With just days to go until the IRB Junior World Championship 2013 kicks off in France, the future stars of world Rugby today lined up for the official tournament launch in Nantes. The 12 teams are now settled at their bases in Nantes, Vannes and La Roche-sur-Yon in north-west France with the scene set for […]
This is going to be some tournament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Ireland Under- 20 squad -sponsored by PWC- has been named today (Tuesday, 28th May) in the PWC offices by head coach Mike Ruddock for this year’s IRB Junior World Championship which will take place in France in June. Five players who were not involved in the RBS […]
The International Rugby Board has announced that Canada will host this year’s Americas Rugby Championship from October 11-19. The 2013 edition will again feature representative teams from Canada, Argentina, USA and one other South American team which will be determined based on rankings from the South American Championship, that takes place later this month in […]
The International Rugby Board has today announced the pools and match schedule for the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2013 in Antofagasta, Chile, from May 28 to June 9. Eight teams will participate in this year’s tournament in hosts Chile, Canada, Italy, Japan, Namibia, Portugal, Tonga and Uruguay. The Under 20 tournament format will be […]
The Ireland Under-20 team (Sponsored by PwC) to face France in their final game of the IRB Junior World Championship has been named. Coach, Mike Ruddock has named an unchanged side to that which overcame their English counterparts in their last outing. Speaking ahead of clash, Ruddock said, “We are expecting another tough game against […]
The Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad for the FIRA/AER European Women’s Championship in Ghent has been named. Ireland coach Jon Skurr today announced a 13 woman squad for the tournament which takes place in Belgium this weekend. The tournament is of huge importance to the team as it is the first round qualifier for the IRB […]