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Women’s Interprovincial Series set to raise temperatures this August FIXTURES ANNOUNCED HERE

Women’s Interprovincial Series set to raise temperatures this August The IRFU have today announced the dates, time and venues for the start of the Women’s Interprovincial completion which will see defending champion Munster travel to face Connacht in the Sportsground, while Leinster, last year’s runners-up, travel to Portadown RFC to face Ulster on Saturday 22nd […]

Rugby – The key throughout is to increase your ability to create power. Training tips achieve power and explosiveness

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 […]

All World Rugby tournaments to adopt RWC player welfare standards The 10-point player welfare standards for RWC 2015 are HERE

All World Rugby tournaments to adopt RWC player welfare standards Paves the way for a uniformed approach to player welfare All elite tournaments strongly urged to follow suit World Rugby prioritises injury prevention with concussion at the heart of the plan Evidence indicates that injury rates are not increasing In a significant step forward for […]