{"id":9852,"date":"2012-04-12T16:08:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/brad-mooar-bringing-specialist-skills-to-ep-rugby\/"},"modified":"2012-04-12T16:08:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:08:54","slug":"brad-mooar-bringing-specialist-skills-to-ep-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/brad-mooar-bringing-specialist-skills-to-ep-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Mooar Bringing Specialist Skills to EP Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/99c92_Brad_Mooar.jpg\" alt=\"Brad Mooar\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Mooar Specialist Skills Coach<\/p>\n<p>Canterbury Rugby\u2019s loss is <a title=\"Eastern Province Rugby\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/search\/S_,045_From_Saddles_to_Synthetics\/Sports_Control_Bodies\/eastern_province_rugby_14406.html\">Eastern Province Rugby<\/a>\u2019s gain. Current Canterbury Colts (U19) Head Coach, Brad Mooar, will join the EP Rugby coaching staff on 15 July as a Specialist Skills Coach.<\/p>\n<p>As a skills and kicking specialist, Brad will be coach both the Currie Cup and Super Rugby sides.<\/p>\n<p>This second appointment will free Robbie Kempson \u2013 rated the best scrum coach in South Africa by Alan Solomons \u2013 and his coaching staff to concentrate on the EP Academy side which is continuing to show promise, nurturing and grooming young talent for ascension into the senior sides.<\/p>\n<p>Mooar (37) is married with 3 children and is a partner in a Christchurch law firm (<em>Editor\u2019s Notes: Maybe he and Solly can form a law practice here?<\/em>). Mooar played at flyhalf for various Canterbury teams before turning to coaching and has been; a Performance Analyst for the Canterbury ITM Team, the Canterbuty Colts Assistant Coach, the Crusaders Development Resource Coach and the Canterbury Colts Head Coach.<\/p>\n<p>Brad combined his legal and sporting experience and interests to head the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavell.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\">Cavell Leitch<\/a> sports law and management team. As an Accredited Agent of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association, Brad acts for sports people in the negotiation of contracts and management of their affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Bard Mooar and Matt Sexton\u2019s EP Rugby contracts will run concurrently and expire at the end of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Brad Mooar\u2019s appointment, EP Director of Rugby, Alan Solomons said; \u201cIt is acknowledged that Australia and New Zealand have the best skills specialist coaches\u201d and \u201cCanterbury is well known for breeding excellent Rugby People\u201d. Solomons also said; \u201cWith Brad and Matt coming to EP Rugby we have a classic win-win situation for both parties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2012\/04\/matt-sexton-to-join-ep-rugby-as-head-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Sexton to Join EP Rugby as Head Coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brad Mooar Image \u2018borrowed\u2019 from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavell.co.nz\/brad-mooar\" target=\"_blank\">Cavell Leitch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Mooar Specialist Skills Coach Canterbury Rugby\u2019s loss is Eastern Province Rugby\u2019s gain. Current Canterbury Colts (U19) Head Coach, Brad Mooar, will join the EP Rugby coaching staff on 15 July as a Specialist Skills Coach. As a skills and kicking specialist, Brad will be coach both the Currie Cup and Super Rugby sides. 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