Rugby World Cup 2023 Live Draw
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsWatch the Rugby World Cup 2023 Draw live at 11:30 Irish time/12:30 Paris time today. This is the moment when teams and fans around the world learn who they will play in the pool stage of Rugby World Cup...
Beirne Shines As Munster See Off ‘Quins Challenge
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsMunster made Harlequins pay for poor discipline in a 21-7 Heineken Champions Cup win in difficult conditions at Thomond Park. Facing into a blustery wind, Johann van Graan’s men took a 6-0 half-time...
Connacht Bring Home Losing Bonus In Three-Try Comeback
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsConnacht fell to a narrow 26-22 defeat to Racing 92 in an exciting Heineken Champions Cup opener in Paris this afternoon. In a brilliant exhibition of attacking rugby, the westerners scored three tries...
Leinster Take Bonus Point-Winning Form Into Europe
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsLeinster ran in five tries as they launched their Heineken Champions Cup campaign with a 35-14 bonus point win away to French side Montpellier. Ciaran Frawley, on his first European start, and Champions...
Three-Try Ulster Lose Out To Kolbe-Inspired Toulouse
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsUlster’s winning run at home came to an end tonight as French giants Toulouse collected a bonus point in a 29-22 Heineken Champions Cup win at Kingspan Stadium. As he did during September’s...
IRFU Commit To Long-Term Development Of Touch Rugby
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsThe IRFU has announced a long-term development strategy for touch rugby in partnership with Ireland Touch Association. The strategy reaffirms the IRFU’s long-term commitment to touch rugby as a way of...
Munster’s Coombes And Wycherley Set For Champions Cup Debuts
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsMunster begin their Heineken Champions Cup Pool B campaign against Harlequins at Thomond Park on Sunday (kick-off 5.30pm). Gavin Coombes and Damian de Allende start on their European debuts with Academy...
European Debutant O’Brien Starts For Leinster
5 years ago by Irish Rugby NewsJimmy O’Brien will make his Heineken Champions Cup debut when Leinster meet Montpellier in the first round at the GGL Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 6.30pm local time/5.30pm Irish time). The 24-year-old...
