David Nucifora appointed IRFU Performance Director The IRFU today (17th April) announced the appointment of David Nucifora as Performance Director. David will join the IRFU on June 1st, 2014 on a 5 year contract. David, a former General Manager of the High Performance Unit with the Australian Rugby Union, was capped twice by Australia and […]
Successful 6 Nations Trial sees IRFU partner with video streaming tech software myplayXplay For Immediate Release Dublin, Ireland – April 15, 2014 – The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) www.irishrugby.ie, today announced a partnership with a Canadian developed software called myplayXplay™ following a successful trial of a new live video streaming technology during the recent […]
IRFU LAUNCHES GROUND-BREAKING DIGITAL MAGAZINE – In Touch MONTHLY MAG A FIRST FOR IRISH SPORT IN EXPANDING INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL STRATEGY The Irish Rugby Football Union today (4th Mar 2014) became the first Irish sporting organisation to launch a FREE monthly digital magazine as part of its expanding digital strategy to communicate with Irish rugby fans […]
Road to Rio Continues For Women’s Sevens Squad The Ireland Women’s Olympic Sevens squad to participate in the Atlanta Rugby Sevens event on the 15th – 16th February as part of the 2013/14 IRB Women’s Sevens World Series – has been named. The squad includes three new players who have been identified as part of […]
Promoting Equality, Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion Through Sport Programme. The Irish Rugby Football Union (Ulster Branch) have a number of tender opportunities open for a variety of equipment and services, which are possible as a result of funding awarded from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) to help promote equality, tackle poverty […]
The Ulster Rugby Coach Development Department ran a hugely successful IRFU Stage 2 course at CIYMS RFC over the past two weekends. The two day course was attended by 34 participants, with an even mixture of school, club and female coaches……. for the full story follow this link >>>>>>>>>>> CLICK HERE
Ahead of the defence of their RBS 6 Nations and Grand Slam titles the Irish Rugby Football Union today (30th Jan) announced a new three year jersey partnership between its Women’s Senior XV team and Aon, the world’s leading advisor on risk management and human resource consulting. The sponsorship, which is the first of its […]
Leading sports clothing brand Canterbury of New Zealand has been announced as the new kit supplier to the Irish Rugby Football Union. Irish fans will see the Ireland team line up in the new Canterbury kit for the first time at the Aviva Stadium on November 8th when they take on South Africa……. for the […]
THE PRESIDENT COMES TO ARMAGH Saturday afternoon sees the President of the Irish Rugby Football Union, Pat Fitzgerald, attend the pre-match lunch prior to the All-Ireland league fixture with Boyne RFC. Kildare born Pat is the current president and hails from Longford RFC where he had a distinguished playing career as a scrum-half/centre. He has […]