The second day of IRB Junior World Championship 2013 delivered yet another top quality display of Under 20 Rugby, with the teams tightly positioned ahead of the last Pool matches. In total, matchday two saw 28 tries scored across six matches in the three venues in the north west of France on Sunday. South Africa, […]
O’CONNELL TO LEAD 17 NEW LIONS INTO BATTLE
Paul O’Connell, who led the Lions in their last game in South Africa in 2009, will lead a side that contains all three Scottish tourists, 11 Welshman, five Irishmen and four Englishmen. Tour captain Sam Warburton has been rested following a knock to his knee received in training and O’Connell is one of six former […]
First IRB Women’s Sevens World Series Hailed as a Great Success
– Popular series to return next season – Top eight teams from RWC Sevens 2013 to qualify as core teams for next WSWS – Strong interest from Unions in hosting future tournaments The IRB Women’s Sevens World Series will return next season after a hugely successful finish to the inaugural event, which culminated in Amsterdam […]
2013 RABODIRECT PRO12 DREAM TEAM HAS LIONS FLAVOUR
Six of the 24 British & Irish Lions selected by Warren Gatland to tour Hong Kong and Australia later this month have earned places in the 2013 RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team. The two youngest members of the 125thanniversary tour party, Glasgow Warriors full back Stuart Hogg and Scarlets wing George North, join Scarlets centre Jonathan […]
RABODIRECT PRO12 TV: LIVE HERE – Williams, Marshall and Trimble win RaboDirect PRO12 awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + Ulster Rugby win “Specsavers Fair Play Award”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nick Williams and Luke Marshall doubled up to round off the perfect weekend for Ulster Rugby as they scooped the top two awards at the RaboDirect PRO12 Awards evening in Dublin tonight (Sunday, 5 May). [youtube hXn9RS-3Xmk] Two days after Ulster clinched top spot at the end of the regular season with a convincing 32-17 […]
World set to watch crucial Scottish round of HSBC Sevens World Series
– Captains launch round 8 of HSBC Sevens World Series – Results key to promotion / relegation battle in London – 29 broadcasters take Glasgow coverage to 150 countries The European climax of the HSBC Sevens World Series kicks off in Scotland this weekend with round 8, the Emirates Airline Glasgow Sevens, at Scotstoun stadium […]
50 Days to Go Until IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Chile
With 50 days to go until the start of the sixth IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, the clock is ticking for eight nations representing the six IRB Regional Associations. They will all meet in Northern Chile, for what promises to be yet another exciting age grade tournament showcasing young talent from around the world. The […]
ERC quarter-finals – the world is watching Ulster Rugby I XV v Saracens
The eyes of the rugby world turn to Europe this weekend as the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup take centre stage for what promises to be another compelling series of matches between some of the game’s most illustrious clubs. With as many as 156 countries taking live TV coverage of the […]
Pienaar, Henry, Gilroy and Best named in Ulster starting XV to face Leinster: Team Named HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has made six changes to the side that lost to Edinburgh last weekend for Saturday evening’s RaboDirect PRO12 game against Leinster at the RDS (kick off 18.15). Ruan Pienaar and Chris Henry return to the side having recovered from injury. Number 8, Nick Williams, who played the second half at […]