6 Nations Coaching Conference 2012

The 2012 Coach Development Conference was held at St Cyprien near Perpignan in South West France.

The conference looked at the preparation and experiences of some of senior coaches at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, with the highlight being two sessions from Sir Graham Henry.

The groups then used some of their learning to analyse the Heineken Cup final between Leinster and Ulster.

The sessions were lively and well organised and managed by the five tutors, Steve Aboud, Francesco Ascione, Philippe Boher, Kevin Bowring and Allan Lewis. The sessions were very good and groups worked extremely well
together.

This year the senior women's coaches from each of the Six Nations were invited to attend.

This year's Irish participants who accompanied IRFU Technical Diretcor Steve Aboud were Anthony Foley (Munster), Mike Prendergast (Young Munster), Conor Twomey (Ireland Club XV), Philip Doyle (Ireland Women's XV), Peter Malone (Bruff) and Tony Smeeth (Dublin University).

Download the 2012 6 Nations Coaching Conference Summary Document.

Speaking ahead of Ireland's final RBS 6 Nations match against Italy, hooker Rory Best said: "We took a lot of positives from the France game, we'll take those forward and build on them. We can potentially finish third in the Championship and we're looking to end the campaign with a good win in Rome."

Speaking ahead of Ireland's upcoming RBS 6 Nations encounter with France, prop Mike Ross said: "We were enormously frustrated after the Scottish game. We're playing at home (this Saturday), it's a big source of pride for us. We want to get back to winning ways. Even though the Championship is gone, it's our home patch and you want to win every time you pull on the green jersey."

Irish Rugby TV caught up with Jenny Murphy at the Ireland Women's Sevens training camp. We spoke to the centre about the pool draw for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, the difference between Sevens training and regular training and we look forward to the game against France at Ashbourne RFC on Friday.

Speaking ahead of Ireland's upcoming RBS 6 Nations clash with France, hooker Rory Best said: "We still have two games left to play and we have to make sure we finish well. It's going to be a tough challenge against France. But we're back at home, it's a sell-out and we need to make sure we put away the chances we create more efficiently than we have done."