Emerging Ireland ended their three-match tour of South Africa with an entertaining 33-24 victory over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. After victories over Pumas and Western Force, the youthful Emerging Ireland side trailed 17-12 at half-time in the third match of their South African tour. Robert Hunt burrowed over inside seven …
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Head coach Scott Bemand has made three changes to his team for Ireland’s final WXV1 match with the USA. After a stunning win over New Zealand on their WXV1 debut, the Irish were defeated by hosts Canada on Sunday. That leaves Ireland third in the table heading into the final …
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The draw for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England will be live on the BBC’s The One Show on Thursday, 17 October. In August it was announced BBC Sport had secured exclusive rights to broadcast every game of the tournament. BBC presenter Gabby Logan and England’s 2014 World …
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Former Ireland Under-20 head coach Murphy, who was given the Ulster job in May following an interim spell in charge, has presided over an up-and-down start to the campaign with an opening URC win over Glasgow followed by back-to-back defeats by the Lions and Bulls. Despite a couple of negative …
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“It is a team sport and wherever I am needed, I’m a competitive bloke, so I will fight as hard as I can for the team. “Sometimes that is going to be at full-back sometimes it is going to be at 10, but I am still focused on being the …
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Wales: Jasmine Joyce; Carys Cox, Hannah Jones (capt), Hannah Bluck, Nel Metcalfe; Kayleigh Powell, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Natalia John, Abbie Fleming, Alisha Butchers, Alex Callender, Bethan Lewis. Replacements: Molly Reardon, Maisie Davies, Donna Rose, Georgia Evans, Kate Williams, Sian Jones, Robyn Wilkins, Courtney Keight. Japan: …
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Hughes will link up with former Dragons defence coach Simon Cross, who is the head coach at Old Glory DC. Hughes has thanked Dragons for granting him an early release after he spoke to head coach Dai Flanagan. “They have been fantastic and very supportive in allowing me to pursue …
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“His athleticism and skill level are through the roof, but so is his conscientiousness, his professionalism, and his desire to achieve great things.” The club say that Pearson, who won his first, and so far only, England cap in a World Cup warm-up game against Wales last year, will now …
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Faletau had hoped to return before the autumn internationals following a six-month injury lay-off with a broken shoulder, targeting his Cardiff return before the end of October. The British and Irish Lions back row suffered this latest injury blow on his Cardiff comeback against Ulster in April. Faletau’s injury was …
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England have also become more creative, with the Red Roses attacking with more ambition and vision since coach John Mitchell took charge at the end of 2023. “We went through years of our driving maul and set-piece being our strongest point,” said Kildunne. “That has never been taken away – …
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