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  • Excerpt from lesson #4 (Sam Whitelock): Know when to be quiet. “The hardest thing as a captain is actually learning when to be quiet. That’s something that I definitely picked up from Robbie. The best thing he said to me is ‘embrace the silence.’”

  • Excerpt from lesson #7 (Sir Wayne Smith): It’s got to be bone deep. “The important thing about creating a vision-driven, values-based programme is it’s got to be bone deep. It’s got to be part of you, deep inside, for it to work. It can’t be a poster on the wall. You have to feed your culture, your identity. You have to feed it daily. It’s gotta be a part of your everyday life. And if your whole team’s living that you become a powerful force.”

  • Excerpt from lesson #25 (Kieran Read): Never delegate connection. “It’s not up to the new guy who comes into the team to come up to me as the captain and share his story. It’s up to me to go to that person and find a connection point.”

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