Thomas Pink announces partnership with The British & Irish Lions The British & Irish Lions (“Lions”) and Thomas Pink are delighted to announce that Thomas Pink has been appointed official outfitter for the Lions on their 125th anniversary tour to Australia in 2013. A quartet of former Lions – Gareth Edwards, Roger Baird, Richard Hill […]
Some of Ireland’s top club rugby players lined-out in their Ulster Bank League strips at Old Wesley RFC – flanked by Irish rugby stars, Sean O’Brien, Sean Cronin and Shane Jennings – to launch Ulster Bank’s RugbyForce, an initiative which provides rugby clubs with support to renovate their club and upgrade their facilities. Ulster Bank […]
At the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, British & Irish Lions Manager, Andy Irvine, today revealed the 10-match tour schedule for the highly anticipated tour to Australia in 2013. The British & Irish Lions and the Australian Rugby Union have agreed a programme of nine matches for the Tour in Australia, including three Test matches. The […]
The Executive Committee of Rugby League Ireland (RLI) are today delighted to announce their application to be recognised as a National Sporting Body by the Irish Sports Council (ISC) has been approved. Following the completion of the application process by RLI which was started in 2009 the ISC approved the application at a meeting of […]
Eleven of the starting XV have played for the senior team in a competitive fixture, while the other four were all involved in pre-season friendly against Neath. Callum Black is named at loosehead prop as he continues his efforts to return to the senior squad following a neck injury earlier in the season. He is […]
In March of 2012 four teams of celebrated sports people and celebrities representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will race over 1,000 miles around the UK and Ireland in the biggest ever Sport Relief Challenge. The teams will start simultaneously in their home cities of Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh and London as they run, row, cycle […]