Testimonials
High Performance Players' and Coaches' Courses
Radio Network excerpts from interviews with Graeme Moody from February 2007.
High Performance Players' and Coaches' Courses
Radio Network excerpts from interviews with Graeme Moody from July 2006.
Further excerpts from interviews with Graeme Moody
Interview excerpts from coaches and players from England, Scotland and New Zealand.
Further excerpts from interviews with Graeme Moody
Interview excerpts from coaches and players from England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand on our recent high performance courses.
Excerpts from interviews with Graeme Moody
Interview excerpts from Eddie Jones, coaches and players on our recent high performance courses.
Players benefit from attending IRANZ
Specialist one-on-one training from international rugby legends was a highlight for the emerging players who attended the International Rugby Academy (IRANZ) high performance players' course in July 2004.
Players' Courses: High Performance
Players' Courses: Advanced
Coaches' Courses: High Performance
Coaches' Courses: Practical Coaching
Players' Courses: High Performance
"Most beneficial to me was the chance to work with somebody who has played your position at the very highest standard, and the full-time professional coaches offering cutting edge info. Also got to experience a different style of living and rugby – useful to broaden horizons."
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| Building a solid foundation for players that will better prepare them for their rugby future. |
"The sheer knowledge available makes it so worthwhile. More information
leads to a more versatile and better player and the course makes this
one of its core themes. The course was demanding but also rewarding,
and should continue to be rewarding further on in my career."
Matt Styles, England Under 21, Bristol Rugby Club
"Awesome coaches, awesome time, awesome teammates. Learnt a lot,
never stopped learning till I left. Loved the course and the people.
Keep it going."
Sam Walton, NEC Harlequins
"Position specific opened my eyes on what lines to run, where to run, when and how to crash rucks."
"For a young player this course is very good. It's a great start and you firmly feel you will have a head start in your career compared to others"
"I believe this course provides both players and coaches with
an opportunity to develop their skills and set themselves up for the
future."
Richard Newman, NZ Universities, Southland NPC
"I learnt a lot from the course about my position, fitness, mental toughness. I've got a lot to take home."
"Unbelievable experience from a rugby standpoint and a personal standpoint"
Players' Courses: Advanced
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| Position specific coaching with Jeff Wilson |
"Good hard course, challenging, rugby all day everyday. Good for you"
"Great opportunity to be taught by a coach who plays/has played in your position and knows all there is to know"
"It lets you know where you are (in the game around the world and in New Zealand) and what you need to work on"
"I have learnt a lot about my position, techniques and tactics that will be put to good use"
"I learnt a lot about the game and how mental toughness can get you anywhere"
"A great opportunity to meet people from different countries and get top coaching from the best in New Zealand"
Coaches' Courses: High Performance
"I have thoroughly enjoyed this past two weeks. This is what rugby
coaching courses should be about. Congratulations and thank you for
the opportunity."
Bill Liddell, Nelson Bays NPC 1998-2001
"From a personal development perspective this course is the best thing I've ever done. Fantastic facilities, outstanding presentation and exceptional organisation and support"
"Most beneficial to me was the practical application of theory to the team environment (players). Also being supplied with lots of options, ideas, principles and techniques."
"Technical input was first class. Talking to Laurie about his
experience in different coaching situations was invaluable."
Paul Hull, First Team Assistant Coach, Bristol Rugby Club
"Laurie had tremendous presentation skills. Anecdotal experiences
had some extremely strong messages and were fantastic for reinforcing
points made. Thoroughly enjoyed his honest and to the point opinions."
Bill Liddell, Nelson Bays NPC 1998-2001
"Running the course concurrently with the players' course was
a unique way of illustrating the process of planning for and reviewing
a game and being inside that process."
Eddie Pollock, Scottish Rugby Union
"I had a fantastic time and learnt more in two weeks than I could hope to learn in five years of coaching. The contacts made and friendships with other coaches will be invaluable."
"Post match analysis and remedial coaching technique was very rewarding."
Coaches' Courses: Practical Coaching
"Refreshing to be involved in a course run by practical presenters."
"What I'm looking for in any course is to be inspired. This course has been the best professional training I have had because while it covered rugby, what I gained from it was an understanding of people management and the importance of organisation and relevant training. I enjoyed immensely the debates engendered and can't help reflect on the very high quality of the presenters. Thank you for putting on such a great experience – I will be reflecting and discussing what I have been involved in for a long time to come."
"The course reinforced many aspects of coaching that I knew but also added new aspects. The informal nature of the course made it enjoyable and the cross section of coaches meant that there was a wide variety of views expressed."
"The course will help my confidence. Better still, this can be passed on."
"Thoroughly enjoyed being around all personnel, friendly and helpful and personable – all to be commended in this aspect."
"Absolutely fantastic course with the right people giving out the right material and giving the precious advice.
"Loved the recurring theme of getting the basics right."
Good presenters, good location, good amount of information presented and I like the idea of creating an international community to support participants after leaving. Very interesting and got a lot of new ideas and learnt a lot from the culture of rugby in another country.
Enjoyed the variety of presentation styles and topics. Very useful "tools" to add to my tool box – skill set. Richard Loe was just awesome; his knowledge on building scrum base was excellent. Practical sessions by Dave Ellis were also an enjoyable component. Loved having the mix of nationalities on this course as well, helped see it from different perspectives i.e. USA, Aussie, Samoan Coach etc. John Boe and Murray Mexted facilitated the course very well and I am very pleased to have attended, Thank you.
Having some of the experienced players was great. The networking that will now happen will help to foster things.
Excellent very professional and well organised. The presenters were very clear, concise and approachable and I learnt a lot. Good to mix with others. Excellent idea to run with a major rugby fixture (7's).
Whilst I am writing can I again thank you so much for an absolutely OUTSTANDING 'Practical Coaching Course', I shall certainly be recommending it to everyone that I know who might be interested and I only wish that the UK had something, anything, anywhere near as good and genuinely useful for keen, but amateur, coaches like myself. Many, many thanks for all that you showed me, my future teams will be much improved as a result of it.
