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France’s men qualify for Rio 2016 France’s men’s rugby sevens team has qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after securing the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series title at the weekend. France defeated England 14-5 in the final round in Exeter, UK, to complete a clean sweep of titles across the three series events. As […]
Women’s Interprovincial Series set to raise temperatures this August The IRFU have today announced the dates, time and venues for the start of the Women’s Interprovincial completion which will see defending champion Munster travel to face Connacht in the Sportsground, while Leinster, last year’s runners-up, travel to Portadown RFC to face Ulster on Saturday 22nd […]
Connacht are in Pool C of Limerick World Club 7s against Ulster, Buenos Aires, Golden Lions but its the other 2 pools which look like pools of death for Leinster and Munster! This is actually a possible Connacht v Ulster final Ronan O’Mahony & Ciaran Gaffney were at the lauch also pictured, so looks like […]
All World Rugby tournaments to adopt RWC player welfare standards Paves the way for a uniformed approach to player welfare All elite tournaments strongly urged to follow suit World Rugby prioritises injury prevention with concussion at the heart of the plan Evidence indicates that injury rates are not increasing In a significant step forward for […]
IRELAND SQUAD ANNOUNCED Head Coach Carl de Chenu has named his 22 man squad to take part in the first Irish international of the year. The squad boasts a mix of players who have played international before, and others gaining their first caps. In total, 8 clubs from around the country are represented. The squad […]
McGettigan’s Senior International – Ireland v Belgium – Sunday 12th July The following 22 players have been selected for the match day squad this weekend. From the 22 a team of 17 will be selected to take on Belgium this Sunday. Kick off is 3.00pm in The Carlisle Grounds, Bray 1. Rob Armstrong (West Dublin […]
