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Matt Dawson
High Performance
Resilience
Transform team performance with Matt Dawson, speaker and former England rugby captain. Matt works with organisations to develop leadership skills, winning mindsets and high-performance culture, delivering world-class insights from his World Cup-winning experience.
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Matt Dawson is a former England rugby captain best known for the scrum-half pass that set up England's winning drop goal in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final. Outside rugby, he is recognised as the long-running co-host alongside Phil Tufnell on BBC's A Question of Sport.
As one of the most respected scrum-halves of his generation, Matt captained England and helped deliver one of the sport's biggest wins on the biggest stage. He now combines that playing experience with insight into leadership, team dynamics, and performance culture, drawing direct comparisons between what wins in professional sport and what wins in business.
Book Matt Dawson for a speaker who brings a World Cup winner's perspective on leadership, teamwork, and performing when it matters most.
Matt brings a unique blend of world-class sporting achievement and insightful business acumen to every speaking engagement, offering unparalleled lessons in leadership, teamwork, and cultivating a winning culture. His firsthand experience in leading a team to World Cup victory translates into powerful, actionable strategies for success in any organisational context. Booking Matt as a speaker guarantees your team or business an inspiring session that will drive performance, motivation, and success to new heights.
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Email matt.dawson@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Matt's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
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Three to six months ahead is comfortable for most events, and 12 months is better for large conferences, peak-season dates or one specific in-demand speaker. Shorter timelines are workable, and PepTalk regularly fills last-minute and replacement bookings within days. Availability is the constraint, so get in touch as soon as you have a date.
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