The Junior Cup Final 2014 will be played tomorrow night between Instonians Rugby Club & Omagh Rugby Club. As is the case with every single grassroots rugby club that we have had the honour to report on in the last 5 years since InTouch went online and we finally hung the boots up and decided […]
Train like a rugby pro with Power Plate® Rugby training is renowned for being hard core – pulling carts across fields, running into crash pads, heaving weights and recuperating in ice baths. But the reality is, some of Britain’s strongest and toughest rugby players also train specifically and precisely with Power Plate®. Mark Bitcon, Performance […]
Yes, players are bigger, but that is down to expertise and not because of steroids Rugby union does not have a problem with drugs, certainly not at the top level of the sport. There, I have said it and I stand by it. In Ireland, France and now in England, there has been some recent […]
Big hitter: England centre Brad Barritt sustained a heavy blow to the head in a collision with Quade Cooper Photo: PA Injuries during autumn series underline problem as a former IRB doctor warns that commercial incentives means players are under pressure to play A sharp intake of breath reverberated around Twickenham immediately after that dull […]
FIJI SEVENS HEAD coach Ben Ryan published a number of intriguing tweets yesterday evening highlighting a technique which he believes has the game “in crisis”. The former England Sevens boss has an issue with the rucking technique that, depending on where one is from, is referred to as a crocodile roll, tin opener, can opener, […]
DONAGHADEE 1st XV 34 CIYMS 1st XV 15 A strong start by the Dee put CIYMS on back foot early in the first half with tight head Chris Good setting a tone for his forwards with powerful direct running into the bullish CI pack. In the third minute a neat chip into the clubhouse corner […]
Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets make a cracking present for Christmas England Rugby 2015’s Ambassadors have started the countdown to Christmas with a cracker of a gift idea. The remaining tickets for Rugby World Cup 2015 are currently on sale at tickets.rugbyworldcup.com and would make a perfect present for Rugby fans this Christmas. With 291 […]
For certain the level of rugby played in this competition is truly superb, professional, and exciting for spectators. Reporting on it is an honour. The level of player competing in this tournament is somerhing, recently and not for the first time we have received comments from new spectators to the growing friends and family attending […]
A ‘Must Win’ Game For Rainey The All-Ireland League resumes on Saturday and for Rainey Old Boys, their game with Dublin 4 side Bective Rangers at Hatrick Park ( KO 2:00pm ) is one that both clubs will be desperately keen to win. This is Bective’s first visit to Magherafelt and they will be confident […]
THE KIERAN SHANNON INTERVIEW The great Jack Kyle passed yesterday, aged 88, but what a full life he lived and he knew it. “You should look on the past with gratitude, the present with enthusiasm and try to look on the future with confidence,” he’d once been told — that’s how he was still thinking […]