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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W6N Preview: Ireland’s Bemand and McMahon talk Celtic Challenge, Contracts & Cliodhna Moloney
The Women’s Six Nations starts this weekend, with Ireland looking to right last year’s wrongs and come away with a more positive outcome in the 2024 edition of the tournament. With this being Scott Bemand’s first Six Nations as manager, he too will hope to impress, helped along of course by his experienced players such as his captain Edel ‘Tricky’ …
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Ireland Squad Named For Guinness Women’s Six Nations
Source of material – www.irishrugby.ie Head Coach Scott Bemand has today named a 35-player Ireland squad for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations, as preparations get underway for the 2024 campaign opener away to France on Saturday, 23 March. Following the successful WXV3 Tournament in Dubai and the current Celtic Challenge series, Bemand and the Ireland coaching team have confirmed their …
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Women’s National Talent Squad Pathway Set To Develop Ireland’s Rugby
The IRFU has announced the appointment of eight new Women’s National Talent Squad Pathway staff to be based at five Provincial Centre of Excellence hubs as part of a further investment and commitment to developing and inspiring a new generation of talent. The announcement was made Wednesday morning, 10 May 2023, at the National High-Performance Centre on the Sport Ireland …
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South Africa Welcomes First Professional Women’s Rugby Team
Earlier this year, the South African rugby team Blue Bulls, introduced the Bulls Daisies, the first ever professional women’s team in South Africa. Highly-rated Hayden Groepes, and former Springbok Women’s captain Mandisa Williams are the respective head coach and assistant coach of the Bulls Daisies team. The duo has signed three-year agreements to take charge of the women’s team, which …
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‘We’re the Irish national team, we’re Irish people. We don’t give up’ – Nichola Fryday
Ireland captain Nichola Fryday spoke out against the negative comments about her teams commitment and ability that has been plastered all over social media.
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Growth of girls rugby at De La Salle Palmerston FC finally reaping the benefits
De La Salle Palmerston FC (DLSP) is a local community rugby club with teams for men, women, boys, girls, special needs and mixed ability. The club has a long standing relationship with London Irish going back nearly 40 years with teams travelling to each other since 1985. Up until this year, it had only been mens and boys teams who …
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Captains Claffey and Ryan’s AIL Final Preview
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Neasa Kennedy
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December 8, 2022
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Interview, Rugby
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Blackrock RFC, Energia AIL Final, Energia AIL League, Energia Park, Energia Women’s All-Ireland League, Michelle Claffey, Niamh Byrne, Railway Union, Rugby, womens rugby
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On Saturday December 17th, Blackrock and Railway will come head-to-head in their rescheduled AIL Final. The game kicks off at 2pm in Energia Park in Donnybrook after being postponed last Friday following a failed pitch inspection. The 2022 AIL season has been incredibly fast, with 8 rounds of games in the season before last weekend’s semi-finals which saw Railway come …
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Eve Higgins on Ireland Rugby 7s World Cup Qualification
The Irish 7s Rugby World Cup is just around the corner and athletes like Eve Higgins are preparing for the competition. Ireland’s Women’s National Rugby 7s team qualified for the Rugby World Cup after having four straight wins and zero tries scored on them. “I think you’d be lying if you said you weren’t nervous,” Higgins said. “I’d say …
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Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualified In Impressive Weekend
The Women’s Rugby Sevens Team booked their ticket to the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament on Sunday. After four impressive games, it was a 36-0 win over Portugal that sealed the deal for the sevens team. ????? ??? ????????????? ✈️?? It was a good weekend all round as the Ireland Sevens teams both secured their places at September’s Rugby World …
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