Shade is one of nine Scottish rugby coaches who will have the chance, this summer, to further their knowledge and experience in coaching performance rugby.
Shade and Alex Duncan (Aberdeen Grammar and Scotland U18) will travel to Christchurch as part of the John MacPhail Scholarship; Gordon Henderson (Scotland U18) will attend the IRB Talent Optimisation Programme at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Kenny Murray (Ayr), Peter Laverie (Ayr), Phil Smith (Heriot’s), Grant McKelvey (senior regional academy manager), Gary Mercer (regional academy coach and Scotland U16) and Chris Dewsnap (regional academy coach and Scotland U17) who will be present at the Six Nations Coaching Conference in Rome.
The opportunities will be undertaken between June and July this summer.
The Macphail Scholarship was established in 2005, as a partnership between The Robertson Trust and Scottish Rugby.
Created in memory of John Macphail ex-Scotland Internationalist (1949-1951), the scholarship was initially developed for talented young players however, since 2011, it has been extended to support coaches with Iain Monaghan, Ben Fisher and Chris Paterson being recent recipients.
The three-week scholarship is based in New Zealand between May and July and selected coaches will spend this time developing and working on an individual coach development plan within the Canterbury High Performance Unit. Coaches will also get the opportunity to experience all levels of rugby within New Zealand and to learn from a wide range of coaches and coach educators.
Shade Munro said: “It’s a fantastic opportunity and a brilliant trip to be going on. To be sent to shadow the Canterbury Crusaders coaching set-up is absolutely invaluable.
“Given, at Glasgow, we operate at the highest level of the game in Scotland it’s good to get a different perspective from what others do. The Crusaders are one of the best teams in the world.
“It will be good to share ideas and learn new things and make a comparison between what we do at Glasgow and what they do.
“I had two six-month stints playing provincial rugby in New Zealand when I was younger. The place is just immersed in the sport, which suits me down to the ground.”