This week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet had the privilege of hosting Nicolas Tisdale, an ex-professional rugby player turned dedicated and driven professional rugby coach.
๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง.
With a background spanning all levels of age group and adult rugby through clubs, schools and professional sports clubs, he has a proven track record of success. His expertise has helped nurture professional players, achieve league promotions and facilitate schools in succeeding at national competitions both in the UK and in South Africa.
๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด:
โข Head of Rugby at Malvern College in Worcester, England, United Kingdom
โข Scottish Exiles coach and regional manager for the Scottish RFU
โข Coaching consultant for various South African schools such as St Stithians College and Michaelhouse School
โข Elite Player Development Coach at Worcester Warriors RFC / Midland West Academy
โข u/16 Forwards cCoach at Gloucester RFC
Throughout his week at Union, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. His guidance was instrumental in enhancing the skills and understanding of the young athletes, who greatly appreciated the opportunity to learn from such a distinguished professional.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ.
