Ken Snelson

My Story

My name is Ken Snelson. I turned professional in rugby league in the 1980s — an era when there were no sports scientists, no GPS trackers, no coaching academies and no social media. There was just the game, the team and an unbreakable love for the most relentless sport on the planet.

I played in a time when the dressing room before a big game was silent. No music, no tablets, no headphones. Just 13 men staring at the wall, ready to give everything they had for 80 minutes. That era built the toughest players this sport has ever seen — and everything I learned on those training pitches and in those dressing rooms I have spent the last 40 years passing on.

Why I Built CoachEdge Rugby

At 71 years old, I asked myself one question — what have I given back?

I have watched grassroots rugby league coaches across the UK give up their evenings, their weekends and their own money to keep this game alive for the next generation. Many of them have never had access to the kind of professional coaching resources that academies take for granted.

CoachEdge Rugby exists to change that. Every session plan, every coaching drill, every nutrition guide on this website is built from real professional experience — not generic content. This is the knowledge I wish I had when I was playing and coaching. And now it is yours — completely free.

What CoachEdge Rugby Covers

Who These Programmes Are For

CoachEdge Rugby is for every rugby league and rugby union coach in the UK — from the volunteer running an Under 8s session on a Sunday morning to the performance coach working with a junior academy.

Whether you coach grassroots rugby league, women's rugby league, wheelchair rugby league or grassroots rugby union — CoachEdge Rugby has a free programme built specifically for you.

All programmes are researched from the NRL, Queensland Rugby League, Super League academies, the RFL England Talent Pathway, Leeds Beckett University and World Rugby. They are free because the coaches working at grassroots level deserve the same resources as the professionals.

The Boot Room and Gear Room

CoachEdge Rugby also has a Boot Room and Gear Room — hand-picked rugby and football boots, training kit and coaching equipment recommended by a former professional player. Every product is available on Amazon with fast UK delivery.

Visit coachedgerugby.com/bootroom to find boots recommended by position — backs, forwards, kickers and juniors — as well as training gear for coaches and players at every level.

Contact and Social Media

Follow Ken and CoachEdge Rugby on social media for daily rugby league coaching tips, stories from the professional game in the 1980s, session plan ideas and boot room recommendations:

🎵 TikTok: @frontrowforge
📸 Instagram: @ken.snelson.102
📘 Facebook: Front Row Forge
🐦 Twitter/X: @kenneth_sn26794
🎥 YouTube: Beermonster
🧵 Threads: @ken.snelson.102