About the Academy
With the growth of professionalism in rugby there is a real demand for quality rugby education. Rugby has also expanded rapidly over the last few years and is now a truly global sport.
The Investec International Rugby Academy South Africa (IRASA) courses are specifically designed to assist in progressing or achieving a career in playing or coaching rugby, and more importantly, to achieve excellence in this area. The Investec Academy provides inspiration and a high performance avenue for promising players and coaches. Courses on offer range from our flagship High Performance Courses, Advanced Courses for 16-18 year olds and Development Courses for club players. For players there is a high degree of focus on position specific analysis and tuition, mental toughness, rugby intelligence and skill development, with an impressive line-up of former and current international coaches and players delivering their quality expertise.
For coaches it is a rare opportunity to work intensively with the world's best coaches in a practical environment. The high performance, development and advanced courses work in tandem with the players' courses where the coaches' course participants work through the International Rugby Academy blueprint with the various specialists employed on that particular course on how to identify talent, design a game plan and drill the team to best utilise that talent, analyse performance and implement remedial coaching.
Dick Muir
Investec IRASA – Managing Director
For the first time since the dawn of the professional era in rugby, South Africa has an academy that will not only upskill our high performance players but provide much needed expertise and tuition for coaches.
In South Africa there are no formal structures in place to ‘coach the coaches’. As a professional coach myself, I know only too well the importance of being at the top of your game and at the cutting edge of rugby. Investec International Rugby Academy aims to do this and more, with access to some of the best rugby minds and practitioners in the world. We aim to take rugby in South Africa to the next level. We also invite coaches and players from other corners of the world to join us, to not only experience the spirit of rugby here but explore and enjoy our beautiful country.
Murray Mexted
International Rugby Academy – Managing Director
We are very excited about the International Rugby Academy opening in South Africa. The International Rugby Academy hugely successful courses are in demand, therefore it's logical for us to expand overseas.
To be able to offer players and coaches within South Africa and overseas the opportunity to have high level rugby specific education is excellent. I welcome the partnership with Dick Muir, Investec and South Africa. The international element of the International Rugby Academy delivers cross pollination of ideas and styles and a competitive learning environment stimulated by the involvement of other promising players and coaches from throughout the rugby world. We are pleased to be bringing this concept to South Africa and hope to see you there.
