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Fourth in the rankings

Having beat England, the newly crowned Six Nation champions on Saturday, Ireland have been ranked fourth in the IRB official rankings with the World Cup just six months away. 1st New Zealand 2nd Australia 3rd South Africa 4th Ireland

03.21.2011| Rugby World Cup, Six Nations | No Comments

Keeping The Faith

Kidney is keeping the faith with the side that underperformed against Italy last weekend. They will be expected to eliminate the error count that practically crippled them in Rome when they face Grand Slam champions France. This also needs to be a building blocks performance ready for the upcomin

02.10.2011| Rugby World Cup, Six Nations | No Comments

Ireland draw England (Women’s World Cup)

The pools have been announced for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England, the games will be played from August 20 to September 5th and feature three pools of four teams. The seeded sides in their individual pools are: New Zealand, defending champions. England, hosts and 2006 runners-

11.19.2009| Rugby World Cup | No Comments

2009/2010 Test Season Preview!

We particularly enjoyed this article by James Mortimer – so thought we’d share here! 2009/10 Test Season Preview: Ireland

10.25.2009| Ireland Rugby, Rugby World Cup | No Comments

National World Cup Development?

The new National World Cup Development programme will show itself on Saturday when Ulster meet Magners League leaders Leinster, Ulster will be without three Internationals for the game! Paddy Wallace is not allowed to play, Stephen Ferris is (from the bench!), Andrew Trimble is while nobody is qu

10.22.2009| Players, Rugby World Cup | No Comments

Japan to bid for hosting RWC

The nation of Japan has become increasingly prominent on the international rugby scene as it has worked hard to groom world class players. While there is still a lot of work to be done in this area, one cannot but help be impressed with the country’s sense of purpose. It is therefore not surpri

05.8.2009| Rugby World Cup | No Comments

Three bidders in line for the 2015 World Cup

Those countries that want to host the Rugby World Cup in 2015 have very little time left to get their tender documents into the International Rugby Board (IRB) in Dublin. The decision regarding which country is to host the tournament is expected in July this year and so far there are only three cont

05.7.2009| Rugby World Cup | No Comments

Australia withdraw RWC bid

The Australian rugby board has decided to withdraw its bid for the 2015 World Cup, stating that it could not meet the guarantees asked for by the IRB. The Board has stated that it wants £80 million guaranteed by the country for 2015 and this amount increases to £96 million for the 2019 event. T

05.6.2009| Rugby World Cup | No Comments

England bids for 2015 World Cup

The English rugby authority (English Rugby Football Union) has announced its intention to submit a tender document to the International Rugby Board for a bid to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Union has stated that the sites of Twickenham, Wembley, Old Trafford and the Millennium Stadium in Cardi

05.5.2009| Rugby World Cup | No Comments

Ireland withdraws RWC bid

The Irish rugby authorities today announced that they were to withdraw from the race to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup. They were involved in a joint bid with Scotland, England and Wales to host the tournament and said as much in their official expression of interest in January this year. But the

05.1.2009| Rugby World Cup | No Comments