Rugby Players Ireland information

The Rugby Players Ireland is the representative body for professional rugby players in Ireland. Founded in October 2001, its aims are to promote and protect...

List of Ireland national rugby union players is a list of men who have played for the Ireland national rugby union team. Note the list only includes men...

and in the Rugby World Cup. Ireland is one of the four unions that make up the British & Irish Lions – players eligible to play for Ireland are also eligible...

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (Irish: Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland...

4 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been...

Leinster Rugby (Irish: Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial club rugby union teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in...

entire isle of Ireland in international rugby league. The representative team is composed largely of players of Irish descent who compete in the Super League...

Rugby union (Irish: Aontas Rugbaí) is a popular team sport on the island of Ireland, organised on an all-Ireland basis, including players and teams from...

The Ireland national rugby sevens team competes in several international rugby sevens competitions. The team is governed by the Irish Rugby Football Union...

organised by Rugby League Ireland. The representative team is dominated by players from the Super League and sometimes includes players from the Australasian...

The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and...

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15)...

English professional rugby union coach and former player for both rugby league and rugby union. Farrell has been head coach of the Ireland national team since...

the total Irish population, Connacht has a much smaller base of rugby union players to choose from than the other three provinces. This player base is also...

Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby union teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the Irish regional pool of the United...

The Ireland and South Africa rugby union teams have a rivalry dating back to 1906. The Springboks of South Africa dominated their early meetings, as have...

The Ireland rugby union team are scheduled to tour South Africa in July 2024, where they will play two test matches against the South Africa rugby union...

district rugby was higher than ever and players were more accustomed to experiencing pressure in matches where the result really mattered. Fewer players were...

The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national...

Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...

matches against the various rugby-playing nations. More than a dozen former Wallabies players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Australia's...

Munster Rugby (Irish: Rugbaí Mumhan) is one of the professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship...

South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players from the South Africa national rugby union team have joined...

the Rugby Football Union (RFU), players have been contracted to their clubs since the advent of professionalism in late 1995. Since then, players have...