Ards Under 18s were awarded Junior Team of the Year for 2014 at the Ards Borough Council Sports Awards in the Queens hall on Friday 20th March. Having been shortlisted for this award on previous years it was great to see the Ards Rugby Under 18 squad awarded the Ards Borough Council Junior team of […]
As England finish their RBS 6 Nations tournament Anthony Watson, Billy Vunipola and Ben Youngs were introduced to the next generation of rugby coaches at their training camp, Pennyhill Park. England players, Watson, Vunipola and Youngs, introduced the new generation of coaches to their formative rugby coaches who have been an integral part of helping […]
Please find enclosed the Ireland U19 team to play France U19’s at Marcoussis, the French Academy headquarters, on Wednesday 1st April. 1/ Andrew Porter UCD RFC 2/ Vincent O’Brien Cork Constitution RFC 3/ Ben Betts Young Munster RFC 4/Peter Claffey NUIG RFC 5/Sean O’Connor Rockwell College 6/Greg Jones UCD RFC 7/Conall Boomer Cottelsoe RFC 8/Max […]
Ireland Schools Team Announced to play Wales in FIRA-AER U18 Competition in France The Ireland Schools coaching team of Noel McNamara and Mark Butler have named the side to play Wales today at the FIRA-AER U18 Competition which takes place in France. Ireland Schools vs Wales – 31.03.15 Balma RC 15.Tim Foley (Cistercian College Roscrea) […]
THE hard work of volunteers, the great support of parents and the brilliant young players at Ballyclare Mini Rugby have all been honoured at this year’s Newtownabbey Borough Council’s Sports Awards. Ballyclare RFC’s Mini section was named the Junior Team of the Year at the prestigious awards event. The awards were established to recognise the […]
Ireland Under-20 v Scotland Under-20 The Irish Under-20 team (sponsored by PwC) to play Scotland Under-20’s in the final round of the RBS Under-20’s 6 Nations has been named. The side sees four changes to the one that lost out to Wales in the last round of the championship. A reworked pack sees Conan O’Donnell […]
Ireland make two changes for Murrayfield clash The Ireland coaching staff has made two changes to the starting line-up for their final game of the RBS 6 Nations Championship against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday 21st March. Luke Fitzgerald replaces Simon Zebo on the left wing and Cian Healy comes in for Jack McGrath at […]