{"id":22422,"date":"2013-09-05T02:06:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T00:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mitchell-new-director-of-rugby-at-university-of-kwazulu-natal\/"},"modified":"2013-09-05T02:06:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T00:06:04","slug":"mitchell-new-director-of-rugby-at-university-of-kwazulu-natal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mitchell-new-director-of-rugby-at-university-of-kwazulu-natal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell new Director of Rugby at University of KwaZulu-Natal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=15609\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15609\" alt=\"John Mitchell. Photo: Gallo Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a4f1d_6010075f29c044e0936868499a9d3718.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Mitchell. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n<p>Former All Blacks, Western Force and Lions coach John Mitchell has been appointed Director of Rugby at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell will oversee the rugby coaching, fitness and medical staff on the UKZN campuses, as well as coaching and preparing the UKZN Impi team for the Varsity Shield.<\/p>\n<p>An ecstatic Dr Sibusiso Chalufu, Executive Director Student Services at UKZN said: \u201cThe University is honoured to have secured the services of a coach and mentor of John Mitchell\u2019s standing. I believe our students and coaches stand to benefit tremendously from working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from Durban, Mitchell sounded excited about his new role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKZN is my home now and I am passionate about rugby. I believe I am in a position in life to impart knowledge and pass on my vast experience to serve and work with our people. I look forward to leading, nurturing, teaching, and inspiring young students in an important time in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about building on what has already been done and taking our rugby programme to another level without losing the fun aspect of what student life should be about. UKZN has a proud rugby heritage dating back more than a hundred years.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rugby365.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby 365<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Rugby news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/category\/sports\/rugby\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a4f1d_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mitchell. Photo: Gallo Images Former All Blacks, Western Force and Lions coach John Mitchell has been appointed Director of Rugby at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Mitchell will oversee the rugby coaching, fitness and medical staff on the UKZN campuses, as well as coaching and preparing the UKZN Impi team for the Varsity Shield. 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