Women’s Sevens Olympic Qualification Process for Rio 2016: 1. The top four teams in the World Series will automatically gain Olympic qualification. This will be decided at the final leg of the World Series being held on the 22 – 23 May in Amsterdam. The current top four standings are New Zealand, Canada, Australia and […]
Rugby League to Return to Tallaght In 2014 Rugby League Ireland will take international rugby league back to Tallaght when they take part in the European Championships against France, Scotland and Wales. In the 1990’s a rugby league development project was in full swing in the West Dublin town of Tallaght. The result of this […]
Castlebar RFC Coach Peter Bracken has represented Ireland at Youths, Schools, Ireland development and Ireland A level. Peter toured with the Ireland senior squad to New Zealand and Australia in 2006. He also toured Argentina in 2007. He was a member of the Ireland senior training squad before the 2007 world cup. Peter has also […]
The Ladies World Cup starts on August the 1st in France. Alison is part of the squad which will leave Ireland in a few days to settle into the World Cup camp and do what they have spent their lives getting ready for. Below is a Q&A with Alison who is a personal hero of […]
Scarlets confirm release of Simon Easterby to take up international coaching role with Ireland The Scarlets have agreed to release their Head Coach Simon Easterby to support him in taking up a role with Ireland’s international coaching set-up next season and further his development and experience of top flight coaching and management. The move, which […]
RDS and Redevelopment Plans Announced The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) and Leinster Rugby have today announced the launch of an international architectural design competition, the first step in the redevelopment of the RDS Arena, home to both Leinster Rugby and the Dublin Horse Show. This is the first architectural competition of its kind for sports […]