The Carrick Sevens Festival tournament began on Friday 3rd May with the now traditional Under 19s competition sponsored by Samurai. In the semi-finals of the Cup competition, defending champions Surrey Colts overcame Queen’s Barbarians while, in a somewhat tighter contest, Edinburgh College beat BRA Big Dogs, out-scoring their opponents by three tries to one. The […]
Thomas Pink is delighted to congratulate official brand ambassador, Sam Warburton, as he was formally announced as The British & Irish Lions Captain earlier this morning. At the age of 24, the Cardiff Blues flanker has become Wales’ youngest Lions Tour Captain and the first Welshman since 1977. Warburton will be working with Thomas Pink […]
On Wednesday 01 May 2013, the Guinness Carrick 7s committee and the NGN 7s team joined together to meet the coaches and water boys that will participate in the Guinness Carrick 7s Open Tournament. They also had the privilege of meeting Oscar Knox who was very excited to meet his favourite players. CLICK HERE for […]
The Irish Rugby Football Union today (30 Apr) published a Club Sustainability report, developed after almost two year of consultation and consideration with clubs , which will introduce a series of new regulations aimed at promoting and developing the domestic game at all levels. The report addresses club concerns that a culture of ‘pay to […]
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has begun the process of recruiting a Performance Director with the appointment of executive search firm Odgers Berndtson. The Performance Director will lead the management of the key coaching and technical support staff involved in the professional game, including the National Team Coach and Provincial Head Coaches. The position […]
City of Derry Rugby Club will welcome teams from Germany, England along with the Leprechauns from Limerick and Perennials from throughout Ulster to their International Golden Oldies Tournament this weekend at Judges Road. The Irish Teams will bring with them many former International and Provincial players who attended the last Oldies tournament at Judges Road […]
Whenever Mr James Clegg travelled to the USA in 1975 to buy Irelands first dog food extruder, little did he know that Feedwell would grow into one of Irelands foremost manufacturers of quality dog food. They continue to thrive in all areas of the dog food industry from pets to sporting and working dogs, many […]
Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe has made five changes and one positional switch to the team that defeated Connacht at the Sportsground, two weeks ago, for Friday night’s crucial RaboDirect PRO12 match against Cardiff Blues at Ravenhill (kick off 19.45). John Afoa, Johann Muller and Iain Henderson all return to the side, while Callum Black […]