What a festive season of competitive club rugby we have on offer for the thousands of supporters in Ulster who follow their teams. With Ulster Bank All Ireland Junior Cup semi final action, Ulster Championship League, Qualifying league fixtures the excitement will continue to build as we complete the first half of a dramatic season […]
Player Welfare Standards Set for RWC 2015 at Medical Commission Conference
Player Welfare Standards Set for RWC 2015 at Medical Commission Conference Player Welfare standards agreed for RWC 2015 Unions supportive of concussion protocols Report to look at Game Load management for elite playersThe sixth annual World Rugby Medical Commission Conference has seen experts agree minimum medical standards that will be implemented at Rugby World Cup […]
Key Conference Set to Inspire Further Rugby Growth
Key Conference Set to Inspire Further Rugby Growth Unique opportunity for Unions to share knowledge and practice Get Into Rugby programme has attracted 400,000 children to Rugby Two-day conference will focus on mass-participation strategiesWith Rugby participation at a global all-time high, the IRB will bring together the leading architects of the most successful mass-participation programmes […]
Peter Clohessy on that challenge: ‘I leaned on his head with my boot- the TV replays looked horrific’
Former Ireland and Munster prop Peter Clohessy has admitted he was wrong to kick a French opponent in the head during his playing days, but says it looked far worse than it was in reality. Ireland were defeated 45-10 at the Parc des Princes during the 1996 Five Nations, but the game had far more […]
Wasps say controversial move to Coventry’s Ricoh Arena was only way to secure club’s future Original PR & Interviews with Nick Eastwood James Haskell
One December afternoon in 2012, shortly before 3.30pm, a six-figure cheque was deposited by Wasps as payment to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. If it happened three minutes later, Wasps would have missed the bank’s cut-off point for clearing and they would have been wound up, an ex-professional rugby club. That is the stark background […]
Lapasset Predicts Special and Record-Breaking Rugby World Cup 2015
Lapasset Predicts Special and Record-Breaking Rugby World Cup 2015 With one year to go until Rugby World Cup 2015 kicks off, Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) Chairman Bernard Lapasset is confident that the eighth edition of the sport’s showcase event will be a very special and record-breaking celebration of Rugby. With preparations on track and […]
Fiji, France, China and South Africa Qualify for IRB Women’s Sevens World Series
Fiji, France, China and South Africa Qualify for IRB Women’s Sevens World Series Fiji, France, China and South Africa will play at every event on the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series 2014/15 after reaching the Cup semi-finals of the qualifier at Shek Kip Mei Sports Ground in Hong Kong on Saturday. The Fijians had entered […]
Domestic Club rugby preview weekend 6th September 2014. By George Millar.
What excitement we had in the opening Ulster Senior league and Qualifying One games last weekend. There were wins for Banbridge, Ballynahinch, Armagh, Dungannon and Malone in Senior rugby with Clogher Valley, Ballyclare, Dromore and Instonians opening their league programme with impressive opening wins in Q 1. Reports from the different venues reflected the growing […]