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Niall Scannell To Reach 100 Caps For Munster In Paris

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Niall Scannell will become the fifteenth member of the current squad to accumulate 100 Munster caps when they visit Racing 92 in the Heineken Champions Cup on Sunday (kick-off 4.15pm local time/3.15pm...

Leinster Rugby Welcomes RDS Investment

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Leinster Rugby have confirmed that their joint RDS/Leinster Rugby application for funding to the Government’s Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund has been successful. The RDS Main Arena Redevelopment...

Clermont seal Champions Cup quarter-final place with Ulster victory

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Clermont Auvergne secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup with a 29-13 victory over Ulster at the Stade Marcel Michelin.

Ulster Add Coetzee And Murphy For Clermont Trip

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Marcell Coetzee and Jordi Murphy have returned to the Ulster team to face Clermont Auvergne at Stade Marcel Michelin in Saturday’s Pool 3 top of the table clash in the Heineken Champions Cup (kick-off...

State Investment Of €20 Million Announced For Sportsground Redevelopment

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

The Government has today announced a total of €20m to Connacht Rugby’s Sportsground redevelopment project. The €10m allocated under the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure (LSSIF) has been matched...

The deeper the hole the greater Munster's will to climb out

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

It says much about Munster’s standing in rugby country that their current state of ill health is consuming more column inches and debate than Leinster’s relentless march towards further glories.

Racing braced for Munster backlash

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Racing 92’s head coach Laurent Travers is readying his side for a proxy European Cup knockout dogfight this weekend describing tomorrow’s clash as a “last-16 match”.

"It’s like playing rugby in a nightclub" - when razzmatazz and rugby collide in Paris

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Jacky Lorenzetti, the billionaire owner of Racing 92, knew that a conventional rugby stadium would do little to attract Parisians. So, when he set about finding a home for a club in which he had already...

Celebrations come early for Connacht ahead of Toulouse tie

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

With a €20m boost in funding for their Sportsground redevelopment project in the bag, Andy Friend’s Connacht need to secure victory against French champions Toulouse to keep their hopes of reaching...

Blues bid to keep hitting right notes off Broadway

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Listen to the radio sports bulletins and chats this week and Leinster have barely merited a mention.