Overview
What is IRANZ?
With the growth of professionalism in rugby there is a real demand for quality rugby education. Rugby has also expanded rapidly over the last few years and is now a truly global sport.
IRANZ courses are specifically designed to assist in progressing or achieving a career in playing or coaching rugby, and more importantly, to achieve excellence in this area.
Now into its sixth year of operation, IRANZ has had players and coaches sent to its courses from the New Zealand Rugby Union, South African Rugby Union, English Rugby Union, Australian Rugby Union, Scottish Rugby Union, USA Rugby, Fiji Rugby Union, Korean Rugby Union, the majority of English premiership academies, Japanese company teams as well as New Zealand provincial unions - all in all, players and coaches from 22 different countries.
The Purpose of the Academy
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| Murray Mexted |
The world's first truly international rugby academy.
We provide intensive world-class rugby tuition to players and coaches throughout the rugby world.
Our aim is to lay a solid foundation to prepare players and coaches for the uncompromising world of professional rugby.
We provide the ultimate ‘fast track' to ensure the players and coaches have every chance of making a successful career out of rugby.
For players there is a high degree of focus on position specific, mental toughness, rugby intelligence and skill development
For coaches it is a rare opportunity to work intensively with the world's best coaches in a practical environment developing a structure and blueprint they can take home and use with their own team.
Academy Location
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| Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute |
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Located at Massey University's Sport and Rugby Institute in Palmerston North. We also run courses from:
- The Royal New Zealand Police College, Wellington
- The New Zealand International Campus, Wellington
- The Millennium Institute, Auckland
