Munster Youths Rugby Challenges

On Behalf of Munster Youths I'd like to wish all our clubs players who are starting their Leaving Cert & Junior Cert exams today the very best of luck. Give it your best shot!!

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Best of Luck to Carrigaline-Dolphin and Shannon RFC who will battle it out for the Inaugural Tom Tierney Munster Club U18.5 Open Cup on Saturday in Richmond RFC. Go along to support both teams in the Very last Youths Fixture of the season Munster Rugby Richmond RFC CARRIGALINE R.F.C. Dolphin RFC Shannon RFC Mini/Youths Rugby Shannon R.F.C. MunsterRugby Youths Munster Association of Referees

Munster Boys U18 Open Cup To Be Named After Late Tom Tierney - Munster Rugby Carrigaline-Dolphin will take on Shannon in the Munster Boys U18 Open Cup final this Saturday in Richmond RFC (12:30pm). This years competition will see the cup dedicated to the late Tom Tierney who passed suddenly last year. This dedication is fitting for the competition as both clubs and schools p...

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Munster Rugby Charity Table Quiz – Friday, April 30th – The Horan Stand News April 13, 2021 Date: Friday, April 30th, 2021 Proceeds: All proceeds go to Munster’s nominated charities for the 2020/2021 season: BUMBLEance and Cope Foundation Promoters: Munster Rugby Doors open: 8.30pm Quiz starts: 9pm sharp Entry fee: €50 Table make-up: Tables of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 people...

Good Afternoon Coaches

We are looking forward to the expected resumption of sports training for mini and youth groups from April 26th. In advance of same and because we have been away from sport for a number of months, we will deliver 2 live coaching webinars this week to recap and refresh on some key topics. We will commence with a mini rugby specific webinar on Tuesday and will update on Covid guidelines for sports, introduce our graduated return to rugby coaching guidelines and share some games and activities for non-contact, pod training. On Wednesday we will deliver a similar webinar for those coaching at youth level.



If you are interested in attending either or both these events, please follow the link to register accordingly. Both webinars will commence at 7pm. We expect the events to last approx. 45mins each evening and will share links and resources to all attendees afterward. Please get any queries you have into us before the event via the registration form and we will attend to it on the night.



Mini Rugby Return to Rugby Webinar Tuesday 20th April: Register Here -> https://forms.office.com/r/5p3Z6Xm1Q4

Youth Rugby Return to Rugby Webinar Wednesday 21st April: Register Here -> https://forms.office.com/r/a8iTKNxeLk

Finally, and for those following our individual player development program of weekly skills and conditioning, we are on a download week this week and are asking the players to do a rugby session of their choice while maintaining their 2 conditioning sessions.

If you have any queries regarding the above, please don’t hesitate to contact me or a member of our rugby development team.

Take care,
Keith

https://www.irishrugby.ie/2021/03/20/touch-rugby-coaching-resources-readyforrugby-support-webinars/

Touch Rugby: Coaching Resources & #ReadyForRugby Support Webinars - Irish Rugby The IRFU and Ireland Touch Association are collaborating on resources to help clubs and schools provide non-contact offerings to players. Two of the upcoming Support Webinars will focus on helping clubs offer non-contact activity in line with the easing of government restrictions.

Good afternoon coaches

I hope this mail finds you all safe and well? This week we bring you our week 11 session plans for U13-Adult players. We continue to focus on the core technical skills related to our Cornerstones program and this week we encourage players to work on ball carry, evasion and tackle technique.



The videos are designed to support players learning of the skills and allow them the opportunity to explore proficiency. However, it will be important for us coaches to support them with this, especially when we get back onto the training pitch. Therefore, please use this opportunity to upskill your understanding of these technical skills also. If we work on the premise of ‘understanding before action’, then it will hopefully assist with your practical delivery and instruction when we get back.



