Coleg Sir Gâr’s Rugby Academy is currently on tour in South Africa, home to the current Rugby World Cup champions.
Around 30 students and five lecturers are touring Cape Town where they will be playing three competitive rugby matches as well as touring other cultural and educational attractions.
This tour has been made possible thanks to local sponsors Adam Jones of Vaughan Construction Ltd who is the principal sponsor, TAD Builders Ltd who is a partnership tour sponsor, the Bridge Llangennech and Cadog Homecare Ltd who are the rugby academy’s principal sponsors and partnership sponsors for the tour.
The 11-day tour will include amongst other visits, three rugby matches, a visit to Table Mountain, Cheetah Outreach, Stellenbosch University, Robben Island, a dinner at traditional South African world-famous Gold restaurant and players will also be training alongside the France U20s Team and watching Wales play New Zealand in the U20s World Championship.
They will also be on the field, playing against some of the most infamous teams in South Africa, such as Masiphumelele RFC (Masi RFC) and False Bay RFC who have developed a number of Springbok internationals.
Euros Evans, Coleg Sir Gâr Sports Academy head said:
“Our Sports Academy ethos is to strive for excellence and since South Africa is the home of the current Rugby World Cup Champions there is no better place at the moment, to develop our rugby.”
Rob Kirk, Coleg Sir Gâr sports science lecturer and tour manager said:
“We would like to thank Vaughan Construction Ltd, TAD Builders Ltd, the Bridge Llangennech and Cadog Homecare Ltd, for their support that has allowed us to tour with a bespoke kit, maintaining our professional image and supporting our ethos to ‘strive for excellence’.”
