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Casey emerges as Irish leader in a refreshed summer squad
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Bath Rugby: How Johann van Graan’s side could line up next season as the ‘Avengers assemble’ with British and Irish Lions and England stars included
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A rugby tour 12 years in the making: Australia awaits the British and Irish Lions
The first Lions tour in 1888 comprised mostly English players and included matches in Australia and New Zealand. The ...
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England Rugby Launch New Kit As First Castore Men’s Home Shirt Revealed With Nod To World Cup Win
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Irish qualified Kiwi leaves Ulster as Richie Murphy signs Wallabies star
Out-half Aidan Morgan has left Ulster Rugby after playing opportunities were limited in the second half of the season. The Ireland-qualified Kiwi, who joined the province last summer from Super ...
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Ex-Irish ref calls for officials to stop ‘weak, meaningless’ warnings after England captain paid the ‘heaviest price imaginable’
The issue that caught the former director of referees at the Irish Rugby Football Union attention was an exchange between Munster midfielder Tom Farrell and match official Mike Adamson. Farrell lashed ...
The Irish Times17d
Welsh Rugby Union makes ‘difficult but necessary decision’ over four-club model
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Gerry Thornley: IRFU decision on Sevens reflects the cold, hard business of sport
News that the IRFU are to cut the men’s Sevens programme at the end of ... by the estimated €350,000 they received from World Rugby for playing in the world series, and Olympic funding from ...
The Straits Times20d
Final whistle for Irish men’s sevens as union tackles budget woes
The Irish Men's Sevens team will be disbanded at the end of the 2024/25 season as part of a significant shift in strategic priorities, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) said on Wednesday.
Independent.ie20d
Leinster’s Hugo Keenan – the last and only Irish rugby Olympian to be selected for the Lions
Two sides of the same Irish rugby coin within a week – heart-warming for those on the right side of imminent immortality; heart-breaking for the others who history will soon forget. At a house ...
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Rugby sevens given reality check as Ireland disbands its men’s team
The World Rugby Sevens Series has received a blow with news that the Irish union has decided to discontinue its men’s programme at the end of this season. The decision followed a review after ...
RTE Online20d
Players face 'huge challenge' after axing of men's Sevens programme - Rugby Players Ireland CEO Simon Keogh
The decision to end the Irish men's rugby Sevens programme will leave players with a "huge challenge" in trying to maintain careers in the game, the CEO of Rugby Players Ireland Simon Keogh has said.