45 Players named in Ireland Training Squad The Ireland National Coaching Team have named a 45 man Training Squad. The squad will commence preparations at the end of June and will play in a four Test match Guinness Summer Series across August and September. Paul O’Connell has been named captain of the squad Ireland Head […]
Rugby star RORY BEST is ARMATILE’S proud new Brand Ambassador ARMATILE is thrilled to unveil its new star signing, local and international rugby legend RORY BEST, as its Brand Ambassador. After forty years toiling in the front row of the tile industry in Ireland and the UK, the Armatile team is set to really push […]
Best, Bowe and Payne return for Ulster Rory Best, Tommy Bowe and Jared Payne have all been named in the Ulster team to face Connacht at the Sportsground tomorrow afternoon (kick off 14:40). They are three of 13 Ireland internationals named in the Ulster squad for the interprovincial clash, the first of three in a […]
Ireland Legends Charity Fixture Announced Over 475 Caps in Ireland Legends Squad A very experienced Ireland Legends squad will take on their English counterparts in the Stuart Mangan Memorial Cup on Saturday 28th February at Donnybrook Stadium. The Legends fixture is played every year on the eve of the RBS 6 Nations fixture between the […]
WHEN FORMER IRELAND flanker Neil Best explains how he selects his targets, he almost sounds like a military sniper. And back in the autumn of 2006 there was probably no harder hitter in world rugby than the bulldozer from Belfast. The fiery flanker is famous for levelling opponents with either bone-liquefying hits or huge haymakers […]
A new study suggests that the common perception that strict rest is best for concussed patients is not only inaccurate, but that prolonged rest may actually be harmful. Concussions account for more than 10% of all sport-related injuries among high school athletes. Over the past 10 years, emergency department visits for sports-related traumatic brain injury […]
Pic credit inpho.ie Best returns for final game of 2014 Guinness Series Rory Best will win his 78th cap for Ireland when he lines out against Australia this Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the final game of the 2014 Guinness Series. The Ireland Coaching team have made three changes to the starting XV named […]
Unrelenting quest for perfection puts Ireland boss in league of his own – with Michael Cheika second When Joe Schmidt took over as coach of the national side, Ireland were in ninth position in the IRB world rankings. A precarious position – Ireland were out of the top eight seeded teams. Ireland would have gone […]