While the Ireland Senior Squad have their eyes set on Friday’s game against the England Knights the Ireland Students will be looking to make an impression on the 2012 Student 4 Nations which takes place in Wrexham. With new Head Coach Carl De Chenu taking control of a new look student squad hopes are high […]
Ireland Head Coach Mark Aston has today unveiled his 19 man squad which will take on the England Knights at Langtree Park on Saturday 16th June. Aston’s squad includes six home grown players in the form of Wayne Kerr, Joe Taylor, Paddy Barcoe Ian Cross, Aaron McCloskey and Adam Hughes who has been included in […]
The IRFU has announced a competitively priced range of tickets for the 2012/13 season of Irish rugby internationals. Tickets for the Guinness Series 2012 opener against South Africa range from €15 (school child) to €65 (Category 1) and, for the Argentina game, from €10 (schoolboy child) to €55 (Category 1). There are also various optional […]
The Ireland Under-20 Team (Sponsored by PwC) to play England in their second game of the IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa has been named. The Irish management has retained the same starting XV that defeated hosts South Africa 19-23 in their first game of the tournament. Shane Buckley and Stuart Olding have been […]
The Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad for the FIRA/AER European Women’s Championship in Ghent has been named. Ireland coach Jon Skurr today announced a 13 woman squad for the tournament which takes place in Belgium this weekend. The tournament is of huge importance to the team as it is the first round qualifier for the IRB […]
A TRY from Ulster’s Iain Henderson helped guide Ireland U20s to a stunning 23-19 win over Junior World Cup hosts, South Africa, in Stellenbosch Nine minutes from the end, Jantijes landed another penalty and although the Boks really pressurised the Irish line in the closing minutes stout defending, with Ulster centre, Chris Farrell particularly impressive, […]
The Ireland Under-20s bagged their best ever result in IRB Junior World Championship history and laid down a marker for the 2012 tournament by overcoming host nation South Africa in Stellenbosch. Mike Ruddock’s youngsters outshone the pre-match favourites in almost all facets of the game, with their intensity, physicality and tactical awareness – allied to […]