IS S U E
5 ,
T ER M
1,
2 01 4
For all your news on UC Brumbies Rugby Development
P AG E
TERM 3 NEWS
Brumby Jack Attack
School Clinics
2
Girls Rugby Review
3
UC Brumbies High School 7’s Champs
4
UC Brumbies College 7’s Champs
5
UC Brumbies Pathways Review
6
School Based Clinics BRUMBY JACK ATTACK
SCHOOL CLINIC FOCUS
In Term 1 of this year UC Brumbies development officers, UC Brumbies Development interns and local club development officers have been visiting Primary Schools across the ACT to deliver school based Brumby Jack Attack development clinics.
This year a strong emphasis was to engage more schools and classes by delivering one-day school visits, comprising of 30+ minute sessions for each class. The focus of the clinics was to help promote the enjoyment and fun aspects of rugby union through simple drills and fun games to get the kids excited about playing our sport.
UC Brumbies Telstra 7 Country Visits UC Brumbies Telstra 8 City Visits Upcoming Events
8
South Coast Monaro Review
9
Southern Inland Review
10
UC Brumbies Development Camps
11
Contacts
12
COVER PHOTO: UC Brumbies players Lachlan McCaffrey, Siliva Siliva, and Jordan Smiler enjoy their school visits in the Canberra Royals area.
Weetangera Primary kids ready to roll! Throughout term 1 more than 15 clinics were run specifically by UC Brumbies staff in the ACT, with St Matthews kids on the passing inflatable approximately 4,500 kids participating in the Brumby Jack Attack clinics. On top of this, many more Drills such as ball relays, Brumby Jack come back, clinics have been held by club development staff. and Brumby Jack Breakout were done to the delight of the participants as they learned rugby related skills such as ball handling and evasion skills as well as team work principles. During the visits, a number of schools took advantage of the UC Brumbies giant pass the ball inflatable, which was set up for some lunch time fun with the kids, and Brumby Jack always made an appearance to the delight of the participants, promoting local clubs by handing out flyers and give away packs as well as taking part in photos.
2 Brumby Jack relaxing on the job!
With strong participation again in this year’s clinics, Term 1 was again a major success and we are looking to conduct more clinics in term 2 to try and capture further late registrations for our clubs and schools. If any schools are interested in hosting a clinic with UC Brumbies Development staff please contact ACT Development Officer Edan CampbellO’Brien at e.campbell-obrien@brumbies.com.au.
2
P AG E
REPRESENTATIVE OPPORTUNITIES The second half of this year will be the beginning of the Representative season for Schoolgirls in both 15’s rugby and 7 aside rugby. Players will have the opportunity to be selected into the UC Brumbies 15 aside Schoolgirls Rep team who will compete against West Sydney and NSW CHS.
Girls Rugby Review GIRLS RUGBY IN THE ACT
DEVELOPMENT OFFICER - FEMALES
Term 1 saw a number of teams competing in the girls divisions of the College and High School 7’s qualifiers and Finals series played across ACT and Southern NSW. The UC Brumbies High Schools Rugby 7’s Finals (year 7-10) competition was held at O’Connor ovals in Canberra. St. Clares College took out the Yr 9-10 final against Campbell High School, while Yanco Agricultural High School beat Bega High School in the Yr 7-8 division.
UC Brumbies have recently appointed Anthea Clarke as the new Rugby Development Officer female participation. This exciting new role will see Anthea work on increasing girls, and ultimately women’s participation in the game of rugby union. A particular focus of the role will be around the 7 aside format of the game.
Selection for the UC Brumbies Schoolgirls 15 aside team will be conducted via the Schoolgirls 10’s tournament, and from open training sessions. Selection for the Schoolgirls 7’s Rep team will occur in October, with chosen players representing the ACT & Southern NSW region at the Schoolgirls National Championships in early 2015. REP COACHES In pleasing news, both Scott Harris and Kym Darmody will again be coaching the Schoolgirl rep teams for 2014. Congratulations to both on your successful reappointment to the roles.
