We are thrilled to announce that Mr Andrรฉ Human has joinedย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย as our new Director of Rugby.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
Mr Human has dedicated the past 17 years to the sport of rugby, working as a professional full-time coach at various levels, both nationally and internationally.
His coaching journey has taken him across South Africa, Ireland and even Uzbekistan, where he served as the National Coaching Consultant for their Rugby Federation. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.
Beyond his coaching prowess, Mr Human also holds a qualification as a maths educator. This educational background allows him to prioritise the holistic development of our young rugby players, maintaining a healthy balance between academics, rugby and personal growth. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ.
Notably, Mr Human’s own rugby career adds to his depth of understanding and knowledge.
He played for Stellenbosch University while pursuing his B. Comm. (Maths) degree and later competed in club rugby in Italy and France. He went on to represent the Stormers and Border Bulldogs professionally, as well as the SA Defense and SA Central Union Team.
Mr Human’s coaching journey began at high school level, where he honed his skills at Stirling High, Grens High and Dale College. He then progressed to coaching professional rugby, leading the Border Bulldogs in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup for five years.
His expertise also extended to coaching international sides, including Galway Corinthians RFC and Old Crescent RFC in Ireland. Most recently, he made significant contributions as the National Coaching Consultant for the Uzbekistan Rugby Federation, mentoring both men’s and women’s rugby teams in 7s and 15-a-side formats.
With an impressive rugby CV, Mr Human’s experience spans coaching schools, premier club rugby in South Africa and Ireland, as well as the Currie Cup and Super 15 Rugby. His strong understanding of schools’ rugby further enhances our programme, as he brings valuable insights and strategies to elevate our team’s performance.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟรฉ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ.
His passion, expertise and commitment to the holistic development of our young rugby players align perfectly with our school’s values.
๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.