On a lovely evening @ Omagh Rugby Club and timed to coincide with the start of the annual tag rugby league the Six Nations Trophy was on display and people were welcomed to have their picture taken with the Trophy which was won by Ireland in the 2014 Six Nations Championship, a number of local […]
Saturday sees the famous Six Nations Trophy on display at the Palace Grounds for it’s first ever visit to Armagh Rugby Club. The Trophy will be accompanied with the Irish international assistant coach, Les Kiss. Although Les has been a recent recruit to the Irish coaching staff he has a truly international rugby pedigree having […]
Portugal to host IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2015 The International Rugby Board has announced that Portugal will be the host for next year’s IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy, taking place across two venues in Lisbon. Following what was a highly successful staging of the tournament in Hong Kong earlier this month, the popular Under […]
Japan win IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy Japan will compete in the IRB Junior World Championship 2015 after they defeated Tonga 35-10 in the final of the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Hong Kong on Saturday. The Japanese, orchestrated superbly by half-backs Genki Okoshi and captain Rikiya Matsuda, scored four tries, including a penalty […]
Namibia and Uruguay Cause Upsets on Day One of IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2014 The form book was turned upside down on day one of the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2014 in Hong Kong as two of the pre-tournament favourites, Canada and Japan, suffered surprise defeats against Namibia and Uruguay respectively. 2008 champions […]
USA Edge Past Georgia on Day Two of Junior World Rugby Trophy The USA narrowly kept their unbeaten record intact after holding off a brave challenge from Georgia to emerge with a 13-12 victory in their Pool A encounter at the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Hong Kong on Friday. Following their opening 37-0 […]