2013 Schoolgirls Rep team
Anthea Clarke - New Development Officer
St Clares College - Year 9/10 Champions UC BRUMBIES - SCHOOLGIRLS 10’s Following the 7’s games in term 1, term 2 will see the hosting of the UC Brumbies Schoolgirls Rugby 10’s competition at O’Connor ovals in June. A number of school teams from across ACT and surrounding regions of Southern NSW will be participating in this event. For those schools who are interested in coaching assistance, UC Brumbies are offering the opportunity to conduct training sessions at schools prior to this event and some sessions are already in the pipeline. For any girls who are attending schools who won’t be participating in the 10 aside tournament, we traditionally run Barbarians teams which these girls can play for. If this would be of interest to you, or if you would just like more information on the gala day, please get in contact with Anthea Clarke at UC 3 below: Brumbies. Anthea’s email can be found a.clarke@brumbies.com.au
Anthea comes to us as a current rugby sevens and 15 aside player within ACT and recently represented ACT in the 2014 National Women’s Rugby 7’s Championships, where the team finished in third place. Anthea is also completing her PhD in Women’s Rugby Sevens at the University of Canberra. Her project is aligned with the ARU National Women’s Rugby 7’s team and the Australian Institute of Sport. As part of Anthea’s role with the UC Brumbies she will be your main point of contact for schoolgirls and women’s rugby development activities within the ACT. FUTURE FOR WOMENS RUGBY Following the appointment of Anthea to the role of development officer for female participation, we will be looking to implement a regular competition for girl’s/women’s rugby sevens later this year. The competition will look to start up in AugustSept and run for approximately 5 weeks. More details of this competition will be made available at a later date and will be advertised on the UC Brumbies website.
3
P AG E
University of Canberra SPORTS QUOTES
High School 7’s Championships - Year 7-10 “We can’t win at home, we can’t win on the road. As General Manager, I just can’t figure out where else to play” Pat Williams, Orlando Magic GM
Shelby Metcalfe, basketball coach at Texas A & M, recounting what he told a player who received 4 F’s and 1 D. “Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject”.
UC BRUMBIES HIGH SCHOOL 7’s
ACT & SNSW HIGH SCHOOL 7’s FINALS
In Term 1, UC Brumbies Development hosted a number of carnivals catering for the shortened format of the game, delivering 7-a-side competitions in all reaches of the UC Brumbies territories in ACT and Southern NSW.
With all the district and regional carnivals having been held, all qualifiers fronted up to the UC Brumbies region (ACT & Southern NSW) Grand Finals at O’Connor ovals on the 2nd April. In some great sunny weather for running rugby, it was the Country based sides who put in some of the best performances.
Around our catchment zone, district competitions were held in Bega, Cooma, Batemans Bay, Goulburn, Wagga, Albury and Canberra. Following the district competitions, teams then qualififed for the State Finals (ACT & Southern NSW Finals) held in Canberra on April 2nd. Of particular note was the Carnival held at Wagga where more than 40 teams participated in the gala day, which proved to be more than 150% growth on last year’s participation rates. A great result. ACT HIGH SCHOOL 7’s.
“Rugby is a game for the mentally deficient… that is why it was invented by the British. Who else but an Englishman could invent an oval ball”. Peter Cook British Comedian
“Rugby may have many problems, but the gravest is undoubtedly that of the persistence of summer”. Chris Laidlaw Former All Black
Stephen Ball, on taking over as Batley Chairman. “Not many people in Batley speak Latin, so the first thing we did was change the motto”.
The ACT district High School 7’s was held on the Kildare and Mater Dei with UC Brumbies players 13th of March at the University of Canberra Ovals An outstanding day culminated with UC Brumbies in Bruce, where 24 high school teams faced off in years 7/8 and 9/10 divisions in both boys and girls. players Leon Power and Ben Alexander chatting with the kids, and handing out trophies. Since changing the format from a 10-a-side competition to a 7-a-side competition this year, there has been a marked increase in team participation. The shortened format of the game has allowed more high schools to enter teams and strengthen the competition across the all divisions. In the 7/8 boys division, Lyneham High School faced Campbell High in an exciting Finals matchup. In the end however, the strong running game from Lyneham was enough to secure victory. As the top 2, both teams went on to qualify, and compete in the regional finals, held in April. The 9/10 boys saw Alfred Deakin and Caroline Chisholm face off in the Grand Final in what proved to be the match of the day. With both teams cruising through the pool stages, it was Alfred Deakin who ran away with the title. The girls 9/10 division provided some of the highlights of the day with some end-to-end entertainment. The eventual teams to qualifiy for the grand finals were St Clare’s College (eventual ACT champions) and Campbell High who4 finished as runners-up. Kingsford Smith school also accepted an invitation to compete in the Finals day.
