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Ireland Women’s Team to play Wales Women The Ireland Women’s team to face Wales in the fourth round of the RBS Women’s Six Nations has been named. Head Coach, Tom Tierney has made a one change to the team that overcame England, 11-8 in the last round of the tournament. Katie Fitzhenry has been ruled […]
Name: Elaine Johnson DOB: 01/06/1993 Profession: Accommodation Assistant Position: Front Row Club: NUIG RFC/ Galwegians RFC 1. When did you start playing and what attracted you to the game? I first started rugby in my first year of college, when mobbed by three ridiculously enthusiastic girls on clubs day in NUIG. I was attracted into […]
Name: Fiona Malone DOB: 22 June 1990 Profession: PhD Student Position: Flanker Club: Galwegians 1. When did you start playing and what attracted you to the game? I started playing in my first year of my undergrad in UL. I was originally going to join the camogie club, but at the Clubs and Socs drive […]
Irish Rugby Bid for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 The Irish Rugby Football Union, today, announced that is has submitted a bid to host the Women’s Rugby World Cup in August 2017 at locations in both Dublin and Belfast. Irish Rugby intends to host the tournament pool stages at University College Dublin before moving to […]
Ireland Women Head Coach Tom Tierney has made one change to the side that overcame Italy last Friday night for the forthcoming clash against France. Katie Fitzhenry has been promoted from the bench to be named in the centre with Jackie Shiels named among the replacements. Tierney said, “It was great to get the result […]
Ireland Women’s Team to Play Italy in RBS 6 Nations 2015 Opener Ireland Women’s Coach Tom Tierney has announced his first RBS 6 Nations team for the 2015 Championship opener against Italy in Florence on Friday night. There are six uncapped players named in the match day squad – Leinster’s Hannah Tyrrell will make her […]
Women’s Sevens Series to stream live from Brazil this weekend World Rugby has confirmed that the second round of the Women’s Sevens Series will be streamed live from São Paulo, Brazil on 7 and 8 February. The competition kicks off at the Arena Barueri in São Paulo on Saturday, with New Zealand top of the […]
Ireland Squad announced for Women’s RBS 6 Nations 2015 The Ireland Women’s Squad (sponsored by AON) ahead of the RBS 6 Nations has been named. The squad sees a number of new faces, uncapped at international XV a side rugby. Seven players included in the squad are involved with the Ireland Sevens set-up, including Nicole […]
Connacht Women’s coach Luke O’Donnell discusses the 5 ts: Can Rugby Teach You About Customer Service? Luke is one of The Flying Bin in-house customer centre superheroes. So what rugby and customer service have in common. Rugby demands many things, some of which prove costly (teeth, crooked noses and fancy boots for example), but discipline […]
Qualification process confirmed for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 World Rugby has confirmed the qualification process for the next Women’s Rugby World Cup, to be held in 2017. Following a comprehensive review of this year’s successful tournament, the World Rugby Council agreed that the top seven teams from Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 will automatically […]
