Irish Rugby

Today we begin our in-depth look at the teams in Pool A of the EPCR Challenge Cup and first up are Bath Rugby. EPCR Challenge Cup record Three times Bath.

Back-to-back games against RC Toulon follow before the Gallagher Premiership side close their pool games at Glasgow in January. Bath were demoted into the EPCR Challenge Cup after losing both their Pool A Heineken Champions Cup games to finish 10th in the table. The summer signing of Irish international Quinn Roux has boosted their second-row options too.

This season, there are two parts to the Leadership Programme, an online club mentoring programme for experienced volunteers and a Club Leadership programme open ...

Once your club has recruited mentors, IRFU will issue licences to the club and volunteers can access the training programme. It will be a blend of online modules and face-to-face training allowing volunteers to do some of the work in their own time. There are 7 units of learning, 2 of which will be in person, where volunteers will get a chance to share best practice and network with those in similar roles. The face-to-face days will be run on a provincial basis with 20 places available in each Province. The aim of the programme is to develop the volunteers’ ability to lead change and influence others. The Club Leadership programme is open to male and female active volunteers with 2 seasons involvement in the club.

Three rugby players, including two former internationals, have issued legal proceedings against the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) in what are believed ...

His lawsuit is against Leinster Rugby, Connacht Rugby, the IRFU and World Rugby. Further cases are coming forward on a regular basis,” the statement said. Proceedings were initiated by David Corkery, Declan Fitzpatrick and Ben Marshall in the High Court in Dublin

It is believed the cases are related to concussion injuries the players suffered during their rugby careers.

All three players suffered concussions in their career. Additionally, Fitzpatrick, a prop who played seven times for Ireland and 98 times for Ulster before retiring in 2015, has taken a case against Ulster, the IRFU and World Rugby. Corkery, a former flanker who played for Ireland, Munster and Bristol, has taken a case against Munster Rugby, the IRFU and World Rugby.

Proceedings were initiated by David Corkery, Declan Fitzpatrick and Ben Marshall yesterday.

But it’s not the way it should have been. It was all about me wanting to play for Ireland." That shouldn’t have been the case. We should have been better advised." I woke up and a few seconds later I was playing again. When I played, I had no respect for my body.

Three former Irish rugby players, two of them ex-internationals, have lodged High Court proceedings against the IRFU, World Rugby and their respective ...

Members of the group have been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and other irreversible neurological impairments. "It's happening in the southern hemisphere now, it goes across the board. The Ulster prop retired in 2015 after suffering a series of concussions.

They got some valuable game-time through the Connacht Senior League, their four-try haul against Sligo the undoubted highlight. New captain Calum Quinn, last ...

They achieved their stated aim last season of a mid-table finish, and looked well equipped to push on under head coach Ken Murphy. The Tipperary club lost both of their games against Midleton last year, going down 23-13 at home and 14-0 away. Bruff and Omagh played out two of the closest contests in the division last season. New captain Calum Quinn, last season’s Connacht Senior Club Player of the Year, remains a talismanic figure. Consistency will be key as the Limerick men look to improve on last year’s sixth place finish. Instonians play their first All-Ireland League game since 2014.

People in rugby have been moved by the personal accounts of former players as reported in the media. Player welfare is of paramount importance to the IRFU ...

Litigation from two former Ireland international players and a provincial player regarding concussion injuries has been placed in the hands of IRFU ...

Sometimes you have a mild headache and you are thinking it will go away, but it doesn’t.” “I don’t know how long that period was but it went on a while, weeks like,” he said in a 2017 interview. Player welfare is of paramount importance to the IRFU and we are constantly reviewing safety protocols for all players,” added the IRFU statement. Rylands said their application for a group litigation order is the biggest “class action” lawsuit to be launched outside the United States. There is going to be more,” said Manus McClafferty. That’s all I’m going to say, no more than that.

A trio of former Irish rugby stars, two of whom are former internationals, have launched High Court proceedings against the IRFU.

'People in rugby have been moved by the personal accounts of former players as reported in the media,' the statement began. In the wake of the news, the IRFU have released a short statement. Corkery is a 27-cap former Ireland international who was the country's player of the tournament in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS have been brought against the IRFU, World Rugby, and certain provinces in Irela...

Player welfare is of paramount importance to the IRFU, and we are constantly reviewing safety protocols for all players." His lawsuit is against Leinster Rugby, Connacht Rugby, the IRFU and World Rugby. They also claimed that an ongoing education, monitoring and application of safety protocols was always being looked at .