Upcoming Events

Please note the sessions (with the exception of the Girls scrummaging) are for coaches as opposed to players, the chance to pick up some tips and drills to take back to your teams! If you’d like to attend can you please confirm with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it stating which session(s) you wish to attend – please note there is no cost for any of these. Below is some background on Dave – everybody who has experienced one of his sessions thinks very highly of him, so I’d urge everyone to take advantage of this great opportunity, which has been made possible thanks to the generosity of HKFC and the hard work of Sanjay!

 

Tuedsay 29th September

So Kon Po, 6.15 – 7.30pm (using CWB Colts)

Focus: Tackle, Ruck, Maul for older minis and younger colts/girls

 

Saturday 3rd October

King’s Park 2, 10am – 12pm

Focus: Tackle, Ruck, Maul for older minis and younger colts/girls

 

Tuesday 6th October

King’s Park 2, 6.15-7.30pm (using DeA U14 Colts)

Focus: Under 8s ball skills

 

Happy Valley 8, 6.00-7.30pm

Focus: Girls scrummaging

 

King’s Park 2, 10am-12pm

Focus: Evasion/Decision Making for Colts/Girls

 

Dave Ellis, Progressive Skills Specialist

 

Dave Ellis is employed by IRANZ as our skills expert and multimedia producer. He also runs skills' sessions for club, school and representative teams. Dave has a lateral approach to coaching, having worked with a variety of sports in New Zealand and overseas including Australian netball and cricket, rugby league and American Football. With his in-depth knowledge of rugby and his experience with these other sports, Dave has developed a unique coaching style and our high performance graduates and array of international coaches have rated him highly in their evaluations. He is an integral part of our team.

 

As skills' coach for IRANZ, Dave overs all aspects of player skill development. With a special interest in vision and decision making, Dave often builds these components into his skills sessions giving them their own unique flavour. At academy courses Dave runs sessions on the Basic Pass, Taking the Ball into Contact, Defence Skills,Tackle and Evasion Skills along with his Vision and Decision Making session that he has developed himself from a unique blend of information from various sports adapted for rugby.