Neil Back a figure synonymous with elite performance. Over a 17 year playing career he represented England (c), The British and Irish Lions, Leicester Tigers(c) & Nottingham RFC. His many wins included every major honour in the game including the Rugby World Cup 2003, five Zurich Premierships as well as back to back Heineken Cups! […]
IRB Don’t miss Rugby’s biggest B2B event A significant entry in the international Rugby calendar, the 2014 IRB World Rugby Conference and Exhibition (ConfEx) is the final gathering of the Rugby family ahead of Rugby World Cup 2015 and Rugby Seven’s Olympic debut. Be prepared for major announcements, including the presentation of the new World […]
Rugby Lnternational Geoff Parling Returns to his First Club Leicester Tigers lock Geoff Parling has 21 caps for England and three for the British Lions. Like any big sports star his career began at a local club – Stockton RFC. Geoff took Join In back for a visit and to pass on his skills to the youth teams, using his own free time just as his […]
The USRFR are proud to be supporting the charity ‘Headway’ in the forthcoming rugby season. Referees will wear the logo on their shirt to help raise awareness and will also be donating the proceeds of the Annual collection day to the charity. Regional co-ordinator Jonny Turnbull and Outreach Project Officer Jodie McGoldrick made presentations to […]
British and Irish Lions colossus Willie John McBride has issued a rallying call to rugby fans across the Province to snap up the final few tickets for the Oliver Turkington Memorial Dinner, which will take place next Saturday (13th September) at Coleraine Inst. The event is being organised to mark 25 years since CAI became […]
While the season is yet to begin for many teams 76 were in action across the SNR League, Q1, Q2, Q4, II Xv, JL-1-2-3-4-5, Minor League East 1 & 2, and Minor League North. Early season results confirm a number of teams have certainly begun the season with strong victories, Ballymena and Ballynahinch for example […]
There were three Ulster Age Grade games played on Friday 5th September and Saturday 6th September as well as some early season school friendly games played on Saturday 6th September. The Ulster U20 team got the Inter-Provincial Age Grade proceedings of to a very positive start when they defeated a very dogged and determined Connacht […]