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Rugby World Cup warm-up: Wales v Ireland Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Kick-off: 14:30 BST, 8 August Coverage: Live on BBC One Wales, iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, Radio Wales and Radio Cymru Wales coach Warren Gatland has revealed he and Ireland counterpart Joe Schmidt discussed team selection before naming their sides for Saturday’s World Cup […]
Joe Schmidt Extends IRFU Contract The IRFU today announced that Joe Schmidt has signed a contract extension to remain as Ireland Head Coach until June 30, 2017.Since taking on the role of head coach Joe and his coaching team have won back-to-back RBS 6 Nations Championship titles and a first Test Series win in the […]
Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt Helps Launch IRFU Charitable Trust’s Corporate Patron Scheme Ireland Head Coach was on hand at the Aviva Stadium today (Friday 29th May, 2015) to lend his support to the IRFU Charitable Trust who announced details of a new Corporate Patron membership scheme. The IRFU Charitable Trust Corporate Patron scheme is […]
Joe Schmidt upbeat on Chris Henry’s World Cup prospects Ireland coach Joe Schmidt hopes Chris Henry can boost his chances of playing in this year’s World Cup by returning to action before the end of the season. The Ulster back row had heart surgery in December and will miss Ireland’s defence of their Six Nations […]
Jonathon Sexton in action against Australia. Ireland’s current game is largely based upon the kicking tactics employed by the halfbacks, Sexton and Conor Murray. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Will Ireland’s current kicking strategy suffice when it comes to the latter stages? Not long after the horror of the Great War, Winston Churchill said ‘battles are […]
IRFU Update: Joe Schmidt Following yesterday’s game against Australia, Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt was assessed by the match day doctors and was sent to St Vincents Hospital for further assessment. On Saturday night Joe had his appendix removed and is recovering well this morning. Joe would like to thank the doctors and nurses of […]
Unrelenting quest for perfection puts Ireland boss in league of his own – with Michael Cheika second When Joe Schmidt took over as coach of the national side, Ireland were in ninth position in the IRB world rankings. A precarious position – Ireland were out of the top eight seeded teams. Ireland would have gone […]
Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has backed Ulster’s Darren Cave after the centre rang the former Leinster coach to explain his words were taken out of context in an interview. The Belfast Telegraph, under the heading My face doesn’t fit with Ireland, said that Cave was “fed up with being snubbed by Ireland – and […]
The IRFU today (29 Apr) announced the appointment of Joe Schmidt as Ireland Coach. Joe will join the IRFU on 1st July on a contract that will see him lead Ireland until after the 2016 RBS Six Nations. To facilitate Joe in completing the season with Leinster and affording him time to select his Ireland […]
