{"id":18925,"date":"2025-07-24T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18925\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:28:13","slug":"exciting-times-ahead-as-rugby-europe-launches-womens-coaching-academy-in-rwc-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18925\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting times ahead as Rugby Europe launches Women\u2019s Coaching Academy in RWC year."},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t15 emerging coaches from across Europe are preparing to come together in Manchester from 28\u201331 August 2025 as part of the inaugural Rugby Europe Women\u2019s Coaching Academy \u2014 a bold new initiative aimed at developing the next generation of national team coaches in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

This first-of-its-kind program is generously supported by UK Sport and the RFU\u2019s Impact \u201925 initiative, helping make it accessible and impactful for coaches across Europe.<\/p>\n

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With the Rugby World Cup 25 just around the corner, it\u2019s a real opportunity for these aspiring coaches to work collectively, as described by Zsuzana Jakab from the Hungarian Union, \u201cI\u2019m hoping to meet coaches who can help me with ideas on how to take the next step beyond the intermediate level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the academy, there will also be an opportunity for the coaches to see first-hand several matches at the Rugby World Cup, with Jakab adding, \u201cThe World Cup is a big chance to put women\u2019s rugby in the spotlight. It can inspire more girls to play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFemale role models are so important. They show young girls that coaching or playing at a high level is possible. In today\u2019s world, with the influence of social media, it\u2019s even easier to reach young people, so it\u2019s more important than ever that the right inspiring figures are visible and active.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Charlie Brown, the Rugby Europe\u2019s Regional Training Manager has been bringing this program to fruition and is excited about what lies ahead, said \u201cThis Academy has been a long time in the making, and it\u2019s thanks to the belief and support of key partners \u2014 including World Rugby, UK Sport, and national unions \u2014 that it\u2019s finally here. What excites me most is the diversity of this group, with coaches from across Europe representing different rugby cultures, all united by a shared ambition to lead in the women\u2019s game.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Designed for coaches from developing unions, this four-day experience will blend technical and tactical development, leadership training, live match analysis, and high-performance exposure, all set against the backdrop of RWC 2025. Participants will also attend the Scotland vs Fiji match, gaining real-time insights into international-level play and engaging in structured post-match reviews.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown emphasised that the Rugby World Cup provides a powerful platform to spotlight and invest in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the real value of this program will come after the four days in Manchester. This isn\u2019t just an event \u2014 it\u2019s a launchpad. We\u2019ll be following each coach\u2019s progress closely, working with their unions to ensure they\u2019re supported and positioned to step into future national team roles. The long game here is about building a pipeline of prepared, visible, and confident coaches who can shape the future of women\u2019s rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nele Plein, also one of the participants from Belgium Rugby added, \u201cI’m excited to reconnect with coaches I’ve played with or against, and to see how we’re all growing together in our coaching journeys. Above all, I look forward to learning new skills, developing myself further as a coach, and gaining fresh insights to better support the players I work with.”\"\"
“My main ambition is to give back to a sport that has given me so much\u2014helping girls and women discover who they are, build confidence, and grow both on and off the field. Seeing their development is truly my greatest joy.”
The journeys of these future leaders in women\u2019s rugby will be shared across Rugby Europe\u2019s social media channels, so be sure to follow along as the story unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"15 emerging coaches from across Europe are preparing to come together in Manchester from 28\u201331 August 2025 as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-18925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}