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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Round-Up: Dublin beats Wexford as Kilkenny and Waterford draw

Report by Daragh Ó Conchúir Dublin came out on top of a crunch tie with Wexford at ..

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Rugby Posted on 5 months ago
Relentless Performance Leads Ireland U-20 Women To Record Win

Captain Jane Neill scored two tries in a player-of-the-match performance a ..

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Rugby Posted on 3 months ago
Tackling Digital Harassment: Protecting Athletes During The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025

Digital harassment and online abuse have emerged as significant welfare issues for a ..

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Women’s Rugby World Cup: The Green Wave is coming

Eight years. That’s how long Ireland’s women have waited to return to the Rugby World Cup. When we sealed qualification on April 28th, 2024 – beating Scotland to claim third place in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations – the celebrations were only the beginning. Planning started the very next day. I read with interest the recent opinion piece asking whether …

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Ireland Women’s U20 team Named for the Summer Series Against Wales

Head Coach Niamh Briggs has named her Ireland Women’s U20s Match Day Squad, sponsored by PwC, for Saturday’s opening game in the Six Nations Summer Series. Ireland face Wales at 3.30pm on Saturday, July 5th in the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach. Leinster’s Jane Neill captains the side after leading the team at the inaugural tournament last year. …

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Aoife Wafer Named Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player Of The Tournament 2025

Ireland’s Aoife Wafer has made history by becoming the first Irish woman to be named the Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship, capping off a phenomenal campaign with the green jersey. The dynamic back-row earned an impressive 41% of the public vote, narrowly edging out France’s Manaé Feleu to clinch the prestigious accolade. The announcement was made during …

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Irish Sevens Teams Olympic Draw: Who Will Team Ireland Face In Paris?

The Irish women’s and men’s sevens teams are gearing up for challenging matches at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, with both squads facing formidable opponents in the pool stages. Irish Women’s Team Prepares for Olympic Debut Allan Temple’s women’s team, seeded fifth, will compete in Pool B against Australia, Great Britain, and South Africa. This marks the Irish women’s …

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IRFU Release New Vision And Plan For Rugby In Ireland

The IRFU today released its strategic plan and vision for Rugby in Ireland 2024-2028: Inspire, Connect, Thrive. The strategy, 15 months in the making, involved an unprecedented level of collaboration between the IRFU and the four Provinces. In addition, over 5,000 rugby stakeholders were consulted for their views on the game from which the new strategic vision was designed. The …

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IRFU Signals Closer Collaboration with Touch Rugby

The IRFU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ireland Touch Association (ITA). The two bodies will work closely together to develop the game of Touch Rugby in Ireland. In 2023, the two bodies collaborated to develop a suite of educational resources on Touch Rugby. The IRFU is committed to offering choice to participants and this partnership will further …

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AKI AND WAFER BIG WINNERS AT RUGBY PLAYERS IRELAND AWARDS

Following a fine campaign, Connacht and Ireland’s Bundee Aki was this evening named as the BDO Ireland Men’s XVs Players’ Players of the Year 2024 by his fellow players at the Rugby Players Ireland Awards. Nominated for both World Rugby Player of the Year and Six Nations Player of the Championship, Aki was always going be strong contender for the …

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Women’s LIONS Tour to Receive £3 MILLION GRANT boost

The British & Irish Lions Women’s Team Founding Partner, Royal London launches ‘Levelling the Playing Field’ grant to invest in elite women’s player and coach pathways in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and England Each Home Union has revealed its own funding plan tailored to its coaching and player needs – incorporating training camps, additional coaching staff and Centres of Excellence This …

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Ireland stun Wales in 36-5 Six Nations win

IRELAND WOMEN 36 WALES WOMEN 5, Virgin Media Park Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Aoife Wafer, Eve Higgins, Neve Jones, Katie Corrigan, Béibhinn Parsons; Cons: Dannah O’Brien 4; Pen: Dannah O’Brien Wales: Try: Gwennan Hopkins HT: Ireland 21 Wales 0 The Ireland Women’s team put together their most complete performance in recent seasons, outscoring Wales by five tries to one in a …

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Cliodhna Moloney recalled to Ireland squad, ending exile almost three years after criticism of IRFU

Cliodhna Moloney has been recalled to the Ireland squad for the first time in almost three years ahead of Round 3 of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations. It is the first time she has been called up since 2021, when she was outspoken in her criticism of then-director of women’s rugby Anthony Eddy after an interview in which he dismissed …

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