Alfred Deakin boys pose with their awards UC Brumbies Region 7’s Champions for 2013; • • • •
Year 7/8 boys - Kildare beat Mater Dei Year 7/8 girls - Yanco Ag beat Bega HS Year 9/10 boys - Alfred Deakin beat Yanco Year 9/10 girls - St Clare’s beat Yanco Ag
4
P AG E
HARDHEAD PLAYER OF CARNIVAL AWARDS
University of Canberra College 7’s Championships - Year 11/12 COLLEGE 7’s PROGRAM
ACT QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT
The UC Brumbies College 7’s Program was held throughout term 1 with 8 District Qualifiers, and 3 Regional Finals Qualifiers held across ACT, South Coast Monaro and Southern Inland. Both boys and girls teams were entered across each region, with the hope of becoming UC Brumbies Rugby district champions and claiming bragging rights for the year.
The ACT region qualifier was a great success with 19 boys and girls teams competing across the Year 11/12 divisions at the UC Ovals on 5th March.
At many of our carnivals this year we have been generously supplied with Brumbies branded helmets from Hardhead to award for Players of the Carnival and/or Finals MVP’s. Boys and Girls have received these awards at the College and High School 7’s events.
Boys Bowl winners - Canberra College (dark blue) After some scintillating pool play in the boys division it was Erindale College, Daramalan College, St Francis Xavier College and the regional boys from Bega High who won through to the boys semi-finals. Both semi-finals were hotly contested Thanks to the team at Hard- Finals bound - St Clares College year 11/12’s right up until the siren with both Erindale and St head for your support. Francis Xavier pulling away from their respective After the District Qualifiers and Regional Finals Qualifiers across UC Brumbies territory, the tour- challengers and qualifying for the Brumbies Finals nament format saw the top two ACT sides, and the at Canberra Stadium. number 1 side from each of the Southern Inland and South Coast/Monaro regions in both boys and The girls’ competition was a full round robin congirls, qualify for the Grand Finals held at GIO test that saw Lake Ginninderra College and St Stadium on April 4th. Unfortunately due to weath- Clare’s College finish as the top two girls teams er, these finals have been postponed until the 31st on the day to also qualify for the UC Brumbies finals to be held at GIO stadium. May prior to the UC Brumbies v Rebels match.
A happy Hardhead winner
5 Wagga’s Jesse Thomson (#17) lifts his jumper
5
P AG E
TEAM LIST
Brumbies Pathways Review
CSC SCHOOLBOYS (Combined Secondary Colleges)
Name Name Jamal
WILLIAMS
School Lake Gininderra
Moala
AHOAFI
Erindale
Richard
TUPOU
Canberra
Zac
SULLIVAN
Erindale
Cameron HOLT
Orana Steiner
Junior
MONU
Canberra
Alex
VERASS
Canberra
Brodie
LEBER
St Francis
Ryan
LONERGAN Trinity
Jordan
FULAVAI
St Francis
Isaac
WALKER
Steve
DAWSON
Goulburn Riverina Anglican
Jonathan POUONO
Erindale
Eddie
JONES
Erindale
Swain
RAKETE
Erindale
Charles
CALLAGHAN Kooringal
Daniel
SOLOFA
Canberra
Tyrone
NATHAN
Lake Gininderra
Sean
TRUDGEN
Gunghalin
Robbie
HOGG
St Peters
Matt
CLARKE
Kooringal
Hamza
QUZAG
Lake Gininderra
Tysson
OLSEN
Lake Gininderra
Will
CALLEN
Erindale
JUNIOR GOLD CUP
ACT U20’s REPRESENTATIVE SQUAD
2014 saw the inaugural year of the ARU’s new Junior Gold Cup. The competition saw 48 teams from across Australia playoff to be crowned National champions in the U15 and U17 divisions respectively.
