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Signed
Rugby Ball Winners July 2010
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R80 Rugby is a strong and proud
supporter of Crusaders Rugby,
this year we have been lucky
enough to be gifted 10 rugby
balls signed by the full
Crusaders 2010 Super 14 team,
including Dan Carter and Richie
McCaw.
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R80
Rugby Supporting Grass Roots
Rugby June 2010
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R80 Rugby is pleased to announce
new sponsorship partnerships
with two of the South Islands
traditional grass roots rugby
unions. R80 Rugby will work
closely with both the Mid
Canterbury and South Canterbury
Rugby Unions to make available
coach development workshops with
John Haggart, high quality rugby
equipment and rugby coaching DVD
resources.
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Nathan
Mauger Gets Things Rolling with
Tackle Tubes May 2010
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Nathan Mauger (Ex Crusader & All
Black) is busily growing his
junior rugby coaching programmes
in the Canterbury Region.
Mauger Developments Rugby is an
innovative programme designed to
provide aspiring young rugby
players with the best
opportunity of reaching that
next level. The focus of the
programme is to foster quality
skill development in an
environment of positive role
modeling.
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All Black Scrum Coach Mike Cron Runs R80 Front Row Coaching Clinic
- April 2010
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On a beautiful Autumn day in April, Mike Cron the legendary “Scrum Doctor” facilitated the inaugural R80 Schools Front Row Camp at St Bedes College, Christchurch.
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R80 Official Supplier to the Hawkes Bay Magpies
- April 2010
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R80 is pleased to be appointed as the official equipment supplier to the Hawkes Bay Magpies.
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R80 Official Supplier to the Hurricanes and Wellington
- April 2010
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R80 is pleased to be appointed as the official equipment supplier to the Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby.
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Ray Southam Teams Up with R80 Rugby
- February 2010
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R80 Rugby is delighted to welcome Former Irish Rugby Football union’s Director of rugby development Ray Southam to the team.
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Japanese Prospects for R80 Rugby
- February 2010
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Andrew McCormack (Ex-Japan National Team Captain) has this to say about R80 Rugby…….
“R80Rugby is the best rugby equipment I have seen. It has been tested in the toughest New Zealand training conditions. The Crusaders rugby coaching and training DVDs, books and rugby
know how has been 100% translated to suit Japanese coaches and players, this is fantastic for our rugby development. I know R80 equipment is used and endorsed by the successful Crusaders; I recommend you also choose R80 equipment for high quality rugby coaching.”
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R80 Part of the Deans Stand Opening Celebrations
- January 2010
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The most popular event for the children was the R80 fitness and skills circuit! Children lined up in large numbers to have a turn at the drills and training activities used regularly by their Crusaders heroes. The circuit included zig zagging through agility poles, running over hurdles, tip toeing through footspeed ladders, crawling through hoops before making a tackle on the new and innovative
R80 Tackle
Tube.
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Christmas School Holiday Rugby Programme
- January 2010
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R80 in conjunction with Canterbury Rugby Union were pleased to run a very successful school holiday programme during the Christmas Holidays.
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Four more world class Crusaders rugby coaching DVDs pencilled in!
- February 2010
As we move into the 2010 season R80 Rugby is gearing itself up for another busy year of information sharing. Four new coaching DVDs are in production and due for release in April.
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R80 Rugby supports NZ National 7’s Tournament in Queenstown
- January 2010
The Queenstown National 7’s tournament is New Zealand’s pinnacle competition for provincial players aspiring to national selection. Months of brutal fitness training culminated in two intense days of high impact 7’s rugby with the championship crown going to the victorious Waikato team.
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R80 Rugby Camp in the USA
- November 2009
Crusader players Ryan Crotty, Colin Slade and Adam Whitelock along with new Highlander player James Paterson have recently returned from Colorado, USA where they were involved in holding a very successful coaching camp for young aspiring players and coaches. According to the camp organiser, John Paterson the camp was a huge success as the Crusaders are viewed as the best team in world Rugby.
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Crusader Coaching DVDs Released
- November 2009
This year has seen the development of a number of DVDs showing many of the skills and drills used in the Canterbury/Crusader environment.
The Crusader Series DVDs (link to crusaders dvds) are focused on key elements of the game and are presented by Crusader or Canterbury Coaching staff using Crusader or Canterbury players to demonstrate the skills.
