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Furlong To Reach 100-Cap Mark In Leinster’s Final Showdown With Saracens

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Leinster will field an unchanged team for their Heineken Champions Cup final clash with Saracens at St. James’ Park in Newcastle on Saturday evening (kick-off 5pm). Head coach Leo Cullen has stuck...

Two Schools Win €50,000 Aldi Play Rugby Sticker Competition

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Aldi and the IRFU yesterday announced the two winners of the hugely successful Aldi Play Rugby sticker competition for primary schools, which ran from January until April this year. Launched by former...

Irish Rugby TV: All-Ireland League Awards – Volunteer Of The Year

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

The Volunteer of the Year award went to Derek Niland for his work at Corinthians RFC in Galway in promoting inclusion and the establishment of Tag disability rugby.   The post Irish Rugby TV: All-Ireland...

Leinster To Play Canada As Part Of Pre-Season Schedule

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Leinster Rugby have announced that the province will face the Canada national team in a pre-season friendly on Saturday, August 24 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario. The stadium is the home of...

Beirne And Casey Commit To Munster Rugby

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Munster Rugby and the IRFU have confirmed that Tadhg Beirne has signed a two-year contract extension that will see him remain with the province until June 2022. The versatile Ireland international, who...

RDS To Have Extra Seating For GUINNESS PRO14 Semi-Final

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Leinster Rugby have confirmed that an additional 677 seats will be installed at the RDS for their GUINNESS PRO14 semi-final against Munster on Saturday week, with demand for tickets already well ahead...

All-Ireland League Awards – Top Try Scorers

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Lansdowne’s Peter Sullivan and Denise Redmond of Galwegians picked up the Top Try scorer prize at the All-Ireland League Awards in Aviva Stadium on Tuesday – we hear from both players about...

All-Ireland League Awards – Rising Stars

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

It was a momentous year for Enya Breen as she made her Ireland debut and helped UL Bohs to a table topping position, while James Taylor of UCC helped his side to survive in Division 1A. We spoke to the...

Briggs And Osborne On Their All-Ireland League Awards

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Tuesday night’s All-Ireland League Awards honoured the achievements or players, coaches and clubs this season. Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemian) and Peter Osborne (Naas) picked up the Top Points Scorer...

Players, Coaches And Clubs Celebrated At All-Ireland League Awards

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Some of the leading clubs and players from both the Men’s and Women’s game were celebrated at tonight’s IRFU All-Ireland League Awards in the Aviva Stadium. IRFU President Ian McIlrath...