Connacht Rugby | Clubs, Schools & Lifestyle
The only problem with being a trailblazer is that everyone starts copying you, and what was once unique suddenly become run of the mill. The more it happens, the less you end up liking it. I am thinking beards, tattoo sleeves and Justin Bieber singing. But there is also something in rugby that has got […]
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 […]
BUCCANEERS 39 SHANNON 7 BUCCANEERS U-20s continued their promising start in the Donal Walsh Trophy league when they readily disposed of Shannon 39-7 at an unseasonably balmy Dubarry Park, Athlone, on Saturday. Played in glorious conditions after the early morning fog, the game never truly got into a free-flowing rugby mode but the Pirates dominated […]
Ireland Train On Squad or European Championships Announced Ireland Head Coach Mark Aston has today announced a 29 man train on squad for the 2014 Rugby League European Championship during which the Wolfhounds will face France, Scotland and Wales. The squad includes eight of 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad in the form of Bob […]
THE IRFU IS ready to embrace men’s rugby sevens again, with qualifying an Ireland team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan the long-term target. Ireland has been without a senior international men’s sevens squad since 2009, when a side including Munster’s Felix Jones and Ulster scrum-half Paul Marshall finished as runners-up in the bowl […]
Rugby World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward to speak at #IRBConfEx Chelsea FC psychologist Tim Harkness to join former Black Fern Anna Richards and Woodward on sports psychology panel Sports broadcaster Gabby Logan to moderate panel The International Rugby Board has announced that Rugby World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward will take part in an […]
The rate of injury – and especially concussion – in professional rugby is a growing concern, but the worst thing the game could do is to encourage players to wear more protective equipment, especially headguards. That is the view of Dr Mike Loosemore, the doctor for the British boxing team and a leading member of […]
The International Rugby Board has underscored its commitment to ensure that the world’s top players are included within its decision-making structures with the establishment of the first World Rugby Athletes’ Commission. The Executive Committee approved the commission’s terms of reference at its meeting in Singapore on Thursday and establishment comes with the full support of […]
