Baden Kerr

Baden Kerr

Accredited Coachai Coach – Rugby Union & Rugby League

We are so excited to bring you the opportunity to be coached by a Super Rugby Union Player - Baden Kerr. Baden will be sharing his experience with both Union and League players on the Gold Coast, QLD.

Baden previously played for Fijian Drua in Super Rugby and also played two seasons with the Blues in Super Rugby. Having worked his way through the Counties-Manukau system Kerr had previously been a member of the Chiefs Development squad, but his inclusion in Kirwan's Blues squad for 2013 gave him his first opportunity to play at the Super Rugby level.

Take a look at Baden’s career:

• 2021 - 2022: Played for the inaugural Fijian Drua Rugby Team in the Super Rugby Pacific competition
• 2021: Won the Counties Manukau Club. rugby competition with Karaka - the first time in history
• 2020: Counties Manukau Club
• 2018 - 2020: Played for the Honda Heat - Japanese Rugby team located in Suzuka playing in the Japanese Top League
• 2016 -2017: Director of Rugby at a North London Private School
• 2015: Signed with Bedford Blues in the UK for the remainder of the season before joining Saracens in North London for the 2015-2016 season - the eventual winners of the English Premiership and the top European Championship
• 2013: represented the Auckland Blues 13 times and won the Ranfurly Shield - NZs oldest trophy with Counties Manukau
• 2012: following the Super Rugby Competition, Baden was named the supporters player of the year in a successful campaign with the team where we won the Championship of the then ITM Cup (national provincial competition) and signed a 2-year contract with the Auckland Blues
• 2011: after returning from a 9-month hiatus due to stress fractures in my back and fractures in my hand I Represented Counties and eventually earned a training squad contract with the Waikato Chiefs for their 2012 season where they were eventual Champions of the Super Rugby Competition
• 2010: After a serious shoulder injury, surgery and a long recovery i returned to play for my Club (Karaka) in February 2010 after 15 months out. That same year Baden was selected in the Counties Manukau Steelers - The top men's provincial team that competed in the National Provincial Competition
• 2008: First year out of school was the starting 15 and played a few games at 10 for the Karaka Premier Rugby team in the Counties Manukau Club Rugby competition. Made the Counties Manukau u20s provincial representative team as the starting flyhalf (10) - the same year, Baden was a member of the Counties Manukau Academy Baden's career began playing organised rugby union in u15s for my school (Rosehill College, Papakura, Auckland NZ)

Expertise:

• Kicking
• Catch Pass
• Tackle Tech
• Backs Set Pieces - attack and defence
• Game Management

- Gold Coast, QLD

- One-on-one
- Group sessions
- Large clinics