The ACT Under 20s played at the ARU Southern States Championships in Adelaide earlier this year and performed strongly. At the Champs the ACT defeated South Australia by 90 points. ACT also defeated rivals Victoria before losing narrowly to a strong Western Force U20 side to finish 2nd out of the 6 teams attending.
U15’s Review Having come through the group stage unbeaten after big wins over South Australia, Sydney South Harbour, Hunter, Sydney North West and Northern Inland, the ACT players qualified for the JGC U15 Semi-Finals. The side flew to Melbourne to face Victoria in the tournament’s first Semi-Final as a Curtain Raiser for the Rebels v UC Brumbies clash on March 28th but unfortunately went down 19-15 in a close fought match to the eventual champions. Nonetheless the performance of the ACT U15’s was very impressive. Suita getting ready to play for Marist College
ACT Junior Gold Cup U15’s (blue and yellow) Coaches/Management
U17’s Review
Coach: Dave Hromow Coach: Graeme Cook Coach: Dan Hawke Manager: Steve Walding
Despite dropping just one match in their group stage to Hunter, the U17s bowed out of the competition finishing 2nd in their pool of 6 teams. Again this was a credible performance from the ACT side, and had results gone their way in the last round they could have also made the top 4 semifinal playoffs. Junior Gold Cup ACT Coordinator Robert Smethills said he was impressed with the way the competition had unfolded.
ACT Brumbies U20’s Representative team Following the tournament eight players were selected for the Combined States team to contest the Australian Championships which were held in Canberra in late March featuring QLD, NSW, Tonga and the Combined States team. A further 6 players went on to be named in the provisional 33 man Australian U20 squad in preparation for the Junior World Cup. Congratulations to the following boys selected for the Australian U20’s; Joe Powell (Tuggeranong Vikings) Allan Alaalatoa (Uni-Norths Owls) Tom Staniforth (Canberra Royals) Andrew Robinson (Tuggeranong Vikings) Rowan Perry (Tuggeranong Vikings) Joel Penders (Canberra Royals) U18’s - HIGH PERFORMANCE SQUAD
U18 HP Squad players working hard at training “Across both age groups we have had 60 players participate in the program with the opportunity to have expert coaching, targeted strength and condi6 tioning and a life skills program focusing on activities away from the field,” Smethills said.
Over the summer period UC Brumbies also ran an U18 High Performance squad which provided potential Schoolboy representatives with further Skills and Strength and Conditioning training.
6
P AG E
RUGBY FACTS
Telstra Country Visits
• As rugby balls and footballs were made from pigs' bladders and they had to be blown up by breath alone, it was possible to become ill if blowing up a diseased bladder, and the wife of Richard Lindon, a man who made balls for Rugby School in the 19th Century, died after breathing in the air from too many bad bladders.
UC Brumbies Players hit the Country
• The same whistle is used to kick off the opening game of every Rugby World Cup tournament. It is the Gil Evans whistle and was first blown by Gil Evans, the Welsh referee overseeing a match between England and New Zealand in 1905. It was also used at the kick off of the final rugby match at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
On the 12th February the UC Brumbies Super Rug- ULLUDULLA / BRAIDWOOD by squad, along with UC Brumbies Community and Commercial staff headed out in all directions across UC Brumbies players Stephan Van Der Walt, TeviSouthern NSW for a series of 22 school visits. ta Kuridrani and Michael Dowsett ventured off to St Bede’s Primary School in Braidwood as the first stop on their trip. ALBURY VISIT Christian Lealiifano and Fotu Auelua made the trip out to Albury on the NSW and Victorian border. The players were warmly received at St Patrick’s School, and Albury Public School. At the end of the school day the players then headed to the Albury Junior club registration/training evening and were able to hand out posters, stress balls and sign plenty of autographs.
