor played for Ireland at the f...