Bemand commits to Ireland until 2029 World Cup Ireland have been given a boost ahead of their Women's Six Nations campaign with head coach Scott Bemand signing a contract extension to stay in the hot seat until the 2029 World Cup.

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O'Toole earns high praise for 'amazing' impact at loosehead The Ulster man has been happy to switch sides in the front row for Ireland.

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Ulster boosted for sold-out inter-provincial derby with Munster by return of skipper Ulster are aiming to open the New Year in fitting fashion by seeing off Irish rivals Munster in front of a sold-out Ravenhill.

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Cian Tracey: Ulster are slickest Irish side right now – a certain Mark Sexton is key – so Leinster should be afraid It will have come as scant consolation to Ulster after losing to Cardiff in such dramatic circumstances, but they did at least keep up their remarkable record of having picked up a try-scoring bonus point in each of their seven games so far this season.

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Murray & Gav analyze Friday's Dexcom Stadium incident, discuss upcoming games: Munster-Connacht, Lions-Ulster & Leinster-Zebre. Listen on Acast. #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/ue1nj

Leinster triumphed over Munster with 21-16 at Aviva Stadium last month, now favored to win again. #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/ZPz5g

URC back with all 4 provinces ready, new coaches, players. Improve Irish domestic rugby performance! #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/b0FIJ

Monaghan fit as Ireland change six for Black Ferns Ireland co-captain Sam Monaghan has been passed fit for Sunday's Women's Rugby World Cup clash against New Zealand, while Aoife Wafer remains sidelined.

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Ireland’s Béibhinn Parsons reveals the weird quirk which won’t put her side off at Women’s Rugby World Cup Maybe the upside of having a World Cup pool game with an unconventional midday kick-off is that at least the wait won’t drag any longer for this Ireland team to make its appearance at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

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Your player-by-player guide to the Ireland squad for Women’s Rugby World Cup This is the 32-player squad Ireland head coach Scott Bemand has named for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England which starts on Friday, August 22.

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How will the Lions tour impact Ireland’s rugby philosophy? - The Irish Times How will the Lions tour impact Ireland’s rugby philosophy?  The Irish Times

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Keith Wood's son Tom one of five new Munster academy recruits Oisín Minogue, a nephew of Anthony Foley, is also joining the academy.

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"URC playoffs & Champions Cup qualification up ahead. Ulster has triumphed in 3 out of 4 recent encounters with Munster, who holds a winning streak at home. " #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/urqlL

Ireland seeks more points in Pool B match, as young team led by Willie Faloon. #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/pdS5e

Scott Bemand hails Aoife Wafer and Ireland’s ‘hunger’ to improve after slaying of Wales in Newport Ireland head coach Scott Bemand believes Aoife Wafer can become a “generational talent” after her player of the match performance in their 40-14 win over Wales in Newport in the Women’s Six Nations.

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World-class fullback to miss Ireland's South Africa tour. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁩󠁳󠁭󠁖󠁥󠁮🇿🇦 #rugbyireland https://fefd.link/JHR8y

Provinces to pay 40% of national player contracts in change to IRFU funding model The IRFU state it intends to invest the funds generated from the change in the player pathways of Connacht, Munster and Ulster.

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Injury updates for Ireland Women's Rugby in Rugby Daily; France men face challenges too. #SixNations #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/WUkY1

Amee-Leigh Costigan named captain as Ireland team announced for Women’s Six Nations opener against France Amee-Leigh Costigan has been named as Ireland captain for the opening game of the 2025 Women’s Six Nations against France at Ravenhill on Saturday (1pm).

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Scott Bemand says ‘speed of ascent is somewhat surprising’ for Ireland women’s team ahead of Six Nations Ireland head coach Scott Bemand says the speed of progress of his team is “somewhat surprising” as they prepare for the upcoming 2025 Women’s Six Nations.

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'They come back with the wealth of knowledge and what applies to the Leinster game' The province’s assistant coach on the impact on Leinster of their Ireland contingent.

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Rugby Daily: Munster vs. Ulster, team news, Sam Prendergast & Ireland Sevens in Madrid. 🏉 #RugbyIreland https://fefd.link/InnNl

Doak names McCarthy as captain for U20 Six Nations Connacht back row Eánna McCarthy has been confirmed as captain for the Ireland Under-20s, as head coach Neil Doak named a 31-man squad for the upcoming Six Nations Championship.

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'The big picture of the game is that I'm really proud' - Farrell The Ireland boss was happy with both of his out-halves against Australia.

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