With assistance from the teachers, the questions thrown out to the players were interesting and it was good to see the boys engage with them. Apart from some hilarious questions like ‘Do you like Lego Star Wars?’ the boys spoke and answered questions about nutrition and what it takes to become a Brumby as well as some great moments during their playing days.
Christian Lealiifano visits Albury with Fotu • The first international rugby match took place between Scotland and England in 1871 at Raeburn Park in Edinburgh. Scotland won 1-0 by converting a try. The scorer, and therefore the first player to score an international rugby goal, was William Cross. If the modern scoring system was used, the score would have been 12-5 to Scotland, who scored two tries and one conversion. England achieved one try but failed to convert. • No reigning Rugby World Cup champions have ever been able to win the next world cup at the following attempt.
Kids from Kindergarten to Year 6 were already sitting down and couldn’t contain their excitement as the players arrived. As the players introduced themselves and told their stories of how they become a part of the UC Brumbies, the floor was open for questions and the kids delivered as only they could.
UC Brumbies Southern Inland Development Officer Jack Burey also visited Albury with the players and said “It was great to see high profile players such as Christian and Fotu in Albury. The kids got a real buzz seeing Wallabies and UC Brumbies players”.
After an enjoyable session of Q & A, the UC Brumbies boys signed some posters and handed out special Telstra giveaway balls to top off what was a great visit.
BUNGENDORE / QUEANBEYAN David Pocock, Sam Carter and Pat McCabe had the shortest trip for Telstra Country visits heading out to Bungendore Primary School and Queanbeyan South Primary. The Bungendore trip saw the players join in with games and skills clinics with 70 students at the school. David Pocock, Sam Carter and Pat McCabe The boys then left for the coastal town of Ulladulla stopping at Ulladulla State School.
7
Bungendore students with UC Brumbies players
A small group of rugby enthusiasts gathered in the hall to meet the boys and learn a bit more about Rugby Union. It was good to have the players talk about their experiences and share with the kids the basics of the game.
7
P AG E
UPCOMING EVENTS
Telstra City Visits
• UC Brumbies Advanced Coaching Seminar AIS 6th May
UC BRUMBIES PLAYERS VISIT LOCALS
• Junior Rep Carnival ACT v SCM v SIRU 11th May
The first of the Telstra City Visits was held on the 19th of March, in which the UC Brumbies players along with UC Brumbies development staff, and local Club Development staff headed out to local primary and secondary schools for some Q&A and some skill sessions.
• ASC v CSC ACT Schoolboy trials 21st May • UC Brumbies Rugby Shield 23rd & 30th May
After the skills session, the boys from Alfred Deakin and the UC Brumbies players formed a circle and the floor was open for questions giving the chance for Stephen and Stephan to talk about their rugby experiences.
At the end of the session, both Stephen and Stephan signed posters and took pictures with kids and teachers as well as throwing in some free Telstra Mini balls. This was a great end to what was a suThis was a great opportunity for the players to get out in the community at schools to help promote the perb day out at Alfred Deakin High School. UC Brumbies, as well as engaging with the kids. The UC Brumbies would like to thank Alfred DeaOne lucky group of students to participate during kin, and all the other schools for participating in the the Telstra City Visits were the boys from Alfred Deakin High School. Telstra City Visits.
• UC Brumbies Super Rugby Week 26th - 30th May
MEET THE PLAYERS DAY All UC Brumbies squad members also attended the Meet the Players Day in February at the University of Canberra. The event saw an impressive turnout with many children turning up to play on the UC Brumbies pass the ball inflatable, or to have a go at the Development clinic run by Development staff and players.
• Junior Parade GIO Stadium 31st May • College 7’s Finals GIO Stadium 31st May • Matt Giteau Cup Primary School Champs 6th June • Projected Completion of Brumbies new facility at University of Canberra June 2014 • Budding Brumbies Try Rugby Program across ACT & Southern NSW. November.
UC Brumbies player Michael Dowsett joins in UC Brumbies players at Alfred Deakin High UC Brumbies players Stephen Moore and Stephan Van Der Walt were on hand along with development staff Edan Campbell-O’Brien and Seth Stoltenberg to run a skills session as well as a brief Q & A with some eager rugby enthusiasts.
