Better Sleep Case Study: Emily Scarratt, England and Loughborough Rugby Player
With over 100 international caps, a World Player of the Year title and the England Women’s all-time point-scoring record to her name, Emily Scarratt is quite rightly regarded as rugby royalty. As part of the all-conquering England team currently on a 25 match winning streak (at time of writing), she will shortly be heading to […]
Better Sleep Case Study: Amy Cokayne, England and Harlequins Rugby Player
Mammoth caught up with Amy Cokayne, just as the England and Harlequins Hooker was preparing to head to England training camp ahead of the Rugby World Cup in October 2022. We chatted to Amy about getting into rugby at an early age; why England still aren’t the finished article despite their incredible run of victories; […]
Better Sleep Case Study: Lee Jewitt
Having recently retired from professional Rugby League, former Widnes, Castleford and Salford player Lee Jewitt has been busier than most since hanging up his boots. As a performance psychologist, qualified counsellor and a key figure in the Offload mental fitness initiative run by the charity Rugby League Cares, Lee is giving back to the game […]
Better Sleep Case Study: Ollie Lawrence
It has been a big 12 months for Worcester and England Centre, Ollie Lawrence. He made his senior England debut in October 2020 and has since gone on to establish himself as a regular in the national squad under Head Coach, Eddie Jones. Having burst onto the club scene in 2017 and been hotly […]
Better Sleep Case Study: Zach Mercer
Zach Mercer has been one of England’s leading Number Eights in recent years. Having performed consistently in a Bath shirt since 2016, he caught the attention of England coach, Eddie Jones, and gained his first cap for the national team in 2018 against South Africa. After half a decade at Bath, it was confirmed this […]
Mammoth sponsors England Men’s Player of the Year Awards at the 2021 Rugby Player’s Association Awards
Tom Curry named Mammoth England Men’s Player of the Year at this year’s virtual awards ceremony hosted by the world’s leading rugby podcast, The Good, The Bad and the Rugby. Mammoth is extremely proud to announce that England and Sale flanker, Tom Curry, has been named the England Men’s Player of the Year for the […]
The relationship between Sleep and Motivation
To celebrate the renewal of our partnership with the British Athletes Commission (BAC), we put athletes’ questions on sleep in a Q&A to Mammoth ambassador and renowned Lecturer in Sleep Medicine at the University of Oxford, Dr Nicola Barclay. BAC: So can you talk about the relationship between sleep and motivation NB: Yeah, sure. So studies […]
Better Sleep Case Study: Willi Heinz, England and Gloucester Rugby Player
© Martin Bennett/Gloucester Rugby England and Gloucester scrum half, Willi Heinz, talks all things sleep, injury and lockdown with Mammoth after buying his new RISE mattress. From the highs of travelling to Japan with England’s 2019 World Cup squad to the lows of enforced lockdowns in 2020, it’s fair to say that it’s been an […]
Better Sleep Case Study: Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Wasps and All Blacks Rugby Player
Wasps Prop, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen plays in one of the most combative positions on the rugby pitch. We caught up with the Premiership rugby player to talk sport, recovery and dealing with the “new normal”. Having played rugby at the highest level with the Hurricanes, All Blacks and, more recently, Premiership side Wasps, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen understands […]
Ollie Devoto explains the Importance of Sleep As An Athlete
In our latest podcast, Mammoth Founder John Tuton chats to England & Exeter Chiefs centre Ollie Devoto about the realities of managing sleep and recovery time as a professional rugby player. JP: Just how important is good sleep for a rugby player? OD: It is absolutely vital. I think the way I look at it, […]