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The Connacht team to face Ulster in the final round of the GUINNESS PRO12 for 2014 has been named. Head Coach Pat Lam has made six changes from the team that travelled to play Leinster last week. Darragh Leader, the sole squad member to have been involved in every game so far this season, starts […]
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 following clubs were represented at that meeting: Ballinasloe, Castlebar, Galway Town, Galway Grammar School, Queens College Galway and Ranelagh School Athlone. Only Castlebar, Ballinasloe, and Queens College (now NUIG) still survive. Castlebar RFC was founded in February 1971. Over 40 people attended that meeting in the Imperial Hotel in Castlebar. Among those who attended […]
McHugh Try Makes The Difference For Galwegians8 December 2014, 09:11 am ::Match Report By EditorProp Doron McHugh’s third try of the Ulster Bank League season proved decisive for Division 1B leaders Galwegians in their hard-fought 10-6 win at Garryowen. It was third hosting first at Dooradoyle and Garryowen took a 13th minute lead thanks to […]
NUIG-Corinthians 46 – 3 Galwegians On a bitterly cold day, NUIG-Corinthians turned up the heat on their local rivals, Galwegians, with a thumping eight try victory at Cloonacauneen. Despite the lop-sided scoreline, it was the visitors who dictated the tempo of the match in the opening ten minutes, kicking for territory and squeezing the home […]
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, Jeny Murphy (c) © www.Inpho.ie see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports The Ireland women’s sevens squad to participate in the Women’s Invitational Dubai Sevens has been named. Alison Miller makes her competitive return to the Seven’s set-up having signed-up to the sevens programme at the beginning of the season. As well as representing Ireland in […]