All attendees were able to get free giveaways, including posters and stress balls, and with the whole squad present, kids and adults alike were able to gain an autograph and a photo of their favourite player.
The group of students, whom comprised of mostly Year 9/10 boys, got straight into it as they worked through some simple catch and pass drills as well as some track and tackle basics. With both 8 Stephen and Stephan throwing in key points and tips, it was great to see the young boys progress and develop This youngster showed a clean set of heels!! their skills as the session went on.
8
P AG E
South Coast-Monaro Review
SCHOOLS NEWS • Development Officer visits to schools in the SCM region will continue throughout term 2. So far over 1,400 kids in the South Coast Monaro region have enjoyed a visit from UC Brumbies Development staff. • Further school gala days will be held throughout the South Coast and Monaro regions in term 2, including a number of Primary School gala days. • Approximately 600 High School kids in the SCM region were able to participate in school based tournaments in term 1 this year • 11 different High Schools in the SCM region participated in term 1 High School galas.
SOUTH COAST MONARO 7’s
SCHOOL VISITS AND CLINICS
This year’s change from 10’s to 7’s has seen an increase in numbers with a huge turnout of 21 teams entering into the Bega 7’s. All district qualifiers in the SCM have shown great skill and ability with some excited running rugby played.
So far this year we have had visits/coaching sessions in over 20 schools in the South Coast Monaro region. These schools have participated in skills and drills run by UC Brumbies development staff.
In the college age group the finals were held in Narooma. The final showcased a quality game between Carroll College and Bega High with Bega High taking out the title and progressing to the College 7’s Finals. Along with the boys making the finals the Bega high college girls’ team also qualified. A great effort by all involved in this year’s 7’s St Bernard's Primary in Batehaven enjoy a clinic tournaments. The school visits aim to involve everyone in the trainings to give the students a feel for the game. CLUB RUGBY IN SCM
Action in the SCAC v Bega High School match SCM Finalists - Carroll College and Bega High SCM REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM
On the 23rd of April UC Brumbies players Leon Power, Henry Speight along with UC Brumbies development staff headed to the Bombala Blue tongues training. The training session was led by Leon and Henry who engaged the players in some passing drills along with set piece scrum/lineout and backline starter plays.
This year’s South Coast Monaro Representative program has seen the U12, U13 and U14 age groups training hard for the last 6 weeks in the lead up to their trial games against the ACT and Southern Inland teams on 11th May. The trial games are held as a selection for the ACT Junior Brumbies Representative teams who play in the NSW state championships held on the June long weekend. The coaches of each age group have been impressed with the boy’s attitudes and skill level throughout the training program and have high hopes for their teams performances at the Trial series.
Leon Power passing on his lineout tips
The Bombala session also saw a number of children joining in on the session and ,meeting the Good luck to all South Coast and Monaro players players. After the training the UC Brumbies play9 for their representative trials being held on Sunday ers along with the Blue Tongue players enjoyed a the 11th of May, we’re sure you will represent your BBQ and Q&A. region with pride.
9
P AG E
SCHOOLS NEWS • School based carnival participation rates have soared so far in the Southern Inland region in 2014. In particular the Wagga and Albury High School Carnivals were hugely successful. • More than 900 High School students participated in the term 1 gala days throughout the Southern Inland region. • Approximately 20 different High Schools from the Southern Inland region have participate din High School gala days in term 1.
Southern Inland Review SIRU COLLEGE 7’s - YEAR 11/12
ALBURY HIGH SCHOOL 7’s
Over the course of term 1, four Yr. 11/12 seven aside tournaments were held for boys and girls in Young, Wagga, Western & Albury concluding in a finals day at Wagga. All teams were aiming to win through to the UC Brumbies College 7’s Finals to be held at Canberra stadium. Across all 4 tournaments boys team numbers increased by 6 teams & girls increased by 2. Teams qualifying for the UC Brumbies Finals were Yanco Ag (boys) & Wagga High (girls).
