On this week’s programme presented by Martin Cross… CONRAD SMITH – The All Black centre chat’s about his rugby career WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT – Could 1008 rugby fans ‘bind on’ to create the world’s largest scrum? JOE LAUNCHBURY – How amateur rugby opened the door to an international career FELIPE CONTEPOMI – Former Argentina international […]
World’s Largest Scrum at Twickenham as Tickets go On Sale for Rugby World Cup 2015 World Record broken for the largest rugby scrum 1,008 people from around the host nation took part Event marks the start of the 18 day ticket sales window1,008 people took part in the world’s largest Rugby scrum at Twickenham Stadium […]
The IRFU is pleased to announce that Greg Feek will join the Ireland national coaching team on a full-time basis from the start of the 2014/15 season on a 2 year contract. Greg joined Leinster as scrum coach for the 2010/11 season and has been involved as a specialist consultant with the national team for […]
Ulster Rugby’s Coach Development Officer, Brian O’Shaughnessy, recently hosted a ‘Scrum Workshop’ at Newry RFC. This was a follow up to a previous workshop Brian had hosted at Dromore RFC at the start of the season. The guest tutors on this occasion were Ulster Rugby’s Elite Performance Development Manager, Allen Clarke, and Age Grade Manager […]
Absolutely amazing new scrum laws provide the perfect (so far) development of the game – UPPER BODY strength which Ulster Rugby players excell at and only serves to strengthen existing lower body power will provide total dominance – BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bottom line THE STRONGER YOUR BODY IS THE FASTER THEY ARE DEFEATED. ITs Called […]
• Enhanced player welfare the guiding principle • Stationary platform and straight feeds to be enforced • Support from players and coaches critical to success The International Rugby Board Council has announced the implementation of a global trial of the “crouch, bind, set” scrum engagement sequence, which is aimed at enhancing player welfare by reducing […]