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Shield Land Visit!
- November 2009
John Haggart and Glenn Jenkins were invited to attend the Rugby Southland annual club forum to meet with the local rugby community and Southland staff.
Invercargill was still on a high from the historic Ranfurly Shield victory over Canterbury with a mood of buoyancy and excitement ringing through the region.
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Coaching Excellence Rewarded
- October 2009
At the 2009 Canterbury Sportsperson of the Year awards, R80 Rugby Coaching Manager, John Haggart along with Rob Penney was awarded the prestigious honour of Most Outstanding Coach 2008 for the Canterbury area.
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Rangiora & Papanui Take Out Rugby Tens
- September 2009
Sponsored by R80 Rugby, the end-of-season Burnside Tens Competitions usually provide an opportunity for Christchurch Secondary School teams to let their hair down and have some fun. And – choc-a-bloc with enterprising rugby from all quarters - this season’s tournaments were no exception.
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R80 Rugby Club-land Competition
- August 2009
Throughout the Air NZ Cup competition, R80 sponsored a pre-game fitness circuit competition at AMI stadium for all of Canterbury’s home games. Clubs provided 4 players to compete in a relay race in the quest to win $2000 worth of XLR8 fitness and R80 rugby equipment for their club.
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R80 Rugby Visits Japan
- August 2009
John Haggart headed to Japan to attend the Sugadaira rugby tournament in August 2009.
As an ex coach of Japanese company team Sanix, John was well versed in Rugby protocols and spent much of his time meeting with University teams. These teams visit the ski resort, Sugadaira where hundreds of University teams visit to hold their pre-season training camps.
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R80 Supports Southern Region Secondary School Camp
- July 2009
R80 Rugby were the principal supporter of the Southern Region Rugby tournament held from the 6th-8th July, 2009
Organised by Canterbury Rugby Union RDO, Kim Browne the camp was held in Christchurch using the excellent facilities at St Bedes College. It featured the top 50 1st XV players from all the schools in the South Island for the 4 day coaching school.
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Arabian Gulf Rugby Union partners with R80 Rugby
- June 2009
R80 Rugby is pleased to announce a partnership with the AGRFU that will see R80 equipment and coaching resources available to local clubs and schools.
The AGRFU rugby development manager Bruce Morton visited R80 in Christchurch to confirm arrangements that will see a joint R80, AGRFU and MEFITPRO all things rugby catalogue created to suit the local market.
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Cantabrian Primary Schools Fun Day
- May 2009
The annual Primary Schools Rugby day was held recently on
a beautiful sunny day at Ilam fields in Christchurch.
The Cantabrians along with Lyn Miles from the Primary School Sports Association worked together to bring over 30 schools together for a morning full of fun packed activity and games.
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R80 Rugby Supports 1st XV International Rugby Festival
- April 2009
R80 was very pleased to co-sponsor the Christchurch Boys High School 1st XV International Rugby Festival. The International tournament is now well established as an annual event on the New Zealand Secondary Schools rugby calendar and attracts quality teams from far and wide.
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R80 Official Supplier to the Tasman Makos
- April 2009
R80 is pleased to be appointed as the official fitness, rugby equipment and club match ball supplier to the Tasman Makos.
The partnership will add great value to the unions development and high performance rugby programmes and ensure local players and coaches get access to some of the latest innovations in rugby conditioning (through XLR8 equipment) and skill development.
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R80 Official Supplier to Southland Stags
- March 2009
R80 is pleased to be appointed as the official fitness and rugby equipment supplier to Rugby Southland. The partnership will add great value to the unions development and high performance rugby programmes and ensure local players and coaches get access to some of the latest innovations in rugby conditioning (through XLR8 equipment) and skill development.
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R80 Official Supplier to Crusaders and Canterbury Rugby
- August 2008
R80 is pleased to be appointed as the official fitness and rugby equipment supplier to Crusaders and Canterbury Rugby.
The fitness and coaching staff at Canterbury have been using XLR8 and R80 equipment for some time with great on field success. The Crusaders player development and coaching systems lead the way, setting standards many aspire to reach.
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R80 Rugby Makes Key Appointment
- January 2008
John Haggart, Canterbury Rugby Union Assistant Coach for the last 3 seasons has been appointed to the newly created position of R80 Rugby Coaching and Online Supersite Manager.
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