Ireland Under-20 team to play Scotland-Under 20 The Ireland Under-20 (Sponsored by PwC) to play Scotland Under-20 in their second round of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship has been named. Coach, Nigel Carolan has made four changes to the opening side that overcame Argentina 18-16 in their last outing. Ciaran Gaffney is named on the […]
Ireland Wolfhounds Seven’s squad to play in the first round of the GB 7’s The Ireland Wolfhound’s Seven’s squad to play in the first round of the GB 7’s in Edinburgh has been named. The Ireland side will share pool B with Samurai, Forces Exiles and the Welsh Charitables in the one day event. Speaking […]
Ireland U-20 Squad, sponsored by PwC, confirmed for World Rugby Under-20 Championship The Ireland Under-20 Squad, sponsored by PwC, has been confirmed for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship. The tournament is taking place in Parma, Italy from the 2nd – 22nd of June. Ireland share pool C with Argentina, Scotland and New Zealand and open […]
Eleven changes for play-off Ulster Head Coach, Neil Doak, has made 11 changes from the side that lost to Glasgow Warriors last week for tomorrow’s play-off against the same opposition at Scotstoun (kick off 19:45). Ten internationals come back into a side that boasts 304 test caps, with only Louis Ludik, Ricky Lutton, Lewis Stevenson […]
Pic credit inpho.ie / https://twitter.com/Inphosports Emerging Ireland Squad announced for Tbilisi Cup The Emerging Ireland coaching ticket of Allen Clarke and Girvan Dempsey, working in tandem with the Ireland Coaching Team, have named a squad of 27 players to travel to Georgia to compete in the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup in June. Ulster forwards coach […]
Abendanon named as EPCR European Player of the Year 2015 ASM Clermont Auvergne full back Nick Abendanon has been named as the EPCR European Player of the Year 2015 after an outstanding individual performance in the European Rugby Champions Cup final at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday. The 28 year-old capped an excellent European campaign with […]
Chris Henry named in Ulster squad to face Cardiff Blues Ulster Rugby is delighted to confirm that Chris Henry has been selected as a replacement for tonight’s game against Cardiff Blues. Chris suffered a mini-stroke in November and underwent heart surgery to repair a defect in his heart wall. He has steadily increased his involvement […]
Ireland Under-18 School Squad (sponsored by PwC) to face Scotland Under-18 For immediate release: Thursday 19 March 2015 Issue on behalf of Irish Rugby Football Union A squad of 26 players has been named for the Ireland Under-18 Schools, sponsored by PwC, to play Scotland Under-18, Saturday 21st March at 11am. The side will be […]
Ireland make one change for Wales The Ireland coaching staff has made one change to the starting line-up for the Round 4 RBS 6 Nations Championship game against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 14th March. Jamie Heaslip returns to the side after missing the England game through injury with Jordi Murphy […]
Ireland Women’s Team to play Wales Women The Ireland Women’s team to face Wales in the fourth round of the RBS Women’s Six Nations has been named. Head Coach, Tom Tierney has made a one change to the team that overcame England, 11-8 in the last round of the tournament. Katie Fitzhenry has been ruled […]