Of particular note this year was the Albury High school 7’s which resulted in a boom increase in participation from 8 teams in 2013 to a massive 18 teams in 2014. With the UC Brumbies supplying winning teams with new rugby equipment as prizes there was a lot of incentive for the schools to train hard and play well, with plenty of running rugby on the day.
SIRU HIGH SCHOOL 7’s - YEAR 7/8/9/10 In 2014 there was a shift from 10 a-side to 7’s as well as the inclusion of a girls tournament. This resulted in an increase from 25 to 34 boy’s teams and 7 girl’s teams taking the opportunity to also participate. The top 2 Winners from here won through to the UC Brumbies ACT/SNSW Finals, winners from SIRU included, Mater Dei & Kildare (Yr 7/8) and Yanco Ag & St Annes Temora (yr 9/10). Girls winners in both ages were Yanco Ag. Albury High School - Year 11/12 champions UC Brumbies Development Officer Jack Burey was ecstatic with the turnout in the second year of this event,
Yanco Ag HS, year 9/10 boys champions
“It was great to see such significant growth in the Albury-Wodonga area. With the Albury club running an U17 side this year, it is certainly an exciting time for Albury rugby”.
SIRU JUNIOR RUGBY
Players visit Albury
10
Representative SIRU once again kicked off the rep season throughout March with open trials in U12’s, U13’s, U15’s and U18’s as well as matches against Daramalan College with mixed results across the grades. Club The SIRU Juniors club competition had its earliest start on the 1st weekend of April. Hosted in the sunshine of Cootamundra, juniors teams from U/7’s – U/15’s were given two games 10 to blow out the cobwebs in round 1. Round 2 will recommence after the school holidays hosted out at Griffith.
Albury’s Xavier College - Year 7/8 winners Albury will also host a Primary School gala day in term 2 and it is hoped that we can get further strong interest at the Primary School level.
P AG E
UPCOMING COACH COURSES
7th May Smart Rugby Course UC, Bruce
18th May Foundation Coaching Course UC, Bruce
19th October Foundation Coaching Course UC, Bruce
11
UC Brumbies Development Camps AIS TALENT DEVELOPMENT CAMP
JINDABYNE DEVELOPMENT CAMP
In late January more than 50 lucky teenagers had a head start on the competition when they spent three days at the UC Brumbies AIS Talent Development Camp from Monday 20th – Wednesday 22nd at the Australian Institute of Sport.
This year’s annual U14/U15 Jindabyne Development camp took place on the 14th and 15th of April. The camp was a huge success and all players should be congratulated on their efforts and attendance at the camp.
The 15-17 year olds were on site at the AIS for an intense training program that covered physical testing, skills, decision-making and many other aspects of the game. For some participants, the program gave them a first hand experience of what an elite training program involves and what it takes to reach the highest level.
Development staff were very impressed with all players’ attitudes, application to training and willingness to learn during the two days.
For more info on courses contact Russell Ingram at Brumbies rugby on: 6283 8520
“All players who attended the camp did so with great enthusiasm and eagerness to develop their skills. The camp targeted players from the Brumbies region but also included players from as far as Albury, South Australia, Sydney and the Gold Coast” Daniel Hooper – Rugby Development Manager. After a day and a half of training we concluded the camp with three teams playing off for the unofficial “Jindy Cup Championship”. Each team were able to transfers the new skills learnt into games which was great to see from a coaches perspective.
Players and staff at the AIS Development Camp The full program included a talk from Director of Rugby Laurie Fisher and a visit from Wallabies skipper Ben Mowen, and fellow international representatives Nic White and Christian Lealifano.
