The importance of alignment, coherence and integration as key features of successful talent development environments has been well established in talent development literature. There has been less research examining how these success factors are operationalised across talent development and high performance sporting environments. The challenges associated with achieving a coherent experience for young athletes and developing integrated practice across an entire sporting organisation are amplified when you consider the complexity and specific nuances of both the development and performance environments. Recent research highlights the need to consider integrated practice as a strategic objective, including the timing and management of talent selection. Recent research also suggests that operationalising integration, which has been conceptualised as a top-down and bottom up approach, as distinct from alignment which is driven by a top down agenda, presents opportunities to enhance practice in talent and performance systems. The aim of my thesis was to investigate and understand a multi-stakeholder perspective of coherence, alignment and integrated strategy throughout an elite rugby pathway. Chapter 3 aimed to critically examine how talent decision making occurred and how contextual and situational factors influenced selection, recruitment, and retention. Findings suggest that organisational and contextual factors influence both individual judgements and the wider selection process and a recognition that not all selection decisions are the same, carrying different degrees of uncertainty based on the stage of the talent system. Chapter 4 investigated the readiness of the talent pathway from a player and system perspective when presented with a non-normative challenge, examining alignment, coherence and integrated practice across the talent system. Players and coaches highlight the importance of the groundwork undertaken to establish alignment and coherence, both horizontally and vertically across the talent development environment, and how this contributed to navigating the challenge successfully. Chapter 5 involved a survey (TDEQ) of players at various stages of the Munster pathway to investigate their perception of the quality of the talent development environment and differences in perceived quality between stages. Findings indicated a perceived lack of quality related to a number of elements including holistic quality preparation and support network, consistent across the talent system. Chapter 6 involved an organisation wide case-study of an integrated model at Munster that examined the impact of the integrated environment on talent development practices and on senior team performance. A thematic content analysis indicated accelerated development for younger players but highlighted tensions between performance outcomes and learning opportunities.