Coaching Staff

JJ Oelofse

Coach JJ Oelofse - Head Coach

Coach JJ was born and raised in South Africa where he started playing rugby at the age of 4. He played representative rugby at a number of age group levels before culminating in playing for Leicester Tigers, a professional rugby club in the United Kingdom. A few rugby career highlights include playing against the British Barbarians rugby club, a number of international teams including Fiji and making his team debut for Leicester Tigers at the age of 19.

Coach JJ has more than 20 years of rugby coaching experience including Westville Boys High School (South Africa), Diggers (South Africa), Zambia National Team 15s & 7s (Zambia).

Fun Fact: In Coach JJ's high school, they had over 30 Rugby teams!

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Todd Butler - Coach

Todd has played rugby for over a decade and coached and refereed for the past 5 years. He loves the brotherhood the sport brings.

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Shayla Meinders - Coach

Shayla loves that Rugby is a sport for everyone - where all players are welcomed and supported. She has been playing rugby for more than 8 years and coaching for the past few years. She works to develop a positive relationship with her players and loves to see them grow their game.

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Casey Farrell - Coach

Coach Casey is originally from Oak Lawn, IL. He started playing rugby in college and has been playing on and off for more than 28 years. His favorite part of the sport is testing yourself physically during a match and coming out on the other end better for it.

Fun fact: Coach Casey has 4 kids playing rugby in the youth program.

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Megan Daniel - Coach

Megan has been playing rugby for more than 5 years and coaching for the past few years. She loves coming to practice and seeing her players. The girls are positive, hard-working people. It makes her whole day to see their dedication.

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Erik Larsen - Coach

As a founding member of Zionsville Rugby in 2003, Erik has played and coached for more than 20 years. His coaching experience includes youth teams as well as high school boys and girls. While currently residing in Carmel with his wife Valeriya, Erik has stayed dedicated to his Zionsville roots and looks forward to helping develop a love of the game in our Club's young players.

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Trey McGinn - Coach

Trey has been playing rugby for more than 5 years and coaching for the past few years. He loves the culture of the sport - teams go to battle during the game and then socialize after.