The following are the results from today’s first leg matches in the qualification play-off series: At Stadio Mario Battaglini: Femi-CZ Rugby Rovigo 22 (M Ferro, S Bortolussi, F Menon try each; S Basson penalty, conversion; D Farolini conversion) Tbilisi Caucasians 18 (G Shkinin two tries; B Tsiklauri penalty, conversion; I Kiashashvili penalty) At Stadium Arcul […]
Ireland Girls’ Sevens Squad for Underage European Championships Announced Squad includes Ballina sisters Mairead and Kayleigh Hopkins The Irish Rugby Football Union today announce the Girls’ Sevens squad to take part in the FIRA underage European Championships in Sweden from 12th – 15th September. The 12 strong squad includes seven girls from the Irish U18s […]
Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad Named For European Championship The Ireland Women’s Sevens Squad for the FIRA/AER European Women’s Championship in Russia has been named. Ireland are placed in pool B along with England, Portugal and Belgium. They play their pool games on Saturday 7th June in Moscow, with the placement games taking place on Sunday […]
Trophy handover in the Welsh capital The countdown to one of Europe’s great sporting weekends is fully underway following today’s handover in the Welsh capital of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup trophies to the Lord Mayor of Cardiff. Please find attached a rights-free image of the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor […]
Ireland Squad Named for FIRA U19 Sevens European Championships Colin McEntee has named a 12 player squad for the FIRA U19 invitational Sevens tournament which takes place in Lisbon, Portugal on the 10th – 11th May. Ireland are in Pool A alongside top seeds France, Germany and Denmark with their opening fixture coming against the […]
The Ireland Under-18 Schools team outscored France by three tries to one in wet conditions in Plewiska this afternoon as they qualified for the FIRA/AER Under-18 European Championship final……… for full report >> :- http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/31564.php For Pictures >> :- http://www.eurorugby2014.pl/en/france-11-24-ireland/ Pic copyright Szymon Gruchalski/www.eurorugby2014.pl Ireland U18s Schools Scorers Tries: Sean O’Connor, Jacob Stockdale, Matthew Gilsenan; […]
EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION ADDS EXTRA SPICE TO RABODIRECT PRO12 The announcement that only the top Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh sides plus the next best three teams in the RaboDirect PRO12 table will qualify for the new European Rugby Champions Cup, has added intrigue and further spice into the 2013/14 campaign. David Jordan, Tournament Director said: […]
Ireland U18 Squad announced for FIRA U18 European Championships The Ireland U18 Schools squad has been announced for the FIRA U18 European Championships which take place in Poland from the 11 – 19th April. Ireland who compete in the Elite Division will start their campaign off against Georgia on Friday 11th April in Opalenica in […]
Classic Heineken Cup clashes herald European rugby’s new dawn Munster, Ulster and Saracens face big games in the Heineken Cup as the game looks forward to a new era Victory is saluted, if a little wearily. There will, after all, be rugby in our time across the fields of Europe. To Ian Ritchie, chief executive […]
Ulster scrumhalf, Ruan Pienaar, has been nominated on the longlist for ERC European Player of the Year for the third season in a row. Pienaar scored 54 points, including two tries, in the Province’s 100% pool stage performance. Selected by a distinguished panel of rugby experts, the longlist for one of the most prized individual […]