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The Ireland Coaching Team has named a squad of 37 players for the forthcoming Guinness Series which features Tests against South Africa, Georgia and Australia. The squad, captained by Paul O’Connell, features five uncapped players including Connacht’s Darragh Leader and Nathan White, Ulster’s Jared Payne, Munster’s Dave Foley and Leinster’s Dominic Ryan. Ireland take on […]
Guinness PRO12 Preview Round 5 Round four of the Guinness PRO12 saw some memorable records set – the fastest try of the season so far; 37 seconds by Harry Robinson for Scarlets against Edinburgh at BT Murrayfield, which is also 6th fastest try of all time in the competition and best by any Scarlets player. […]
NEW ITALIAN BROADCASTER FOR GUINNESS PRO12 PRO12 Rugby today announced the appointment of Nuvolari as Guinness PRO12 host broadcaster in Italy for the 2014/2015 season. Nuvolari is part of the LT Multimedia network and will broadcast live all Italian games in the PRO12. They will also broadcast live the Guinness PRO12 Play-Offs and Final. Nuvolari […]
As round 4 approaches only three teams still maintain a 100% winning record, and two of those, Glasgow Warriors and Connacht go head-to-head on Friday night. Glasgow have built up a formidable home record at Scotstoun, and even though Connacht defeated Edinburgh on their last trip to Scotland, they will find it harder against last […]
Guinness PRO12 Previews Round 3 The try-fest continued in Round 2 of the Guinness PRO12, the aggregate number of tries scored, 57, now being the best total for the first two rounds since home and away format was introduced in the 2003/04 season. Newport Gwent Dragons’ Angus O’Brien made his debut in the competition last […]
Guinness PRO12 Previews Round 2 Two of the five teams that gained a victory in the first round go head to head also on Friday night, so one of their perfect starts will have to go when Edinburgh Rugby host Connacht at BT Murrayfield. The Guinness PRO12 began last weekend with a scintillating opening round […]
Guinness PRO12 & Sky Sports team up to provide all digital match highlights John Feehan, Chief Executive, Guinness PRO12 today announced that Sky Sports would provide match highlights from all 135 matches in the tournament on both the Guinness PRO12 and Sky Sports’ digital platforms. ‘We are delighted that rugby fans will be able to […]
Guinness PRO12 Previews Round 1 Connacht rugby go into this season STRONGER THAN LAST SEASON when the Dragons visit them on Saturday in GALWAY @ THE SPORTSGROUND home of CONNACHT RUGBY. The 2014/15 Guinness PRO12 season kicks off with two games on Friday night, Munster entertaining Edinburgh Rugby at Thomond Park, whilst Benetton Treviso are […]
The Irish Rugby Football Union today presented its 2013/14 Annual Report and Accounts, reporting a €7.3 million surplus due to improved Guinness Series ticket sales and increased prize-monies thanks to a better than ‘budgeted’ finish in the RBS 6 Nations championship and another year of strong Provincial performances. This success resulted in a smaller than […]
2014/2015 FIXTURES FOR GUINNESS PRO12 ANNOUNCED The PRO12, Rugby’s premier professional club competition in Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, today announced the fixtures for the 2014/2015 season and welcomed Guinness as its’ new title sponsor, which now sees the competition called the GUINNESS PRO12. (See attached pdf for fixtures list). The GUINNESS PRO12 season will […]
