Aviva Minis A Huge Success In Tullamore and UL Bohs : Irish Rugby

Over 700 boys and girls took part over the two days and enjoyed the fun on and off the pitch. The four provincial festivals this season have involved over 1,500 children from clubs all over Ireland.

When @niamhbriggs15 tied your boot laces....yeah that was pretty cool.
Great photo from the #AvivaMinis in @ulbohemianrfc yesterday. pic.twitter.com/yYMPYJv05Z
- Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) April 9, 2018

There were some very special guests at the two most recent festivals with Ireland's Ailsa Hughes returning to her old club Tullamore while Niamh Briggs and Chris Farrell were on hand in UL Bohs.

The #AvivaMinis National Festival takes place in Aviva Stadium on May 19th with teams drawn at random from the four provincial festivals held in Galway Corinthians, City of Armagh, Tullamore and UL Bohemian.

Take a look at the highlghts from the two days below.

Aviva Minis Festival - Tullamore RFC, Saturday, April 7th

Aviva Minis Festival - UL Bohemian RFC, Sunday April 8th

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Watch highlights from Ireland's final match of 2018 as they hosted the 13th-ranked USA Eagles in the GUINNESS Series at the Aviva Stadium. Andrew Conway weighed in with a hat-trick of tries on a night that saw his Munster team-mate Sam Arnold make his international debut.

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