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PRO12 CHAMPIONS CONNACHT are exploring the option of ground-sharing Eamonn Deacy Park with Galway United. The Irish Independent are today reporting that the province are due to meet with the Galway Football Association to discuss the possibility of redeveloping the ground. If the plans were to get the green light, the capacity of the stadium…

THE SURPRISING, YET deserving winners of last season’s Pro12, Connacht will start the campaign as the team to beat but after a couple of big-name departures, Pat Lam’s side face an uphill battle to retain their crown. Click Here: fermanagh gaa jerseys Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images What’s changed?  The high-profile loss of Robbie Henshaw to…

THE FRENCH AND English rugby leagues continued apace over the weekend, with plenty of Irish involvement.  Here, we round-up the exiles’ contributions over the past few days. Aviva Premiership Wasps made it two wins from two games with an impressive 34-22 success away to Leicester on Saturday, as Ireland international Marty Moore made his first start at tighthead…

THE PROVINCES HAVE certainly seen better weekends in the Pro12. Ulster were the only Irish side to come away with a win from the second round of matches, a result which leaves them sitting in third. Munster fell to the first defeat of the Rassie Erasmus era on Friday night while on Saturday, Tommy Seymour’s…

ULSTER WILL BE without the services of Craig Gilroy and Luke Marshall for this weekend’s meeting with Glasgow Warriors. Les Kiss and his side will be aiming for their fourth consecutive Guinness Pro12 victory of the season at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday evening [7.35pm]. According to an injury update issued by Ulster today, Gilroy sustained a…

TWO MEMBERS OF the Munster backline that started last weekend’s win against Newport Gwent Dragons will be unavailable when they host Edinburgh in the Guinness Pro12 on Saturday afternoon [3.00pm]. Andrew Conway and Colm O’Shea will miss the visit of the Scottish side to Thomond Park after the province confirmed today that both players sustained…

Click Here: cork gaa jerseys THE FRENCH RUGBY Federation (FFR) was ordered by an industrial tribunal on Monday to pay €1 million in compensation to sacked national coach Guy Noves. Noves, who had sought €2.9 million in damages, became the first France coach ever to be sacked, in December 2017, after a meagre seven wins…

FORMER ENGLAND RUGBY international and Wasps star Christian Wade has been assigned to the Buffalo Bills as part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program. Wade retired from rugby union last October having won a solitary England cap. He scored 82 Premiership tries for Wasps – the third-most in the competition’s history. Wade, 27, left rugby union to pursue…

WESTERN FORCE SUFFERED heartbreak when Rugby Australia decided to cut them from Super Rugby in 2017, but the Perth-based club have moved on and are now pursuing very different interests. Backed by local billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, the Force – having played ‘World Series Rugby’ in 2018 – are behind a new competition called Global Rapid…

WITH ONE ROUND of regular season games remaining, the fixture details for next month’s Guinness Pro14 quarter-finals have been confirmed this afternoon. The two ties will be played back-to-back on Saturday 4 May, with Ulster’s inter-pro showdown against Connacht at Kingspan Stadium scheduled for a 5.35pm kick-off [eir Sport/Premier Sports]. Connacht travel to Belfast for…