I worked with our team's mental performance consultant for about 5 years while on the National Team. My teammates and I learned and developed many skills, one of the most important being how to mentally prepare before, during, and after rugby matches. We also learned how to develop imagery skills that I ended up using before every game I played. I know the things that I have learned from working with a mental performance consultant guided me into the player that I became and were very influential in my rugby career.