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Brett Wilkinson has been appointed the new Buccaneers RFC head coach. A former Connacht, and Ireland Wolfhounds player the South African native played 183 times for Connacht before retiring last year due to medical advice following a neck-injury. He played five times for the Wolfhounds and represented Ireland in a non-cap match against the Barbarians. […]
Connacht Rugby is delighted to announce that CEO of Mountaineering Ireland Karl Boyle has been appointed to the role of Head of Operations with the province. Prior to joining the national governing body for mountaineering in 2010 where he developed and implemented significant operational plans, Karl served more than 12 years with the Defence Forces. […]
Head injury assessment review (Wales v England) Following a full post-incident review, World Rugby believes that Wales player George North should not have remained on the field of play following a head impact in the 61st minute of the Wales versus England RBS 6 Nations match at the Millennium Stadium on Friday night. The World […]
Statement – Head Injury Assessment (Wales v England) World Rugby has requested a full report from the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) following an apparent head impact sustained by Wales wing George North in the second half of Friday night’s RBS 6 Nations match between Wales and England at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. North, who sustained […]
I notice Law 10.4 (c) is back in the picture where a player must not kick an opponent. It’s not the first time a secondrow got his timing wrong but what Toulon lock, Romain Taofifenua, did to Ulster’s Stuart Olding needs deeper analysis. The laws centring on the breakdown are often misinterpreted by a packed […]
Nigel Carolan appointed Ireland U20’s Head Coach Connacht Rugby’s Nigel Carolan has been appointed as Ireland U20 Head Coach following Mike Ruddock’s decision to step down from the role. Nigel, who has been the Connacht Academy Manager since 2004, will retain his role at Connacht while assuming the Head Coach role with the PwC Ireland […]
The IRFU’s Head of Medical Services Dr Rod McLoughlin presented the work being done on concussion education in rugby to the Joint Committee on Health and Children today at government buildings and made a number of recommendations to advance concussion management in sport. Concussion education and management sits at the very top of the IRFU’s […]
Connacht Head Coach Pat Lam has made five changes to his starting XV from the team that defeated Leinster in the last round of the GUINNESS PRO12. In his first appearance of the season, Connacht and the league’s highest capped player Michael Swift has replaced Quinn Roux in the second row for tomorrow’s encounter with […]
Galwegians womens rugby picking up the pace of growth and moving forward in Irish womens rugby, the club commented, “Great to see so many new faces at our open night last Thursday, hope you all enjoyed it! Don’t worry if you missed it though new players are always welcome at training Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm […]
