Hi everyone, is CODING on the schools curriculum yet (IF NOT IT SHOULD BE children from about age 5 can do html) or if any rugby players out there at any age are studying coding and would like a new idea to work on as a piece of rugby tech we will be announcing a […]
Pic credit inpho.ie Paul O’connell & Jow Schmidt see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports By Bernard Jackman The Joe Schmidt era continued on its upward curve Saturday when Ireland convincingly put away the second ranked team in the world at a raucous Aviva Stadium. When England won the World Cup in 2003 they placed massive focus […]
Game: Civil Service RFC U14s v Instonians RFC U14s Location: The Pavilion at Stormont Coach: Michael Curran Level of Development, the players are performing passes of both hands, scrum and lineout set piece attacks, line breaks, drift defence, hand offs, rucks, offloads while in motion, all tackle scenarios. High Resolutions Images CLICK HERE, CLICK HERE […]
Injuries to star players force rugby’s administrators to scrutinise club calendar Rugby Football Union emphasises its commitment to player welfare as talks with Premier Rugby Ltd begin over new ‘heads of agreement’ Player welfare again found itself screaming at the top of rugby union’s in-tray last week, and understandably so after three members of England’s […]
Players’ union boss Christian Day has warned industrial action is possible if concerns over player welfare are not adequately addressed. Saints second-row Day, newly appointed chairman of the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA), applauds the new protocols over concussion, but believes much work remains to be done on issues such as insurance, rest periods and game […]
I notice Law 10.4 (c) is back in the picture where a player must not kick an opponent. It’s not the first time a secondrow got his timing wrong but what Toulon lock, Romain Taofifenua, did to Ulster’s Stuart Olding needs deeper analysis. The laws centring on the breakdown are often misinterpreted by a packed […]
Congratulations to the Belfast Met Rugby Academy players who received their first international cap for Rugby League Ireland’s U19 Irish team who played Scotland U19 on Saturday. Well done: Johnny Mooney Jonny Dunlop Ty Mackness Mark Bishop Daryl Hand Adam Anderson Post by Belfast Met – Rugby Academy.
Ulster’s South-African born number 13, Jared Payne, who qualifies to play for Ireland under three-year residency rule. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho Project players in Ireland a failed system Not enough players are coming through the system to national level to call it a success Success has never been defined by the IRFU in a public way […]
52 mini rugby players attended our first session of the season and huge thanks have to go to everyone who made this fantastic turnout possible. I cannot name everyone, but to those who spread the word around the schools and amongst their friends, brought the kids, coached and helped in any way we are very […]
21% of 14-18yr olds skip breakfast regularly – Breakfast the Key Building Block for All Young Rugby Players says IRFU IRFU launches Eat 2 Compete Week Social Media Campaign According to an online survey* conducted by the IRFU, 21% of young people between the age of 14-18 years regularly skip breakfast and 71% of those […]