Ireland Under-20 team to face New Zealand Under-20 The Ireland Under-20 team (Sponsored by PwC) and replacements to face New Zealand Under-20 in the third and final pool game of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship has been named. Coach Nigel Carolan has made four changes to the side that overcame Scotland 24-20 in the last […]
Pic credit Billy Strickland inpho.ie >> https://twitter.com/Inphosports Ulster and Ireland centre Luke Marshall, who lined out against the Barbarians last week, is adding a new string to his bow as backs coach to Ulster Bank League Division 2B club Rainey Old Boys. Rainey Old Boys have pulled of a real coup by recruiting Luke Marshall […]
Pic Sportsfile The Ireland Under-20s won a bruising battle with Scotland 24-20 to set up a Pool C decider with New Zealand next Wednesday in the World Rugby U-20 Championship. In extremely warm conditions in Calvisano, Nigel Carolan’s side made it two wins out of two thanks to first half tries from Billy Dardis and […]
The Ireland Men’s Sevens team registered three convincing wins on the opening day of the Rugby European Men’s Sevens Division C tournament in Zenica, Bosnia. They topped Pool B and will face Austria in the Cup quarter-finals on Sunday morning. Newly-announced captain Tom Daly led by example in the opening pool clash with Turkey, scoring […]
Pic credit Horan line breaks during the GB7s (c) GB7s Rugby It was another positive day for the Ireland Wolfhounds at the second stage of the GB7s tour. They finished third overall in Coventry, moving up one place from their debut tournament in Edinburgh last week. A number of new faces made their mark as […]
Ireland Under-20 team to play Scotland-Under 20 The Ireland Under-20 (Sponsored by PwC) to play Scotland Under-20 in their second round of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship has been named. Coach, Nigel Carolan has made four changes to the opening side that overcame Argentina 18-16 in their last outing. Ciaran Gaffney is named on the […]
Over an action-packed two days, Ireland won seven of their eight games as they finished as runners-up to the Canadian development team in a closely-fought Silver Pier tournament final. The girls in green were beaten 26-14 by Canada, being edged out in the second half after the opening period had ended level (7-7). They scored […]