Laurie Fisher Coaching
On the final morning more than a dozen UC Brumbies players supported the Development coaching staff to help players in a position specific session, in Jindabyne Development camp participants which all participants found insightful and thoroughly enjoyed. “Seeing the players use their newly learnt skills in Again in 2014 the last afternoon of the 3 day camp live game situations was a positive from a coaching point of view” Russell Ingram – Coaching and saw the traditional “playoff matches” held. This Pathways Manager. took the form of three 30 minute matches of 15 aside rugby which enabled the players to put into practice all the skills they had learnt from the 3 days All in all the camp was an overwhelming success. The UC Brumbies are eager to continuously develof training. op the U14/U15 Jindabyne Development Camp over the coming years and hope to see both familiar The selection process for the camp took into acand new faces at next year’s camp. count previous representation, physical attributes and other sporting achievements. With teenagers We pass on our thanks and gratitude to all who atfrom the ACT, Queensland, South Australia and tended this year’s camp, both players and staff. The Country NSW all participating in the 11camp, the Jindabyne Sport and recreation Centre has proved talent that was displayed was superb and the high quality performance that was shown made the camp to be a great venue for the camp and we look forward to running the program again in 2015. a huge success.
P AG E
ACT Junior Rugby Union Clubs 2014
Resources Coach Education • Smart Rugby • Coaching Kids • Foundation • Level 2 South Coast Monaro • Junior Marlins • South Coast JRU Facebook SIRU • SIRU Juniors • In the Media
Club
Name
Number
ADFA
Mitchell Hosking
0401 871 398
mitchell.hosking@student.adfa.edu.au
BATEMANS BAY
Ron Collier
0408 247 644
ronniecollier64@gmail.com
BROULEE
Karyn Starmer
0427 522 227
karyn@starmer.net.au
BURGMANN COOMA
Adam Hall Brian Coyte
0428 484 999
rugby@burgmann.act.edu.au brian@southeastprinting.com.au
DARAMALAN
Andrew Digan Steve Goleby Denis Jorgensen Bob Morris
0401 656 290 0406 377 129 0420 985 616 0458 299 558
andrew.digan@daramalan.act.edu.au smgoleby@optusnet.com.au denis@jorgensen.id.au bob@castech.com.au
GOULBURN
Bill Cooper
0400 992 747
bcooper@scopeaccess.com.au
GRAMMAR
Jason Reilly Craig McMahon Darren Smith Troy Atkins
0416 701 863
jason.reilly@cgs.act.edu.au Craig.McMahon@cgs.act.edu.au dazboy98@gmail.com Troy.atkins@eaglesrugby.com.au
JINDABYNE
Mick Swinney John Taylor
0400 421 085 0428 166 200
Michael.Swinney@perisher.com.au leetaylorfriend@hotmail.com
MARIST QUEANBEYAN
Paul Mead Mick Grealish Alan Morton
0414 517 503
paulmead@mcc.act.edu.au michaelgrealish@mcc.act.edu.au aimpavmentsolutions@bigpond.com
RADFORD
Brad Luhrs
0438 585 091
Brad.Luhrs@radford.act.edu.au
ROSARY ROYALS
Ted Bilton Keiran Larnach
0405 736 980 0423 112 557
tcb001@live.com citycar@iprimus.com.au
ST EDMUNDS
0413 016 987
TRINITY VIKINGS UNI-NORTHS WESTS
Mick Pini David Mead Greg Mitchell Peter Hawke Andrew Dawson Keven Whitton
mpi00781@bigpond.net.au dmead@stedmunds.act.edu.au gregory.mitchell@cg.catholic.edu.au peterhawke@primusonline.com.au andrew.dawson.reps@aph.gov.au kwhitton@grapevine.com.au
YASS
Tarina Walker
0407 277 232
EASTS
GUNGAHLIN
UC BRUMBIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS Tom Beinke South Coast Monaro Region t.beinke@brumbies.com.au 0423 761 461 Jack Burey Southern Inland Region j.burey@brumbies.com.au 0439 473 479 Edan Campbell-O'Brien ACT Region e.campbell-obrien@brumbies.com.au 0411 512 780 Anthea Clarke Female Rugby a.clarke@brumbies.com.au 0413 739 167
0405 755 798
0438 225 212 0401 143 724 0402 805 219
Brumbies Community Rugby Contacts General Manager - Community Rugby Craig Leseberg W: 02 6283 8515
Rugby Development Manager Daniel Hooper W: 02 6283 8518 E: d.hooper@brumbies.com.au
12
Coaching and Pathways Manager Russell Ingram P: 02 6283 8520
12