Johannesburg, 7 January 2010… The Golden Lions Rugby Union has announced another exciting signing from International Rugby Academy of New Zealand (IRANZ) to join the franchise ahead of the 2010 Vodacom Super 14.
Wayne Taylor, former All Blacks Conditioning Coach joined the Auto & General Super 14 Lions on Tuesday, and the Union is thrilled to have a coach of such a high caliber joining their ranks.
Taylor will work alongside Director of Coaching, Dick Muir, who filled the position towards the end of 2009.
Taylor is exceptionally experienced in fitness periodisation and planning, gym technique, nutrition, recovery, self massage and injury prevention, strength and conditioning, stretch and strength, team building and values and standards.
Wayne Taylor replaces ex conditioning Coach, Dr. Gerhard Jordaan who has moved to the Boland Rugby Union, and he has experience as a fitness training as far back as 1995.
Taylor’s background is one filled with many dynamics and coaches of this high standard are hard to come across. Some of the more outstanding achievements are as follows:
- IRANZ Strength and Conditioning Coach 2004-2008
- Fitness trainer Tasman Rugby 2006 – 2008
- Fitness trainer NZ U21 2005
- Fitness trainer NZ Blackferns Team 2004
- Fitness trainer Manawatu NPC team 2002-2005
- Fitness trainer NZ Army team 1995 –2000
- Assisted in fitness testing of NZ U21 Squad 2002-2004, and NZ Divisional team 2002, 2003 at the Institute of Rugby
- Extensively trained in sports rehabilitation, massage and sports medicine
- Educated through the Corrective and High Performance Exercise Kinesiologist Institute, USA
- Designed team building and leadership training of elite rugby teams including NZ Black Ferns, NZRFU Leadership Captaincy Course 2002 & 2003, NZRFU Super 12 Leadership Captaincy Course 2002
- Former senior player and NZ Army player 1991-2001
“Coaches are incredibly difficult to come by, and we at the Golden Lions Rugby Union are ecstatic that we are able to enter the 2010 Vodacom Super 14 with Dick [Muir] leading the reigns and Wayne [Taylor] at his side. This is going to be an exciting year for the Union, and with so many changes that have taken place of the last year, we are confident that there will be a massive change in the team come the Super 14”, GLRU CEO Manie Reyneke said.
With this appointment, this makes the Lions coaching and support staff as follows:
- Dick Muir (DOC)
- Johan Ackerman (Assistant coach)
- Hans Coetzee (Assistant coach)
- Henning Gericke (Psychologist)
- Sherylle Calder (Hand-eye Co-ordination)
- Wayne Taylor (Conditioning and Dietician)
- Carlos Spencer (Skills Player/Coach)
GBS – Well 4man might recognise bits, although when he came to visit it was a vile day…..hard to show him and Mrs.4man much when the rain was lashing down!!
We do weather here!! 🙂
Hope Puma sees them…..
@60
Come on!! wheres the “inner child”?
59- Boerboel – A Traditional Childrens play performed at Christmas Time….
Dick Whittington, Snow White, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk are some names you may have heard of…..Every town has a pantomime, and all the soap stars fight for the best ones….
The good ones are brilliant with a sub thread running through for the adults (adult humour) that the kids don’t ‘get’!!
Men dress as women etc…All good clean fun!
Carol, good clean fun for me is sex in the water
It’s damn cold in the Cotswolds…
Pics from Carol:
62 – 4man – Hear, hear – then I wonder how good the Brakpan Dramatic Society’s production would be….!!!
Probably better sicking pins in your eyes!!
64 – Boerboel 😳 Well sounds like fun……Any willing volunteers?
65 GBS Where?
Carol
We get panto’s rarely in SA and generally around Christmas a very few…it isnt as strong a tradition as England, but then watching stage performances (theatre) does also not have a huge following in SA. It has something to do with the weather I think. people will go up to London to watch a show and stay over and do a whole lot of indoor activity in winter…but in SA…we just go surfing, or to rugby, or to cricket, or jukskei…whatever, the outdoors remains good all year round. We must have you on the hunt one year. It gets to minus 7C in the karoo around the snow mountains in winter, but then during the day it can reach 25C. Pantomimes are regarded to be a bit “naf” in SA and only gender challenged ou’s act in them. now a live strip show….that is another story, lots of ou’s from the Bulls like to act in those.
68@ Karlien – There…. # 65
OK, I’m out. Good night.
Beautiful pics
would love to see it one day
I don’t know much about pantomime’s…. but I know plenty about panty-lines…… hehehehe
Nag Boel, ek sal die fotos uitsort
nice pics Carol…looks about the same depth. Does Inca also have the snow sticking to her fur in little balls….Maggie is helling a hell of a time of it….but now that its got a bit harder its ok.
Boel, is jy in JHB op die oomblik?
Hellooooooo Minneapolis
Helloooooooooo Lake Worth, FL
OK GBS….and any others still around. Time for mielies and a lekker movie….and Mommy had her b day yesterday and we still have half a bottle of Californian Zinfandel left, so that will go down well. The dogs have been for their run in the snow and are ready to dos.
Guten abend
Aufwedersehn
goodnight
slaap lekker die wat nie jol nie.
79@ Nag oupa Sammajoor…. lekker dos!
Night 4man
Carol you must send me a ticket next year i would love to play in the snow. Go ahead win the lottery and invite us all.
Helloooooooo Port Elizabeth
GBS how goes it ou maat
83@ SuperBul – Goed man…. net flippen besig…. flok
En daar?
Helloooooooo Snowman from Toronto
84
vandag kwaai gesukkel met n ADSL wat buite die limits geinstaleer is, ons laat mos net 5 kilometer toe die ou is net buite en die ding werk intermittent.
86@ SuperBul – Eishhhhhhhh, ADSL hou mos van skoon lyne….
…. en hier’s nog ‘n gas uit die Noorde van ons skone land….. welkom
Ja die lyn toets mooi skoon maar sal Maandag verder toets, arme drommel sal maar sonder sy ADSL moet klaarkom tot dan.
89@ SuperBul – Ek gaan inkruip…
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