Decisive women’s sevens qualifier to stream live from Dublin Twelve women’s sevens teams have arrived in Ireland ahead of this weekend’s sevens series qualifier in Dublin. The top two teams from the event will qualify as core teams on next season’s HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series circuit. Brazil, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, Japan, Kenya, […]
We are delighted to have secured the services of Brian McLaughlin as Rugby Consultant and 1st XV coach. Brian was the former Head Coach of Ulster, coaching the side that reached the European Heineken Cup final in 2012. He was also the Irish National skills coach for three years, winning two Triple Crowns in 2006 […]
Tartan takeover to run all season long The shelf life of Scotland’s fastest-selling rugby kit is to be extended for the rest of the season. The Macron-designed home navy and alternate white kits, and their popular tartan flanks, collar and sleeve detailing are retained for the year ahead, with the Rugby World Cup logo replaced […]
Ireland Women’s Sevens internationals Louise Galvin, Lucy Mulhall and Jenny Murphy are gearing up to play in next month’s Women’s Sevens Dublin tournament in UCD© Morgan Treacy/www.Inpho.ieThe IRFU have announced an added incentive to all those teams who sign up to the Under-18 competition in this year’s inaugural AON Women’s Club Sevens in St. Mary’s […]
Coleraine Rugby look forward to the new season Coleraine Rugby Club is looking forward to the new season with real optimism and enthusiasm as pre-season training gets under way. Richard Boyd has taken over the reigns as Head Coach at Coleraine after a successful five year spell at Rainey Old Boys. He will be assisted […]
CANTERBURY TESTS THE NATION’S COMMITMENT TO ENGLAND AS THE HUNT FOR HIDDEN WORLD CUP SHIRTS BEGINS England rugby fans from across the nation are facing the ultimate test of their Commitment to the Rose, in a special challenge to find new England Rugby World Cup 2015 shirts hidden in secret locations around the country. Over […]
Scott Laidler “We can essentially define power as the multiplication of strength and speed through a particular movement. In the case of rugby, these are most likely to be throwing, jumping, pushing and movements that exert a lateral force (tackling, in other words). This being the case, to train like a rugby player you need […]
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE COMES TO IRELANDS OLDEST FOOTBALL GROUND IN BRAY On the 12th of July in the Carlisle grounds in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Rugby League Ireland will host Belgium in a test match, boasting a completely domestic-based Irish team. This will be the first team of its kind and will be the first meeting […]
Ireland Under-20 Team to Face Wales Under-20 The Ireland Under-20 team (Sponsored by PwC) to play Wales in the 5th Place playoff of the World Rugby Under-20 World Championship has been named. There are five changes to the team who lost out to New Zealand in their last outing of the tournament. Ciaran Gaffney makes […]