Olympic places at stake as series champion to be crowned at #Amsterdam7s Three teams will book their places at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this weekend during the final round of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Amsterdam.With the series title race also to be decided at the two-day tournament on Friday and Saturday, […]
Pic credit presseye Disciplinary Update – Rob Herring Rob Herring, the Ulster hooker, appeared today before an independent PRO12 Rugby Disciplinary Committee, having been cited by an independent Citing Commissioner for allegedly stamping on an opponent’s head (Law 10.4(b)) in the Guinness PRO12 match against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun on Saturday May 16th. The Disciplinary […]
Women’s Sevens Olympic Qualification Process for Rio 2016: 1. The top four teams in the World Series will automatically gain Olympic qualification. This will be decided at the final leg of the World Series being held on the 22 – 23 May in Amsterdam. The current top four standings are New Zealand, Canada, Australia and […]
Ireland Women’s Squad Named for Amsterdam Sevens The Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad to play in the Amsterdam 7’s Rugby Tournament has been named. The side will be captained by Lucy Mulhall who recently won the IRUPA Women’s Sevens Player of the Year Award for 2015. Ireland share a pool with Ushizi Warriors, Finland 7’s and […]
Join In launches Club Hub, the new online toolkit for sports clubs, by sports clubs. Join In launches ‘Club Hub’, a simple, free, online resource that will help grow grassroots sports clubs and groups across the country. Join In asked community sports groups across the UK what they wanted to help build their clubs. The […]
Danny Cipriani surprises 15 year-old school boy with his dream to lead England out at Rugby World Cup 2015 [youtube 6XSQyLmOibU] LONDON, 20 May, 2015 – England and Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani surprised rugby fan, Harry Case, with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead England out at Twickenham for the opening match of Rugby World […]
Scotland has become the first country in the world to introduce standard guidelines for dealing with concussion in sport. The guidelines were launched at Hampden Park in Glasgow by Peter Robinson, whose son died after a double concussion in a school rugby match. The new advice is meant for people involved in sport at all […]
Schools selected to welcome teams to Rugby World Cup 2015 For immediate release: Tuesday 19 May 2015 Issued on behalf of England Rugby 2015 – 20 school choirs from England and Wales selected to welcome teams – Over 100 applications resulted in competitive selection process – Each choir will be part of the official Rugby […]
ATTENTION ALL SCHOOL LEAVERS! Should you not know whether you are ready for University just yet or whether you just want a Higher National Qualification then Belfast Met Rugby Academy could be the place for you. We are still actively recruiting for the 1st intake of Higher Education Rugby Academy Students in either women’s 7’s […]
Pic credit inpho.ie / https://twitter.com/Inphosports Emerging Ireland Squad announced for Tbilisi Cup The Emerging Ireland coaching ticket of Allen Clarke and Girvan Dempsey, working in tandem with the Ireland Coaching Team, have named a squad of 27 players to travel to Georgia to compete in the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup in June. Ulster forwards coach […]