Tough new measures on concussion cases introduced in England in campaign to improve player safety

Players and directors of rugby at England’s leading clubs face fines and potential suspensions if they fail to adhere to an unprecedented initiative to improve the safety of players who suffer from concussion in the sport. More than 1,500 players, coaches and referees from the Premiership and Championship clubs, as well as all those involved […]

Men’s Sevens Rugby now seriously on the agenda for Irish Rugby – Insider Story LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE IRFU IS ready to embrace men’s rugby sevens again, with qualifying an Ireland team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan the long-term target. Ireland has been without a senior international men’s sevens squad since 2009, when a side including Munster’s Felix Jones and Ulster scrum-half Paul Marshall finished as runners-up in the bowl […]

IRB Clarification on Olympic Eligibility

IRB Clarification on Olympic Eligibility The International Rugby Board has announced the details of rulings made by the IRB Regulations Committee relating to Regulation 8 (eligibility) and 9 (player release) to further assist Member Unions with their Olympic Games Rugby Sevens preparations. With the global qualification process for Rugby Sevens’ Olympic Games debut set to […]