For Oxfordshire Coaches and Refs
London Welsh are pleased to announce a series of Coach Education events for 15-a-side rugby coaches from all clubs and schools across Oxfordshire. These events will be delivered by the Senior Premiership coaching staff at London Welsh and the programme will kick off on January 14th 2015 at Witney Rugby Club.
After the success of the #BigCityScrum in October with over 40 young players from eleven clubs participating in a highly interactive session with the coaches, this is the next step as London Welsh continue to connect with the Oxfordshire Rugby family. London Welsh would like to invite coaches to attend any or all of the free Coach Education sessions from January to April in 2015. These events are designed specifically to look at the 15-a-side part of the game and every club and school coach is invited to take part in this unique programme for Oxfordshire’s rugby family.
Justin Burnell, Head Coach, and Matt Ferguson, Scrum Coach, will kick off the programme by providing a session designed around the Forward’s set piece at Witney rugby club on the 14th of January at 19:15pm.
Following this there will be a Defence and Breakdown session with Rowland Phillips and Ollie Smith in February, a Handling and Kicking Skills session with Gordon Ross and Olly Barkley in March and finally a Game Planning and Counter Attack session in April. The London Welsh coaches will be supported during these sessions by other current London Welsh players to give further detail and insight in to skills being coached.
All the London Welsh Senior Premiership Coaching staff will lead a session sharing their thoughts and ideas as well as answering technical questions from the watching coaches. It will be highly interactive and a chance to pick up some knowledge from some of the Premiership’s elite professional coaches.
If you’re a coach and you would like to attend any of the sessions then please register by giving your name, club/or school and the event you’d like to attend in your email and then please send it to
Wednesday January 14th Witney RFC
19:00 -20:30
Topic:- Forwards Set piece with Justin Burnell and Matt Ferguson – supported by Darren Waters
Wednesday February 18th Chinnor RFC
19:00 -20:30
Topic:- Defense and breakdown with Rowland Phillips and Ollie Smith – supported by Nathan Vella
Wednesday March 18th Wallingford RFC
19:00 -20:30
Topic:- Handling and kicking Skills with Gordon Ross and Olly Barkley
Wednesday April15th Gosford All Blacks RFC
19:00 -20:30
Topic:- Game planning and Counter Attack with Justin Burnell (classroom) – supported by Chris Elder
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