In what is a busy week for the Ireland squad, two Irish teams will play games in the space of three days. An Ireland Select XV will take on Connacht on Thursday evening in Donnybrook Stadium followed by Ireland playing France in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. In the Guinness Summer Series international against France, […]
The Ireland team to play France this Saturday in Bordeaux shows a total of nine changes to the starting team from the side that played Scotland last weekend. The back three remains unchanged with Rob Kearney, Andrew Trimble and Luke Fitzgerald all named in the side. Paddy Wallace starts in the centre, with Keith Earls […]
Ireland were crowned FIRA-AER Under-18 European champions for the first time following an excellent 17-8 victory for Terry McMaster’s well-drilled Schools team over England. The Ireland side, sponsored by PwC, got on top in the opening half of Saturday’s final in Tarbes, with Blackrock College winger Conor McEllin crossing for a 26th minute try. Talismanic […]
Pictured: Jordan Coghlan No 8 waits for scrum to engage The Ireland U19/U20 development squad continued to enhance the reputation of IRFU age grade teams playing recently in France with a hard fought, but well deserved, 7-7 draw against a much vaunted French U19 team. The game, played in Besancon in front of 8,000 supporters, […]