Newsletter - April 2010
International Rugby Academy continues global expansion. Read more
IRANZ Social Networking - March 2010
Wired Up : Comms on Board. Read More
Newsletter - October 2008
18 October 2008
Is it to be or not to be, that is the question? Unlike Shakespeare the IRB is moving forward - albeit carefully. Super Rugby and the Tri-Nations Series has identified that all ELVs implemented for this competition have been successful, with the exception of the ruck-maul tackle area. Read more »
Newsletter - September 2007
18 September 2007
The most satisfying feature at IRANZ since our last newsletter has been the emergence of large numbers of our graduates playing significant roles in New Zealand’s domestic competition, the Air New Zealand Cup. Read more »
Newsletter - June 2007
19 June 2007
Is it to be or not to be, that is the question? Unlike Shakespeare the IRB is moving forward - albeit carefully. Super Rugby and the Tri-Nations Series has identified that all ELVs implemented for this competition have been successful, with the exception of the ruck-maul tackle area. Read more »
Newsletter - October 2006
09 October 2006
Thoughts from our General Manager, Steve McHardy. The ability of players to perform the many and varied skills of the game accurately, at pace and under pressure is a necessity in rugby. The All Blacks have taken the game to another level. So what makes them a team that can consistently produce performances that are better than their opposition? Part 1» Part 2»
Newsletter - June 2006
07 June 2006
Week 1: Former Springbok coach Nick Mallett facilitating and the coaching panel headed by the All Black’s attack specialist Wayne Smith. Week 2: Wallaby World Cup winning maestro Eddie Jones facilitating and the coaching panel led by All Black boss Graham Henry. Read more »
Newsletter - November 2005
30 November 2005
Life at IRANZ continues to sparkle. Since our last newsletter I’m delighted to tell you we have employed Steve McHardy as our General Manager. Steve initially helped develop and facilitate our first three High Performance Players’ courses Read more »
Newsletter - September 2005
09 September 2005
This year has been an absolute beauty for the International Rugby Academy. I went into 2005 full of hope and the results have exceeded my high expectations. Among the highlights was having the current Wallaby and All Black coaches Eddie Jones, Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith make themselves available to coach. Read more »
Newsletter - September 2004
07 September 2004
It has been an eventful year having completed 12 courses so far. The highlight for me has been our High Performance Course in July which had more foreign players and language barriers than any previous course and yet we were able to comprehensively beat the Manawatu NPC development team in our final match. Read more »
Newsletter - February 2004
12 February 2004
Wow, what a year. We completed 9 successful courses which is a 50% increase on our inaugral year and estimate a similar increase in 2004. A disappointing result for kiwis in the World Cup highlights how important elite high performance is. Read more »
Newsletter - September 2003
18 September 2003
2002 was a huge year for IRANZ with the successful completion of six coaching courses. Particularly encouraging has been the reaction and feedback we have received from progressive rugby people. Read more »
Newsletter - February 2003
11 February 2003
2002 was a huge year for IRANZ with the successful completion of six coaching courses. Particularly encouraging has been the reaction and feedback we have received from progressive rugby people. Read more »
Newsletter - August 2002
2 August 2002
Welcome to the first newsletter for the International Rugby Academy. Our High Performance and Advanced Players’ courses have been hugely successful with many of the players and coaches forming lasting friendships in the tradition of this wonderful game we all love. Read more »