Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) organized their initiative to kick off the All Blacks partnership by conducting a level 2 coaching program during the past weekend at the Race Course grounds.
Jared Tuoro and Jarvey Aoake delivered the coaching level 2 program alongside Sri Lanka veterans and World Rugby educators, Nihal Gunaratne, Sanath Martis and Ananda Kasthuriarachchi. Lasitha Gunarathne, Vice President of SLRFU, Inthi Marikar, the high performance director of SLRFU and a few popular local coaches in the likes of Collin Denish, Ronny Ibrahim and Sean Wijesinghe were also among the group learning and sharing knowledge.
Speaking to ThePapare.com Tuoro stated that “I was really impressed with the knowledge of some of the coaches of the principals of rugby, I was blown away by the history that rugby has here in Sri Lanka and they continue to ask questions wanting to know more and they learned quickly.” He further stated that there are young coaches here now between the ages of 30 – 35, some ex-national players and some good potential with some of them really analyzing the game well.
Sanath Martis commenting on the program said, “We learnt how to conduct the program in a fun way and whole three days were not just fun they also created a learning environment for everyone here to learn happily and willfully.” Martis went on to say that the set-piece development program and game analysis development was extremely useful for our local coaches.
Ananda Kastiriarachchi shared his sentiments saying, “This was a very useful program. Things are slightly different between New Zealand Rugby and the World Rugby in terms of technical and tactical development, the principals of rugby like preventing territory etc, and I’m sure our boys learnt so much during the past three days.”
Photo Album: Sri Lanka Coaches Take On The World Rugby Level 2 Course
A few of the other coaches present also shared their thoughts regarding the program.
Shamly Nawaz – former CR&FC and Sri Lanka player, currently coaching Zahira College stated “It was a very interesting session, I have done the level 2 a few years ago overseas, I felt really great with the modern techniques and session plans which was useful. Going forward as a level 2 coach we certainly learnt a vast amount of knowledge and of course great work by SLRFU to bring this program which is a good thing for Sri Lanka rugby.”
“We learnt new techniques and how to adapt to the situations which was immensely useful for our local coaches.” Rajeew Perera, former assistant coach of Havelock Sports Club and a former Tusker.
Nalaka Weerakkody – Former Kandy SC and Sri Lanka player now coaching Kandy SC and St. Anthony’s College said, “This was absolutely great three days, we all are friends here and we also shared knowledge among us, but when we get in to a game we now have a broader idea of it as an outcome of this course.”
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