The Championship structure is unfair and hopelessly outdated, club players are treated disgracefully, and excessive demands are being placed on county footballers, suggests Paddy Heaney. And the GAA’s solution to these deep-rooted and age-old problems? The leadership wants to bring the All-Ireland finals forward by one or two weeks. (They’re still not sure). As remedies […]
World Rugby U20 Championship 2015 Match Schedule Announced The match schedule and kick-off times for next year’s World Rugby U20 Championship (formerly IRB Junior World Championship) have been announced.The tournament which runs from 2-20 June, 2015 in northern Italy sees England returning to defend their crown which they retained in June in New Zealand after […]
Gareth Gill*, Nick Finlay, Matthew Hadden (Ballynahinch Rabbitohs) Curtis Stewart*, Matthew Cahoon*, Wayne Kelly (Belfast Met Scholars) Ireland ‘A’ Secure Inaugural Celtic Nations Championship A 28-22 victory for Ireland ‘A’ against Wales in Colwyn Bay secured the Wolfhounds their first Celtic Nations Championships. Going into the game the Wolfhounds knew that they didn’t necessarily have […]
ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE Week 1 – Saturday 30th August Week 2 – Saturday 6th September City of Derry v Armagh Belfast Harlequins v Queen’s University Queen’s University v Malone Banbridge v City of Derry Ards v Banbridge Malone v Dungannon Dungannon v Rainey Old Boys Ballymena v Ards Ballynahinch v Ballymena Rainey Old Boys v […]
IRB Announces The Rugby Championship Match Official Appointments Matches include Rugby World Cup 2015 Qualifiers Best-for-best and commitment to accuracy key All performances reviewed as referees remain accountableThe International Rugby Board has announced the match official appointments for The Rugby Championship 2014 and upcoming Rugby World Cup 2015 qualifiers.Appointments were made by the IRB Match […]
Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad Named For Brive FIRA/AER Championship The Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad for the second leg of the FIRA/AER European Women’s Championship which takes place in Brive this weekend has been named. Ireland are placed in pool C along with The Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium. Speaking ahead of the tournament, Head Coach Jon […]
Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad Named For European Championship The Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad for the FIRA/AER European Women’s Championship in Russia has been named. Ireland are placed in pool B along with England, Portugal and Belgium. They play their pool games on Saturday 7th June in Moscow, with the placement games taking place on Sunday […]
Three Changes to Ireland Under-20 Squad for IRB Junior World Championship Three changes have been made to the Ireland under-20 Squad, sponsored by PwC, traveling to the IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand. Captain, Sean O’Brien has been ruled out of traveling due to ongoing treatment for an ankle injury sustained during the RBS […]