The top of the Magners league table is dominated by the two Irish provincial rugby sides Munster and Leinster. Munster are 3 ahead of second place Leinster. Leinster are themselves 8 clear of third place Ospreys, but the Welsh sides have a game in hand since they had no match scheduled for last weekend. [...]

The Celtic League Chairman John Hussey and the board of Celtic Rugby have announced the prospect that 2 Italian teams will be joining the Magners League in the 2010/2011 season. This inclusion is subject to the Italian Rugby Federation meeting a number of conditions, including playing and facility standards, finance and commercial including television.

The addition [...]

Sadly the RBS 6 Nations is over for another year. Fortunately this is a special year, its a British & Irish Lions year. Now we can review the performances of all the participants from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales with a view to them travelling to South Africa in 9 weeks time.
On Tuesday [...]

This Friday (27th March) at 7.45pm, Munster take on Glasgow Warriors in the Firhill Arena. Munster are currently top of the Magners League table going into round 13 of the competition. Today Tony McGahan named the 26 member squad to travel to Glasgow for the Magners League clash. Peter Stringer, Tomas O’Leary, [...]

See the new video for “ here’s to the grand slam and Ronan O’ Gara”- by Limerick’s Corrigan Brothers:

The Lyrics for
Here’s to the Grand Slam and Ronan O’Gara
words and Music Corrigan Brothers (Gerard,Brian and Donncha Corrigan).
You don’t believe it
But you can today
A grand slam for Ireland
We went all the way
Scotland were thistled
Wales shown the [...]

CIT fresher’s rugby team remains undefeated and has finished at the top of their pool having dealt with Colaiste Stiofain Naofa (CSN) on the 19th of March on the main pitch at Cork Institute of Technology. CIT beat Colaiste Stiofain Naofa (CSN) 12 to 5. The team now progresses through to the ICRU [...]

Video clip - Hear  the thoughts of the Irish captain and coach and Welsh coach on the RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam win  at the postmatch press confrence.

Ireland retain 4th position in the IRB World Rankings after winning the RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam.
IRB World Rankings after the final weekend of the 6 Nations:
1(1) NEW ZEALAND 92.68
2(2) SOUTH AFRICA 89.45
3(3) AUSTRALIA 85.86
4(4) IRELAND 83.27
5(6) ARGENTINA 81.56
6(7) ENGLAND 80.96
7(5) WALES 80.59
8(8) FRANCE 79.94
9(10) FIJI 75.24
10(9) SCOTLAND 75.23

Just in case you didn’t realise it, Ireland have topped the RBS 6 Nations table.
Congratulations to all involved in the great display during the entire championship and in winning the Grand Slam.
Here is the state of the table after the final weekend of the RBS 6 Nations 2009:

Position
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
PD
Pts

1
Ireland
5
5
0
0
121
73
48
10

2
England
5
3
0
2
124
70
54
6

3
France
5
3
0
2
124
101
23
6

4
Wales
5
3
0
2
100
81
19
6

5
Scotland
5
1
0
4
79
102
-23
2

6
Italy
5
0
0
5
49
170
-121
0

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