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Senior Coach Award

Player Development

Irish Rugby’s Senior Coaching Course is for coaches working with 15-a-side teams where players are aged 16+.

Principles of Play are developed through Key Factor Analysis and applied to individual skills, mini-unit skills, unit skills and team skills.

Coaches who complete the course are expected to be able to identify and rectify technical deficiencies in players. They will also have the ability to plan, organise, manage, communicate and develop the skills of their players through implementation of both sport specific and generic sport modules.

The course is designed to develop the coach in a ‘Challenger’ role.

Entry Criteria 

  • Participants must be 18 years of age
  • Participants must have proven rugby playing/coaching experience
  • Participants must be actively coaching a 15-a-side team of players aged 16+

Numbers Per Course 

50 maximum

Accreditation 

Course Requirements – all attendees must ensure the following certificates are completed and uploaded to GAINLINE, the IRFU’s online education platform

World Rugby Laws Certificate

World Rugby Concussion Awareness Certificate

Details of GAINLINE and online modules will be available to anyone who registers for the course

Full course attendance is mandatory

All participants must undertake a personal coach mentoring session

All post-attendance course work is mandatory and must be uploaded to GAINLINE

The IRFU reserves the right to modify, replace or add to accreditation requirements in accordance with updates to Coach Development programmes. 

Upcoming Course

Wednesday, October 4th (Online), Wednesday, October 11th (Online) and Saturday, October 14th (in-person)

Senior Coach Award – UL; Click here to book & for more details

Coaches must use the same e-mail to register as they use for Rugby Connect, or their qualifications will not link across on completion of the course requirements.

Closing date for applications is one week prior to commencement of the course, any queries regarding the course can be directed to aidancleary@munsterrugby.ie 

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