Welcome to Fiji Rugby Union - Rugby Development Unit

FIJI RUGBY UNION

RUGBY DEVELOPMENT UNIT

Vision

To be a regional and world leader in the Field of Rugby and supporting the HPU in achieving the following goals:

Reach the Semi Final – Under 20 IRB World Championship in 2012
Win the 20011-12 HSBC Sevens World Series.
Win the 2013 RWC Sevens World Cup
Retain the Pacific Rugb Cup trophy and and win the 2012 Pacfic Nations Cup

Planning
Development, approval and implementation of an action plan, program and budget for all development projects for 2012.

Coaching and Refereeing

Send a minimum of 4 coaches to a Level 3/NZRU advanced coaching course and have them achieve accreditation in 2012
Conduct an IRB Level 1 coaching course in in all major centres (Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Divisions) each attended by a minimum of 25 local coaches
Conduct a Level 1 referees course in all major centres each attended by a minimum of 15 development referees
Conduct a National IRB L2 coaching course for a max of 30 invited coaches and have 25% of these coaches accredited in 2012.
Each RDO to conduct a min of 24 coaching clinics in their geographical area to meet the local coaching needs.
Each RDO to conduct a development program in their franchise by visiting each school a min 5 times per year and each club a min of 3 times per year.

Development Strategies 2008-2011

Coaching Clinics to cover Coaches

FMF Kaji Rugby U9 to U14 Coaches.
Secondary School Coaches for U15 to U19
Union and Club Coaches and Franchise teams.

Refereeing

Provincial Referees Association members.
Fiji Secondary School Referees
Fiji Primary Schools Referees
Fiji Women Rugby Referees.

Trainers

Provincial Clubs and Unions.
Fiji Secondary Schools
Fiji Primary Schools
Women’s Rugby.