Coach Development To Host Rugby Attack Workshop
3rd December 2019 By The Editor
Former Munster prop BJ Botha delivers a workshop at Garryowen FC.
The Munster Rugby Coach Development Department are set to host a Rugby Attack Workshop, delivered by Paul Barr and Mike Pettman on Monday, December 9, at Irish Independent Park (7pm-8pm).
Barr and Pettman will each deliver a session on Rugby Attack designed for coaches who work with players from U14 through to senior level.
Paul Barr is a coach with Presentation Brothers College, Cork, while Pettman is a technical skills development coach with Munster Rugby.
Barr coached Cork Constitution to an All Ireland League Division 1A and Munster Senior Challenge Cup title while also coaching Bandon U16s to an All Ireland win last season.
Pettman joined the Munster Rugby Development Department earlier this year.
The former New Zealand 7s player and Dolphin RFC utility back is currently working with Munster’s talent identified players to help develop their technical and tactical ability, as well as improving the standards of skills coaching on the Munster pathway within clubs and schools.
The Rugby Attack Workshop is FREE and coaches from across the province are welcome to attend. The session will be on pitch from 7pm-8pm followed by a Q&A opportunity in the hospitality suite.
For more information please contact your respective coach development officers – Owen Mullowney (owenmullowney@munsterrugby.ie) and Brendan O’Connor (brendanoconnor@munsterrugby.ie).
Munster Rugby Coach Development | Rugby Attack Workshop 2019
Monday 9 December | Irish Independent Park | 7pm-8pm
The workshop is part of a regional cluster series and follows on from a successful workshop in Killarney with former Munster prop and Ireland international Marcus Horan and Munster Coach & Player Development Officer Fiach O’Loughlin.
Pettman and former Munster prop BJ Botha recently delivered a workshop at Garryowen FC with 35 coaches in attendance while IRFU Scrum Coach John Fogarty will lead a Scrum Masterclass for advanced level coaches (U18.5 to adult level) at Cashel RFC on Thursday, December 19, with booking information to follow in due course.
Another workshop series will also be scheduled across the province post-Christmas.
