Try Rugby programme: JRA community coaching
British Council, in partnership with Premiership Rugby, Footprints Foundation and the Golden Lions Rugby Union pilot the Try Rugby community coaching programme.
JOHANNESBURG – The British Council, in partnership with Premiership Rugby, Footprints Foundation and the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) are piloting the Try Rugby community coaching programme in the South.
On Friday, August 28, these partners introduced rugby to the women who attended the Johannesburg Road Agency’s (JRA), Women’s Day celebration at the Turffontein Racecourse.
The British Council and two of their professional coaches from the UK, Joe Reynolds and Sam Teasdale, took the opportunity to teach the value of playing rugby to the women.
The Try Rugby pilot programme marks the culmination of national Women’s Month and the imminent start of the 2015 Rugby World Cup (RWC).
GLRU fields women’s sides, in both the junior and senior provincial South African Rugby Union (SARU) tournaments.
The GLRU together with Try Rugby has the vision to increase the grassroots participation in rugby throughout Gauteng.
The day involved some fun and games with tag rugby and even basic contact rugby for those who wanted to try it. Input from the Lions women’s team as well as female referees were also at the order of the day.
