Congratulations to our good friends New Zealand on winning the rugby World Cup 2011 hope the celebrations go on well into the night in our sister club Ponsonby !!! II XV win on the road against Ballymoney 21-17 Scores from Roger mcloughlin, ronan Boyle and man of the match Stephen Robinson Letterkenny 1st XV 9 […]
The best in the world clearly got a good run for their money from their Northern Hemisphere opponents France. Ireland were the only side to defeat a top 3 side at the World cup 2011 and were gutted not to preceed beyond the quarter final. All credit to New Zealand and France on a well […]
Organisational culture and leadership performance could prove decisive in this weekend’s Rugby World Cup final, according to analysis from Towers Watson LONDON – Thursday 20 October, 2011 – The upcoming Rugby World Cup final will see a confident New Zealand side face a French team that has consistently overcome the odds to reach the final […]
In a preview of this Sunday’s Rugby World Cup Final, New Zealand took on France at a special sheep-herding competition between two of the finalists former players. New Zealand’s Andrew Mehrtens took to the field against former France captain Philippe Saint-Andre in an off-roading and sheep-herding contest. [youtube bUn1gxQbtvY]
City of Derry 1st XV made the 180 mile trip to Galway today and suffered their heaviest defeat in some time. The 2nd XV suffered a heavy defeat away to Malone in the Conference League. The 3rd XV had a league win over Banbridge by the narrowest of margins at Judges Road while the 4th […]
Banbridge’s Garry Best has finished the IRFU Charitable Trust 1000km cycle in NZ managing to complete every leg. Garry was one of only a few who manged to compete the entire journey. Well done Garry! CLICK HERE FOR CONGRATULATIONS PHOTO
The Ireland Team has announced that Munster Hooker Michael Sherry will travel to New Zealand as precautionary cover for the injured Rory Best. Best is continuing his rehabilitation and still remains an official member of the Ireland Rugby World Cup Squad. Ireland Team Manager Paul McNaughton said: “Rory Best is still progressing with his rehabilitation […]
1.07 million fans attend 40 matches of pool phase Ticket sales top 1.34 million Revenue hits NZ$262 million – NZ$6.5 million needed to reach target Nearly 1.1 million fans have passed through the gates of Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) stadia with all 40 matches of the Tournament’s pool phase now completed, Tournament organisers […]