Absolutely superb pictures on the Connacht Rugby wenbsite and a report from the Connacht Girls 7s cup REPORT: A great day was had in Westport RFC recently at the Girls 7’s cup final at both U15’s and U18’s. Ballina, Westport, Portumna, Ballinasloe and a Galwegian/Sligo combo fielded at U15’s, with Ballinasloe playing Westport in the […]
Pictured below: Pic 1) Pat Maher (Heineken), Ray Fagan (Buccaneers), Claire Wyper (Buccaneers) and Adrian Leddy (Connacht Branch). Pic 2: Robert Lahiff (Connacht Branch), Conor Moran (Buccaneers), Paddy Reilly (Heineken) The draw for the 2014/15 Heineken Junior Cup was held on Wednesday night in the Olive Bar, Athlone. On hand to officiate the draw was […]
Pat Lam has named his side for Connacht’s round 4 Challenge Cup clash away to Bayonne on Saturday (kick off 8:45pm local time). There are wholesale changes to the team that defeated the French side 42 – 19 at the Sportsground last week. Outhalf Miah Nikora has been handed the captaincy and is partnered by […]
The Irish Rugby Football Union, today, formally announced its intention to submit a bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Ireland. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, both of whom pledged their support for the tournament bid. Speaking at the event, which took place […]
Pic Credit Getty An all-Ireland bid to stage the 2023 Rugby World Cup is set to be officially unveiled. Officials from the IRFU will tomorrow join representatives from the Northern Ireland Executive and Irish government to outline their ambition to jointly host the sport’s showpiece event. Both administrations have been engaged in a preliminary assessment […]
The Webb Ellis Cup has completed its journey around Dubai as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. The full Trophy Tour video package, plus additional interviews and footage can be found here. Rights free images are available here. The first day of the visit saw pupils from Rashid School for Boys got a […]
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 tender process opens Just months after a record-breaking Women’s Rugby World Cup in France, the tender process has now opened to host the event in 2017. The tournament, which was won by England after a thrilling final in Paris last August, will move to 2017 to maximise synergy with the […]