Kick Off The Season With ‘In Touch’

Start the season in style and enter our FANtastic competition to win a 3-match package to Ireland’s GUINNESS Series matches against New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

The Ireland Under-20s made history earlier this year when they beat New Zealand and made it to the final of the World Rugby U-20 Championship. Head coach Nigel Carolan reflects on the highs and lows of the tournament and predicts a bright future for some of the rising stars of the game.

The GUINNESS PRO12 kicks off this weekend and we have exclusive interviews with Pat Lam, Leo Cullen, Rassie Erasmus and Les Kiss as well as a preview of all four provinces league campaign.

With less than 12 months to go to the Women’s Rugby World Cup, we talk to Niamh Briggs and Fiona Coghlan about how special the final in Kinspan Stadium will be.

In club news, we preview the Ulster Bank League and ask can Clontarf make it back-to-back titles? We also feature Dublin University’s Tony Smeeth who tells us about his role and the club.

All this and more including nutrition advice for young players, a look at the Women’s Sevens summer training, Willie Duggan in ‘Irish Icons’ and we look at the #GiveItATry programme that is encouraging more women and girls to take up rugby.

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