Watching yesterday’s 6 nations games we can certainly see the benefit of developing player’s skill proficiency and decision-making skills. No better example than the final score for France with a combination of ball carry, decision making under pressure and pass ex*****on (click picture to view).



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On Monday last we completed a 2-part webinar series for U15-U18 players on wellbeing topics. We are extremely humbled by the online attendance and we hope the topics were relatable for that age group, especially during this pandemic. I am attaching the presentation links below and would encourage sharing with players of that age group within your respective club or school. I felt the presenters’ messages were very simple and clear, which helps promote awareness of the key topics including nutrition, athletic development, rest & recovery, wellbeing and building good habits. We also had two Munster senior player Q&A sessions with Emily Lane and Kevin O’ Byrne, visiting their backstories and respective journeys in the game.



For the mini players we are continuing with our social promotion program using senior players to demonstrate the movements (https://www.munsterrugby.ie/domestic_news/movewithmunster-campaign-kicks-off/ ). We will be providing you with a resource document of all the movements soon, including explanation videos and games, promoting good practice for us coaches when developing FUNdamental movements. These are really important for the development of the player and with simple application of these exercises we can all play our part in supporting player physical activity and movement competency.



Thank you all for the major part you play in developing rugby in our community. Coaching has certainly seen a transformation over the past 12 months, as we didn’t get much practical time on the field. However, we hope these weekly engagements with you and the conversations you are having within your clubs and schools will deem us ‘ ’ when the opportunity arises.



Links to Lifestyle, Health and wellbeing webinars:

Goal Setting and Creating Powerful Habits
Wellbeing
3. Nutrition

Rest and Recovery
Athletic Development
Q&A with Emily Lane
Q&A with Kevin O Byrne


Stay safe and kindest regards

#MoveWithMunster Campaign Kicks Off - Munster Rugby Munster Rugby are delighted to announce the commencement of the campaign.

YouTube links to last Monday’s webinar.
1. Goal Setting and Creating Powerful Habits - https://youtu.be/4Ic7zfPzxoA
2. Wellbeing - https://youtu.be/GcdVRbS0Ous
3. Q&A with Kevin O Byrne - https://youtu.be/hq3s2A_U2DE

Week 1 Webinar Presentations:
Nutrition: https://youtu.be/NamE1-c8g0Q
Rest and Recovery: https://youtu.be/yQS46IQOm7c
Athletic Development: https://youtu.be/5CkBjxdBswE
Q&A with Emily Lane: https://youtu.be/3NR4nwgS-jY

Lifestyle, health and wellbeing webinar - Goal Setting and Building Habits with Sana Govender

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Munster Rugby on LinkedIn: #InternationalWomensDay #MunsterRugby #ChooseToChallenge Happy to all involved in the women’s and girls game across the province, and to all the women who make a huge contribution to lead...

Hi All,

Please find attached Flyer and link to circulate to your players we have had in excess of 500 replies so on the night if participants could start to log on from 6.50pm onwards.

We have an exciting 1st nights line up of presenters,and we are looking forward to your engagement on the night.

Night 1 Monday 8th March- 7pm start

*** Nutrition - Owen Mullowney BEd MSC - Munster Coach &
Development Officer
*** Athletic Development - Denis Corridan
*** Rest & Recovery - Luke Guerin/Kathy O’ Sullivan - Munster S/C Coaches
*** A Players Perspective - Emily Lane - Irish International 7s Player.

FYI, the Teams link for attendees is https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDlmYzk5OWItMGRhOC00YWViLWEwNjgtYTI1ZjAyOTgxYWFm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229bebe0fd-7493-4a44-8a13-203f74a02004%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22271d8582-a133-4314-aace-2d6a19c0a62c%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d&btype=a&role=a

Any Questions don’t hesitate to contact me

Thanks
Eugene

Eugene McCarthy
Rugby Development Officer
Musgrave Park,Tramore Road,Cork
M +353 87 9685339
www.munsterrugby.ie