24 May, 14:08
The Irish Rugby Supporters Club is delighted to announce that tickets for the GUINNESS Series 2013 will go on sale on ticketmaster.ie at 10am on Thursday, May 30.
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23 May, 11:00
The Irish Rugby Football Union today announced ticket prices for the GUINNESS Series 2013 and a pre-sale to Supporters Club members, which will open on Thursday, May 30.
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23 May, 09:41
The IRFU is currently inviting applications for the position of Communications and Media Officer.
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20 May, 19:55
Second row Paul O'Connell spoke to the assembled media on the Lions squad's first day at their training camp in Carton House. He cannot wait until the full squad is together and is hoping to be involved in the historic tour opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong.
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Heineken Cup Qualification Criteria
17 December 2002, 8:36 am
With the possibility of up to three teams in the same Pool finishing with identical match points, the final qualifiers for the quarter finals will initially be decided by the number of tries scored.
Qualification / ranking will be determined by the results of only the six matches played between the clubs concerned as follows:
a) the club with the greater number of match points (two for a win, one for a draw) from those matches. b) the club who has scored the most tries in those matches. c) the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
If still unresolved then the criteria will be: a) total number of tries scored in the Pool stage. b) aggregate points difference from the Pool stage. c) fewest number of players sent off / and or suspended in Pool stage. d) toss of a coin
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