Ireland U20s drawn with back-to-back winners France in World Championship
Noel McNamara’s latest crop of promising young players will also face Argentina and Japan.
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Noel McNamara’s latest crop of promising young players will also face Argentina and Japan.
The pair combined to score 10 of the Kingdom’s 15 points, booking an All-Ireland semi-final berth in the process.
Bohemians and Ireland U21 defender Darragh Leahy is hoping to maintain his side’s fast start to the Toulon Tournament.
Players from Kildare, Monaghan, Derry, Dublin, Meath and Wicklow also make up the selection.
The IRFU’s Eoin Hogan explains what has been involved in the inaugural festival at UL.
Meanwhile, Leinster had a big win against Ulster at the U18s festival in UL.
All the action from the first game day in the Schools inter-pros at UL.
The IRFU has brought in a new format to expose young players to a professional environment.
The northern province have brought six youngsters into Year 1 of their academy programme.
All of these young stars can potentially make a name for themselves on the world stage in Russia this summer.
We spoke to former Ireland scrum-half Kieran Campbell about his role as the head of Ulster academy.
Conan O’Donnell, Cillian Gallagher and Peter Claffey have all penned new deals.
There were 11 tries in a frenetic game in Dublin.
Noel McNamara’s squad includes 11 players previously capped at this level.
Head coach Mark Butler has included six Exiles in his 24-man group.
Gavin Coombes and Charlie Connolly showed up well against the English pack.
Ireland U20s head coach Nigel Carolan took plenty of positives from a heartening win in Scotland.
Cillian Gallagher, Johnny McPhillips and John Foley are back from last year.
The province welcome the tourists to Thomond Park on 11 November.
Nigel Carolan is missing some key players through injury.
Enda Tierney, Eamonn Brannigan and Paul Mannion will all feature against Roscommon.
The foot won’t be coming off the pedal against Scotland on Saturday.
Nigel Carolan’s men needed a late, late penalty to clinch victory against Argentina.
Sam Arnold, Alex Thompson, Joey Carbery and Jacob Stockdale all looked good.
A layperson might be surprised at just how good a system Ireland has in place for its aspiring musicians.
There were a host of excellent performances at the RDS as Roscrea beat Belvedere.
Ross Byrne is happy to be linking up well with centres Sam Arnold and Garry Ringrose again in Wales.
We’ve picked out a player from each of the six teams ahead of this weekend’s first round.
The teams meet in the curtain-raiser in Croker.
This quintet of young players look set for breakout years in the world of rugby.
It seems auctioneering is now his chosen career path.