IRB Training: May and June courses

 

An image taken during a Sevens coaching course in Port Elizabeth

Find out the major IRB training events and conferences happening around the world in May and June 2013. 

Africa – CAR (English speaking)   

• 9-12 May: IRB Level 2 S&C and Acquaint - Johannesburg, South Africa

Africa - CAR (French speaking)

• 1 May: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Abidjan, Daloa and Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
• 1 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course - Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• 4-5 May: IRB Level 2 Coaching course (Part 2) - Dakar, Senegal
• 6-9 May: IRB Rugby Ready course and IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
• 9 May: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Abidjan, Daloa and Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
• 9 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course - Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• 9-12 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating (Part 1) course - Yaounde and Douala, Cameroon
• 11 May: IRB Level 1 Match Officiating course - Manouba, Tunisia
• 11 May: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Saint Louis, Senegal
• 15 May: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Kef and Bizerte, Tunisia
• 20 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course - Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• 24-25 May: IRB Level 2 Sevens Coaching course (Part 1)- Tunis, Tunisia
• 25 May: IRB Level 1 Match Officiating course - Thies, Senegal
• 30-31 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course - Antananarivo, Madagascar
• June TBC: IRB Level 1 Sevens Coaching course - Douala, Cameroon
• 22 June: IRB Level 1 Match Officiating course - Simal, Senegal

• 29 April - 4 May: JRFU Superweek (IRB Trainer & Educator course followed by various Level 1 courses and acquaints / Rugby Ready)
• 14-19 May: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Bangkok, Thailand 
• 14-19 May: IRB Level 2 Coaching course - Bangkok, Thailand
• 14-19 May: IRB Level 1 S&C course - Bangkok, Thailand
• 14-19 May: IRB Level 1 Sevens Coaching course - Bangkok, Thailand
• 14-19 May: IRB Level 1 Match Officiating course - Bangkok, Thailand
• 14-19 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course - Bangkok, Thailand
• 1 June: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Dubai
• June TBC: IRB Level 1 Match Officiating course - Cebu, Philippines
• June TBC: IIRB Level 1 Coaching course - Cebu, Philippines
• 5-7 June: IRB Sports Federation Management Programme - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 7-9 June: IRB Level 3 Match Officiating course (Part 2) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 11-13 June: IRB Level 3 Coaching course (Part 2) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 15 June: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Abu Dhabi
• 17 June: IRB Rugby Ready course - Colombo, Sri Lanka 
• 17 June: IRB Level 1 S&C course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 18 June: IRB Level 1 Match Officiating course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 18 June: IRB Level 1 Coaching course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 19 June: IRB Level 1 Sevens Match Officiating course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 19 June: IRB Level 1 Sevens Coaching course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 20-22 June: IRB Level 2 Coaching course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 20-22 June: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course - Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 21 June: IRB Rugby Ready course - Johor, Malaysia
• 21 June: IRB Level 1 Sevens Match Officiating course - Johor, Malaysia
• 21 June: IRB Level 1 Sevens Coaching course - Johor, Malaysia

Europe – FIRA-AER   

• 24-26 May: IRB/FIRA-AER Educator course - Moscow, Russia

IRB/FIRA-AER "TES" adoption scheme projects supported by Six Nations Unions           

• 1-2 June: IRB/FIRA-AER Level 2 Coaching Accreditation course (Part 1) and coaching workshop on scrummaging and lineout - Athens, Greece
• 14-16 June: Workshops on retention/transfer of players from school to clubs, coaching youth players and winning psychology - Helsinki, Finland
• 21-24 June: IRB/FIRA-AER Level 2 Coaching Accreditation course (Part 2) - Zenica, Bosnia Herzegovina

• 1-3 May: USA Rugby Educator course (Coach and Match Officiating) - Boulder, Colorado
• 18-21 May: IRB Rugby Ready review and Trainer and Educator resource course - London, England
• 5-9 June - IRB Level 2 S&C course - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• 11-12 June: Educator re-accreditation - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• 1-10 May: OSEP Train the Trainer - Rugby Admin and Governance course - Suva, Fiji
• 13-16 May: Growing the Game Conference - Nadi, Fiji
• 23-28 May: IRB Level 2 Match Officiating course, IRB Level 1 S&C course, IRB Level 1 Coach of Match Officials course - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
• 17-22 June: IRB Leve 2 Sevens Match Officiating ad IRB Level 2 Sevens Coach courses - SRU HPU Complex, Samoa

South America - CONSUR          

• 3-8 June: Training & Education superweek (nine activities including Trainer & Educator course, Medical Educator course, Level 1 First Aid course & Level 1 Coaching, Match Officiating and S&C courses - Antofagasta, Chile

Find out more

If you want to find out more about the training courses, including how to register, please contact your union. Click here and select your union from the resulting page. Then select their web site or see contact details to get in touch with them

Alternatively, contact your local IRB Regional Training Consultants. These are as follows: 

A great starting point for learning more about the game is through the digital tools offered by the IRB. These include:

• IRB Passport web site– a one-stop shop for online training resources, including the new-look IRB Coaching web site launched this week, the Rugby Ready web site, the IRB Laws web site, a new strength and conditioning site, as well as information on player welfare and anti-doping.
• Laws of the Game mobile app (for iPhone and iPad) – check the Laws on the move