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Ronan O'Gara's retirement from professional rugby brings to an end an achievement-packed career that saw him dominate matches in Ireland and around the world in the colours of Cork Constitution, Munster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions.
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IRFU provincial and national age grade coaches - Under-18s, Under-19s and Under-20s - and IRFU elite player development staff from the four provinces gathered recently to review their experiences, discuss challenges and align closer to ensure the development of more effective elite players across the IRFU Elite Player Pathway.
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The IRFU today announced a new one-year contract with Brian O'Driscoll which will see him remain available to play for Ireland and Leinster until the end of June 2014.
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U21s - Lining up the Tactics for World Championships
29 May 2006, 10:06 am
The U21s are in camp in preparation for the World Championship in France. Coach Mark McDermott receieved a presentations from team sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers.
World Rugby Championship in France is the U21 Team Coach Mark McDermot and
Carmel O'Connor, Partner, PwC, whose firm are team sponsors...
The Ireland team will open the tournament against France in Issoire on Friday, June 9 - the same opposition they played in the first game of last year's tournament. the 2006 tournament opener will also be televised live (broadcaster to be confirmed).
Other fixtures are:
Tuesday, 13th June Ireland v Argentina Cournon 16.00hrs
Saturday, 17th June Ireland v Georgia Issoire 15.00hrs
Wednesday, 21st June Match Day 4 TBC
Sunday, 25th June Match Day 5 TBC
The Ireland U21 Squad was named last week - click here.
...Lining up the tactics...
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