Sky Sports to Broadcast Women’s Rugby World Cup and IRB Junior World Championship The International Rugby Board has announced that Sky Sports will be the UK rights-holding broadcaster for this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup and IRB Junior World Championship. The announcement extends Sky Sports’ partnership with two of the most exciting properties in […]
Rugby Celebrates International Women’s Day Women’s Rugby celebrates landmark year on International Women’s Day Women’s Rugby now one of the fastest-growing team sports Join the conversation @irbwomens #wrugby Women’s Rugby players from around the world have united on International Women’s Day to celebrate those who have played an inspirational role in the growth and development […]
Women’s Quarter Finalists Decided after Day 1 in Atlanta Russia, Canada and New Zealand have all progressed to the last eight as they remained unbeaten throughout day one of the Atlanta Sevens at Kennesaw State University. In the brilliant sunshine but biting cold in Atlanta, all 12 teams took to the field on […]
Ireland Women Head Coach Philip Doyle has made two changes to the side that demolished Scotland at Ashbourne last Friday night for the forthcoming clash against Wales. Niamh Briggs is named at full-back and Larissa Muldoon comes in at scrum-half. The two players making way Jackie Shiels and Amy Davis are named among the replacements. […]
Ulster’s Grace Davitt has been named among the replacements for Ireland Ulster captain Stacey-lea Kennedy and provincial colleague Amy Davis have been selected to start for Ireland Women in their opening 6 Nations tie against Scotland on Friday. The reigning Grand Slam champions have also included Grace Davitt on the bench for the clash at […]
IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset has predicted a stellar year for the Women’s Game as the Rugby family looks forward to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 in France. With the RBS Women’s 6 Nations kicking off a busy year of international Fifteens and Sevens action and global participation at an all-time high of 1.5 million, the […]
Ahead of the defence of their RBS 6 Nations and Grand Slam titles the Irish Rugby Football Union today (30th Jan) announced a new three year jersey partnership between its Women’s Senior XV team and Aon, the world’s leading advisor on risk management and human resource consulting. The sponsorship, which is the first of its […]
Theres absolutely no excuse for not getting behind this, clubs are being givin 400 euros to stay after the mens game and support the girls in green as they move towards attempting to do what nobody would have even considered as possible even on the horizon of possibility and that is winning the WORLD CUP […]