Garrett Tubridy appointed Tournament Director for 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup The Irish Rugby Football Union has appointed Garrett Tubridy as Tournament Director for the Women’s Rugby World Cup (WRWC) which will take place in Dublin and Belfast in 2017. As WRWC Tournament Director, Garrett will be responsible for the planning and delivery of the […]
Accessible Sports Stadia Guidelines to Improve Facilities for Disabled Spectators Northern Ireland’s main disability sports organisation, Disability Sport NI today launched best practice design and management guidelines, which the organisation hopes will result in sports stadia being more inclusive of people with disabilities. The guidance entitled ‘Access to Sports Stadia for People With Disabilities: Design […]
Following today’s Pool Draws for the 2015/16 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, see below for reaction from selected Aviva Premiership club representatives. Mark McCall – Saracens Director of Rugby “It’s going to be an interesting competition this season with the World Cup, but it’s a very exciting draw. I’ve been back to Ulster twice in […]
Lyon to host 2016 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals with Edinburgh chosen for 2017 The two highest-profile matches in the European club rugby calendar will be staged in France following today’s (Wednesday, 17 June) announcement that Lyon will host the 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals. Both finals will take place […]
The Emerging Ireland Coaching team have been forced into a late change to the side that will take on Uruguay later today in the Tbilisi Cup. Munster’s Andrew Conway replaces Matt Healy in the starting XV after the Connacht was ruled out with a stomach bug. The remainder of the Match Day 23 is unchanged […]