'He has been written in the history books of women's rugby!' : Fiona Hayes and Alison Miller pay tribute to Philip Doyle
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Welcome back. So you'll have seen the awful news last week that Philip Doyle, former coach of the Ireland and of the Scotland national women's teams, passed away at the age of just 61. He led Ireland to the Grand Slam in 2013, which we all remember, and then that famous win in the against New Zealand at the World Cup in 2014 where Ireland made the semi-finals. And we have two former Ireland stars who played under Doyle with us on the line. We have Fiona Hayes with us. Fiona, very good evening to you.
Hi Owen, how are you?
All good. And Alison Miller is here with us as well. Alison, how are you doing?
I'm good, Eoin, how are you?
All good. I appreciate you both doing this for us because, as I say, tragic news coming through last week. Fiona, you might kick us off here. First of all, your reaction to when this news was broken to you.
Yeah, a former rugby player, one of the girls basically that I would have played the front row with, dropped me a text early morning and I was in complete shock. She was in shock because she was actually on her way over to England and met Goose on the ferry over the day previous. and was chatting to him on the ferry. He was with his friends or whatever and he was heading off on the motorbike and she hadn't seen him in ages. So she said she had a great chat with him and she just texted me then early morning the next morning to say that had I heard the news and how shocked she was as she'd just been speaking to him. So it was just absolutely crazy.
What was the reaction to the news of Philip Doyle's passing?
I hadn't heard so she was the first person to give me a shout.
God, that is absolutely haunting. Alison, for you, your first reaction to this when the news is broken to you?
Yeah, a huge shock. It was actually Jenny Murphy that let me know and I woke up kind of in the middle of the night to the message, which was really, really shocking. You know, he's such an influential part of the women's game, obviously in Ireland, but he had his influence obviously in Scotland and around the club scene and the provincial scene in Ireland. So, yeah, the last time I was talking to him was going to be in the Aviva at the cap ceremony. So, yeah, it was such a shock and obviously such a difficult time for his wife.
Nicola and the kids so just you know we're thinking of them and I hope they're doing okay I think what we're going to try and do in this piece is to just try and put a bit of context on how influential he was and we'll probably go down memory lane here but for you both in terms of those amazing moments particularly in 2013 and in 2014 Fiona for you in 2013 I'm right in saying that Philip would have given you your Ireland debut
Yeah, he did. He did. And, you know, it ended up being one of the best years of my life, 2013. Obviously, the year we won the Grand Slam and I had been kind of there, thereabouts the year before, but I got a knee injury and I didn't make it. And He would have rang me the previous kind of before those camps started in 2012, essentially on the back of my performances. And I'll never forget even getting that phone call because, you know, you're constantly waiting. That's the goal you want to be at. And he gave me a shout and obviously it's funny I'm thinking now back a lot Owen you know as a player you know when you're on the bench and you're constantly trying to get on that starting team and myself and Goose would have had a few discussions around that whether I agreed with him or didn't agree with him but it's now when I've become a coach in the last 10-11 years it's just
how I view the game and how special a person. Obviously, I knew how special a man he was at the time with everything that we've done.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:04
2
What was the reaction to the news of Philip Doyle's passing?
2:04–6:19
3
How did Philip Doyle influence the careers of Fiona Hayes and Alison Miller?
6:19–15:17
4
What memorable moments defined Philip Doyle's coaching career?
15:17–21:55
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How did Philip Doyle's coaching style impact team dynamics?
21:55–26:44
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