Rugby World Cup News
17 Jun 13
Ireland pulled clear of hosts Canada with four tries in the closing half hour as they earned a 40-14 victory at the BMO Stadium on Saturday night. Check out some photos from the Toronto tussle.
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17 Jun 13
The Ireland Under-20 team, sponsored by PwC, to face tournament hosts France in Tuesday's 5th-8th place play-off at the IRB Junior World Championship has been named.
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17 Jun 13
Fergus McFadden's desire to play international rugby on a regular basis was encapsulated by his last-minute try against Canada. The game was well won but Ireland wanted a sixth and final try and the in-form winger was only too happy to deliver, taking Paul Marshall's pass off a scrum and handing off Sean White to crash over in the left corner.
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16 Jun 13
Ireland bid farewell to the 2013 international season with a runaway victory over Canada, with a new captain and interim head coach presiding over a successful summer tour which saw six players make the step up to Test rugby.
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15 Jun 13
Toronto's BMO Stadium will play host to Ireland's final summer tour match when they meet Canada for the first time in four years. You can keep up-to-date with tonight's Test via our O2 MatchDay Live service right here on IrishRugby.ie.
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15 Jun 13
The Ireland Women's Sevens team claimed the scalp of reigning European champions England tonight as Jon Skurr's side ended the first day of the Marbella Sevens competition in fine style.
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15 Jun 13
Rory Best will become the third Ireland player to captain the British & Irish Lions during the 2013 tour when he leads them out against the ACT Brumbies on Tuesday.
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15 Jun 13
See below for a statistical preview of Saturday's summer tour Test match between Ireland and Canada at the BMO Stadium in Toronto (kick-off 8pm local time/1am Irish time).
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15 Jun 13
The British & Irish Lions ran five tries past the NSW Waratahs as they marked the halfway point of their ten-match tour Down Under with another win. Check out our match photo gallery from Sydney.
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15 Jun 13
'HeadCam 2: Kickin' It' with Ian Madigan and Paddy Jackson. We have all seen them land conversions and penalties but this week we put the headcam on Ireland's goal-kickers for a very different view.
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14 Jun 13
The Emerging Ireland team to play Uruguay in their final game of the IRB Tbilisi Cup on Sunday afternoon has been named.
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14 Jun 13
Down days on tour do not just mean a break from training. They also offer a chance for the squad to take in some of the local sights - in this case the spectacular Niagara Falls.
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14 Jun 13
James Downey has waited a while for his first Ireland cap, but his move back to Munster this season has helped to land him a senior debut in the green jersey.
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14 Jun 13
Canada head coach Kieran Crowley has made four changes in personnel for Saturday's Test match against Ireland at the BMO Stadium in Toronto (kick-off 8pm local time/1am Irish time).
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14 Jun 13
A big part of any rugby tour is getting to know the locals. With that in mind five of the Ireland squad headed out to Balmy Beach Rugby Club in Toronto for a training session with their youth teams.
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14 Jun 13
The Ireland Under-20s will play tournament hosts France in the 5th-8th place play-offs after losing a thrilling Pool B decider to New Zealand in Vannes. Check out our match photo gallery from Ireland's third IRB Junior World Championship game.
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14 Jun 13
Ireland Under-20 head coach Mike Ruddock gives his reaction after his side ran New Zealand close in their final pool game at the IRB Junior World Championship. The 31-26 defeat to the Baby Blacks saw the Irish finish as pool runners-up and they will take on tournament hosts France next Tuesday in the play-offs.
13 Jun 13
The Ireland team to play Canada at the BMO Stadium in Toronto on Saturday night has been named. The selected side shows a seven changes from last weekend's win over the USA as Les Kiss' charges prepare for the final Test of the season.
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13 Jun 13
The British & Irish Lions have announced the team to play the NSW Waratahs at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday.
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13 Jun 13
Michael Cheika, the NSW Waratahs head coach who spent five years in charge of Leinster, is looking forward to coming up against some of his former players in Saturday's match against the British & Irish Lions.
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