Irish International Rugby Player Forced to Fundraise for ACL Surgery after RLI Refuses To Pay

After sustaining an ACL injury in a match against Wales on Oct. 8th, professional international rugby player Charlie Willett has been left to cover most of the cost — around €10,000 — herself, despite having been told she would be covered by Rugby League Ireland. Willett has been forced to borrow thousands from friends and set up an online fundraiser …

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New Zealand Rugby’s Scheduling Clash Leave Fans Disappointed

New Zealand Rugby fans will have a hard choice choosing what match to watch this weekend with the Black Ferns’ World Cup quarter-final and the All Black’s test against Japan scheduled to take place at the same time.    Strangely, they had forgotten about the World Cup they were hosting when they made the scheduling error. The rugby-crazed fans were …

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Irish elite female rugby players face a tough decision with controversial IRFU Contracts

IRFU’s Performance Director David Nucifora confirms that 29 Irish women’s players have accepted contracts, with eight players rejecting offers from the union. Of those 29 players some are dual 7s and 15s players who have previously been on IRFU deals before the beginning of this season. When it was announced in August that the union would be offering up to …

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3 Gold for Ireland at European Boxing Championship – Weekend Roundup

Women’s European Boxing Championship – Three Gold for Team Ireland! Team Ireland swept the Women’s European Boxing Championship this week, with Kellie Harrington, Aoife O’Rourke, and Amy Broadhurst winning gold. Caitlin Fryers and Christina Desmond took home silver medals and Michaela Walsh and Shannon Sweeney brought home bronze medals. Dublin’s Olympic gold winner Harrington won gold in the lightweight category …

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Rugby: IRFU All-Ireland League Media Service – Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division Round-Up

RUGBY: ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION ROUND-UP -A three-try second half salvo ensured Blackrock College won the battle of the unbeaten teams as they overhauled Old Belvedere to win 19-10 at Ollie Campbell Park.Ben Martin’s charges trailed 7-0 at half-time at Ollie Campbell Park, a dummying Dannah O’Brien, the Energia All-Ireland League’s top points scorer, sniping over for a try …

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Ireland Qualifies for the World Cup- Weekend Roundup

Ireland through to World Cup The Republic of Ireland’s WNT qualified for the FIFA World Cup after a historic 1-0 victory over Scotland in Hampden Park on Tuesday. After scoring the key goal Donegal’s Amber Barrett kissed the black armband she wore to commemorate the Creeslough victims and later dedicated her goal to them. Goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan was another star, …

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Wicklow The Underdogs In Win Against Suttonians

“Suttonians should win this – but Wicklow could make their home ground a fortress,” former Irish international player Hannah Tyrrell remarked in the latest episode of HerSport’s Energia AIL Rugby Show. Maybe it was the lasting echoes from Tyrrell, or the sting of a draw result from the previous week, but Wicklow proved the underdogs last weekend in their first …

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‘They’re Really On The Up’ Hannah Tyrrell Lauds Galwegians Start To Energia AIL

Hannah Tyrell talks the most recent Energia AIL results, including Galwegians’ surprising success and Ballincollig’s heavy defeats.

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Ireland Assistant Coach Niamh Briggs to coach Munster in the upcoming Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship

Waterford native Niamh Briggs is ‘hugely excited’ to lead the Munster coaching team for this seasons Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship. Briggs has an impressive coaching history. She is current head coach of Energia All Ireland League Women’s Division club UL Bohemians and also as an assistant coach to Greg McWilliams Irish squad. Last year Briggs was assistant coach for the …

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Galwegians March On As Fowley Tops Energia AIL Scoring Charts: Round 3 Round-Up

Old Belvedere’s young guns were central to their 24-7 Dublin derby win over Suttonians as they moved to the top of the Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division. Four members of Leinster’s Under-18 Interprovincial title-winning side from last season, Katie Whelan, Eadaoin Murtagh, Aoife Dalton and Dannah O’Brien, all ran in first half tries at Ollie Campbell Park. Ever-alert scrum half Whelan …

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