BIOGRAPHY
Born in Oldham, England. Played professional rugby league mainly for Oldham, but also played at Widnes and Huddersfield in England and the Newcastle Knights in Australia. Represented Great Britain against France, Australia and the New Zealand Maoris and toured Australasia with the GB Lions in 1984.
In a 13 season career played over 200 first team games and scored over 100 tries.
After retiring from professional rugby and moving to Ireland in 1995, represented Ireland as a player and has been active as a player, coach, referee and administrator in Rugby League Ireland.
Studied at the Institute of Technology in Tralee and gained a BSc in Health Fitness and Leisure
Coached rugby union at under age and senior level with local clubs Killarney, Abbeyfeale and Tralee.
Recruited by Matt Williams to be a consultant defense coach for Leinster Rugby in 2001, and was later hired by Declan Kidney to fill the same role with Munster Rugby.
CREDENTIALS
BSc in Health Fitness and Leisure - Degree thesis was entitled 'A Notational Analysis of Scoring Opportunities in Elite Rugby'
The BSc course included;
Information Technology, Business Organisation and Communications. Instructional Methods, Sports Coaching, Exercise Leadership and Children’s Games Sports and Leisure Management, Sports Development and Strategic Planning. Sports Injuries and Sports Massage. Talent Identification, Performance Training, Sports Psychology, Periodisation and Notational analysis. I have done various coaching courses in Rugby League and Rugby Union, Gaelic football,Swimming, and Speed Agility and Quickness (SAQ)
I worked as a Fitness Trainer with the IRFU Academy
I am currently employed as a Leisure Centre Manager
TRAINING PLAN
I will tailor you training plans to your individual or team needs.
I am a firm believer in accentuating positives that a players or team has. And I also think that you must accept that you can't eliminate all the weaknesses in a player or team, but you can try to reduce them to a level that opponents won't be able to easily exploit them.
My plans will be designed to make the most of what attributes you have in as short a time as possible.
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