Munster Rugby v Scarlets Match Programme
Guinness PRO14 Round 15 | Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Scarlets. Read what Senior Coach Stephen Larkham and Mike Haley had to say in the build up to the game. President Seán McCullough recognises the efforts of Billy Holland before he signs off on his 14-year career with the province. We take a look at Friday's opposition Scarlets and have an in-depth piece on Craig Casey's development after making his Ireland debut against Italy. Leah Lyons is our featured interview as the Fermoy native talks us through her pathway from Munster age-grade days.
Guinness PRO14 Round 15 | Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Scarlets.
Read what Senior Coach Stephen Larkham and Mike Haley had to say in the build up to the game.
President Seán McCullough recognises the efforts of Billy Holland before he signs off on his 14-year career with the province.
We take a look at Friday's opposition Scarlets and have an in-depth piece on Craig Casey's development after making his Ireland debut against Italy.
Leah Lyons is our featured interview as the Fermoy native talks us through her pathway from Munster age-grade days.
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RUGBY DEVELOPMENT NEWS<br />
AGE-GRADE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME<br />
The <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> Age-Grade Regional<br />
Development programme has been up and<br />
running since January with over 200 players<br />
from U16-U19 from the male and female game<br />
working at home through weekly training plans,<br />
Zoom fitness sessions and fun challenges.<br />
Under the current restrictions, the development<br />
team adapted its traditional regional programme<br />
to create online versions so that players can<br />
continue their progress under the current<br />
restrictions.<br />
The programme runs concurrently with seven<br />
boys and five girls groups throughout the<br />
province. Their weekly optional programme<br />
includes 2-3 rugby sessions to do at home,<br />
2-3 conditioning sessions and intermittent<br />
challenges or skills tests. The players are also<br />
invited to weekly Zoom meetings with their<br />
coaches to discuss many aspects of the game<br />
which also include online fitness sessions with<br />
their S&C coach.<br />
The programme is designed to replicate the<br />
holistic player development approach exercised<br />
by the <strong>Rugby</strong> Development Department,<br />
supporting players’ development while also<br />
assisting them to remain active during the<br />
current lockdown.<br />
The proportion of individual technical rugby<br />
skills and athletic development is very well<br />
balanced and areas such as games-based<br />
coaching, mental health and well-being,<br />
nutrition and performance analysis are also<br />
being covered.<br />
The development team of coach and player<br />
development officers, rugby development<br />
officers, women’s development officers and<br />
CCRO strength and conditioning staff, together<br />
with technical skills development coach Mike<br />
Pettman, continue to design and deliver the<br />
program during this current lockdown to ensure<br />
players are rugby ready when the opportunity<br />
to get back on pitch arises.<br />
South <strong>Munster</strong> CPDO, Owen Mullowney said:<br />
“This period has been very challenging for<br />
all the players, but it is very evident from our<br />
engagements how the players are learning new<br />
skills and coping mechanisms by learning to be<br />
self-disciplined and self-motivated during these<br />
unusual times.<br />
“We are dealing with a totally new environment<br />
and I believe these skills will definitely stand to<br />
the players and coaches when we get back on<br />
the pitch.”<br />
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