Ireland through to the quarter finals Ireland overcame Italy in an uninspiring match in the Olympic Stadium to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup. The highlight of the match was Munster player Keith Earls becoming Ireland’s all-time top try scorer. Keith Earl’s record breaking try came in the 18th minute, following a […]
Pictured is quite a shot! Carrick English Supporter and Australia Supported, one def has a little smirk on his face! The Carrick 1st XV avenged their Junior Cup defeat by Larne a week earlier by winning the League encounter at Tom Simms Memorial Park on Saturday 3 October by 22 points to 18. This week’s […]
The Ireland coaching team have named the matchday 23 for their opening Rugby World Cup Pool D game against Canada at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm). Paul O’Connell captains the side from the second row and is partnered by Iain Henderson. The back row is made up of Jamie Heaslip at No.8, Sean […]
Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac has showed confidence in the side that secured a mammoth victory over reigning champions Glasgow last weekend sticking with an unchanged starting XV for the first home game of the 2015-16 Guinness PRO12 campaign. Speaking ahead of the game Pivac said: “It’s very early days, but Ulster certainly they put […]
The Ireland coaching team have named the side that will face England in Saturday’s final Rugby World Cup warm-up match at Twickenham (kick-off 2.30pm). Paul O’Connell captains the team and is partnered in the second row by Devin Toner. The back row is made up of Jamie Heaslip at number 8, Peter O’Mahony on the […]
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 FEVER: BOSSES TO ALLOW WORKERS TO AVOID THE SCRUM AND LEAVE EARLY – 73% of organisations will offer employees flexi-time or early finishes during the Rugby World Cup 2015 (RWC 2015) to let them watch games – Only five per cent of HR Directors believe RWC 2015 will have a negative […]
Joubert looks to Olympic Games as 2015-16 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series panels announced With excitement building ahead of rugby sevens’ Olympic Games debut at Rio 2016, World Rugby has announced that Rugby World Cup 2011 final referee Craig Joubert has made the cut for the team of 12 match officials selected for the 2015-16 […]