Promoting Equality, Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion Through Sport Programme. The Irish Rugby Football Union (Ulster Branch) have a number of tender opportunities open for a variety of equipment and services, which are possible as a result of funding awarded from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) to help promote equality, tackle poverty […]
Two Andersonstown schools are currently enjoying a six week block of tag rugby for the first time. Ulster Rugby’s Community Rugby Coach for West Belfast, Roy Lawton, started delivering sessions to a P6/P7 class at Bunscoil Phobal Feirste and P7s at St. Teresa’s Primary School at the beginning of January.
St. Eunan’s College Letterkenny edged St. Columba’s College Stranorlar 7-3 in a very competitive Donegal Schools’ Senior Rugby Final. One of the county’s biggest schools rugby rivalries was played out at Dave Gallaher Memorial Park in Letterkenny where the defence of the players was of the highest quality and at the forefront of a highly […]
The Ulster Rugby Coach Development Department ran a hugely successful IRFU Stage 2 course at CIYMS RFC over the past two weekends. The two day course was attended by 34 participants, with an even mixture of school, club and female coaches……. for the full story follow this link >>>>>>>>>>> CLICK HERE
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 […]
Ulster Rugby has signed up local convenience store group Centra for a further year of sponsorship of its children’s Summer Camps. Centra has supported the popular Summer Camps since 2008 and since then almost 7,500 kids have taken part in camps that have been held in rugby clubs all over Northern Ireland……. for the full […]
Ulster Rugby’s stars Ruan Pienaar and Johann Muller have thrown their considerable weight behind ‘Belfast to Blanco’, a programme involving young people from the Shankill Road and Ardoyne travelling to work alongside Out of Africa Missions in South Africa. With a group of 12 youngsters set to help with mission work in the Blanco township […]
Ulster Rugby Fitness Development Coach, Joe Gallanagh, has been assisting Rainey’s youth rugby teams in the club’s recently refurbished gym. Gallanagh has been working alongside Rainey’s Strength & Conditioning Coach, Ryan Keating, to deliver functional movement sessions to the U13, U15 and U17 teams
On Friday 17th January 2014 at Portadown RFC, Ulster Rugby staff delivered a tag rugby training session involving pupils from St. Anthony’s PS, Craigavon (pictured) and Ceara Special School, Lurgan. The cold weather could not diminish the high spirits of the pupils as they enjoyed the coaching session that was followed by a game of […]