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Joe Schmidt’s Ireland played safe, smart rugby in dispatching South Africa on Saturday and made a mockery of their underdog status with the bookmakers. The 29-15 scoreline was comprehensive; only once have Ireland bettered that margin of victory against a Springbok side (32-15 in November 2006). The Irish half-backs managed the game beautifully, no better […]
Message from Philip Browne, IRFU CEO Young people are the lifeblood of any sport and Irish Rugby is no different to other sports in this regard. We want to welcome young people into our clubs and schools so that they can enjoy our great game. It goes without saying that parents are entitled to know […]
World Cup Trio, Baxter, Miller and Murphy Sign up to Irish Women’s Sevens Programme The Irish Rugby Football Union today announced that 19 players are now centrally contracted players with the Ireland Women’s Sevens High Performance Programme. The squad includes three of Ireland Women’s Rugby World Cup stars, wingers Ashleigh Baxter and Alison Miller and […]
image credit inpho.ie see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports Irish Rugby invites “Little Monsters” along to watch Ireland Train Irish Rugby today announced that they will host a Halloween Open Training Session at the AVIVA Stadium on Friday 31st October. 5,000 lucky rugby supporters will have the opportunity to watch the Irish squad put through their […]
IRISH RUGBY OFFERS FEMALE SPORTS STARS OPPORTUNITY TO TURN PRO CHANCE TO REPRESENT IRELAND ON A WORLD STAGE THROUGH TALENT ID PROGRAMME The Irish Rugby Football Union challenged all female sports stars, who have dreamt about representing Ireland on the World stage to find out if they have they have what it takes. The IRFU […]
Irish Rugby Head Coach Joe Schmidt is (clearly) delighted to meet some of the NUI Galway Rugby Chicks this evening in the college – what a lucky man! Edel’s shiner from the Connacht Women’s Rugby clash against Munster in Tralee at the weekend is now turning a beautiful shade of yellowy-purple Photograph: Mark White / […]
Delighted for Kayleigh & Mairead Hopkins who’ve made the final Irish U-19 Girls 7’s squad for the upcoming tournament in Enkoping Sweden. Brilliant for Ballina and Mayo to have two ELITE Athletes representing us. It was a pleasure to work with the girls on behalf of the IRFU on their pre-season Strength & Conditioning at […]
The club’s new three-season sponsor, sports-nutriton brand Etixx, challenged Leo Halavatau, Matt Parr, Luke Narraway, Geoff Cross and Conor Gilsenan to test out the world’s first Scrum Shop – a vending machine that invites users to pay with power as opposed to money – and the brand caught the entire event on camera for a […]
Congratulations to Ballina Sisters Kayleigh and Mairead who have been selected for the Irish U19 Womenns Rugby 7’s Squad to play in the European Championship in Sweden this Septmeber. Looks like Ballina Girls Rugby will have their First Irish Cap this September. We at Ballina Rugby Club are very proud of the girls and wish […]
This is getting ramped up a level every week!!!! CONNACHT RUGBY NEW PLAYERS EXPERIENCED PLAYERS TALENTED LOCAL PLAYERS TALENTED OVERSEAS PLAYERS SPONSORS GETTING ON BOARD – THIS IS GETTING BIGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Irish Independent announced as ‘official newspaper’ 25th August 2014 Connacht Rugby is pleased to announce that the Irish Independent is to become its official newspaper. […]
