Collegians RFC launch

Collegians RFC, with the help of our sponsor ( Altius investment holdings), has established a professional partnership / collaboration with Randwick rugby club in Australia (http://www.randwickrugby.com.au/).

Randwick is the largest and most successful rugby club in Australia with players such as David Campese, the Ella brothers and currently Kurtley Beale having played for the club. They are the largest supplier of professional players to the Brumbies and NSW Waratahs and currently have 17 professional players collectively playing for those 2 super rugby franchises. The terms of the agreement encompasses supporting Collegians RFC holistically in order to develop and promote rugby in Mitchell’s Plain, Philippi and surrounding townships as well as within the greater Cape Flats area. This would include initiatives aimed at improving the coaching structure within our large junior and senior division, improving the the administrative capacity within the club, holistic player develoment as well as establishing strategic partnerships to promote rugby within the large number of disadvantaged schools in our area.
The professional head coach of Randwick RFC, Mr Craig Morrison, spent the week at Collegians and conducted several junior and senior coaching clinics for Collegians players/coaches as well as junior rugby players from Khayelitsha. He will return in June for another series of coaching clinics.
This partnership was formally announced at the launch of our new kit at Cape Town market last week (please see attached photographs). In addition, several new initiatives such as the launch of the new collegians website (www.collegiansrugby.com) and the Collegians foundation were announced at the function.

Collegians RFC is one of the most successful rugby clubs from a disadvantaged area since rugby unity in 1992. During the apartheid days, the club produced several Western Province and SARU players. Collegians RFC currently competes in the super league B divsion of the WP club rugby league and has about 300 junior and 120 senior active rugby players. It is the only club that develops youth rugby in Mitchell’s Plain. In 2010, all the senior signed and adhered to a code of conduct on and off the field. The club also does outreach clinics in Philippi and last year incorporated and supported and an entire women’s rugby team from Philippi. The club plays its home games at the Lentegeur Sports complex in Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain.

by Dr. Nasief van der SchyffExecutive member and head of medical division Collegians RFC

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