The UAFC

Connacht Rugby are delighted to announce the signing of Piers O’Conor from Bristol Bears for the 2024/25 season. The Irish-qualified 28-year old joins after a six-year spell in Bristol where he amassed 132 appearances and 35 tries. He played a major role in a period of success for the Premiership si...

Stormers bringing the Springboks with them on their last NH tour of the regular season, play Dragons in R16 and Connacht in R17.

Cork Con win AIL cracking final. Queens stay in 1B Malone down to 2B Quins down to 2C Ballyclare up to 2C Bangor down to Championship Next Season Ulster teams 1A-Hinch, Armagh 1B-Queens 2A-Stones,Banbridge,Ballymena 2B- Dungannon,Malone,Rainey CV 2C-Ballycalre,Omagh,Quins 13 teams across 5 leagues ...

Well after next weekend could well know if we need 7th or 8th to make Champions Cup for next season.

Benetton should beat Gloucester who are rubbish. Sharks v Clermont is an interesting game to call. Clermont are 6 points off the Top 14 playoffs with 4 games to play.

justinr73 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:40 pm Leinster will not send a strong team to Belfast if they’re playing in the Cup final the week after.

Getting zero match points in South Africa may change that. Top 4 very close now - Glasgow 58, Leinster 54, Munster 53, Bulls 51. They will not want to a have an away semi final / final in Pretoria.

Fri May 3 – Sun May 5 Champions Cup Semi Finals Sat May 4 5:30pm Leinster v Saints RTE2 / TNT Sports 2 / beIN SPORTS / Super Sport / FloRugby Sun May 5 3pm Toulouse v Harlequins ITV1 / TNT Sports 1 / beIN SPORTS / France TV / Super Sport / FloRugby / TV5 MONDE Challenge Cup Semi Finals Sat May 4 12:...

So the local rag said the more likely scenario on coaching was Murphy or Payne as head coach, maybe both joining the coaching ticket.

Don't know when Soper's deal is up, Bell has a deal till 2025.

They’re still missing Ruzza. No Brex or Negri either but it’s not a bad looking side. They don’t usually travel too well but have scraped a few narrow wins. They are missing 7 of their best 23 according to those on twitter who know more than myself about their side. Ruzza, Brex, Negri, Fekitoa, Sny...

The former Springbok legend and Toyota Cheetah captain, Ruan Pienaar, will take the first steps in his coaching career when he officially joins the Free State u.21 and Toyota Academy coaching staff as the new backline and attack coach. Pienaar will still play for the Toyota Cheetahs in the SA Cup, w...

Seems a reasonable appointment if true. Needs to be given a long runway for the rebuild though, to clear out the stench of medicority in the organisation. I'm glad money is being thrown at coaches rather than players at this point, as the otherway around would be putting the cart before the horse i...

Top 14 Round 22 Sat Apr 27 2pm Toulouse v Racing 92 Viaplay App / Premier Sports UK Player Sat Apr 27 4pm Bayonne v Bordeaux Viaplay App / Premier Sports UK Player Sat Apr 27 8:05pm Clermont v Stade Francais Viaplay App / Premier Sports UK Player Sun Apr 28 8:05pm La Rochelle v Toulon Viaplay App / ...

Forwards or head coach? Hmm…not for me though if head coach. A proven track record with young player development a must. The knowledge of young ire players a bonus. I wouldn’t have an issue re rest of coaching dept frankly, no one has covered themselves in glory. Contract buy outs could be an issue...

Rich Freeman @FreemanrugbyJPN According to reports & sources set to be number of new coaches in JRLO Div 1 next season P. Hewat (Ricoh) reported to be joining Leicester J. Ackermann (D-Rocks) said he is looking to leave Japan to return to SA My understanding is F. Ludeke (Kubota) will take over ...

Interesting to see what approach Benetton take re the game on Friday. They have their Challenge Cup Semi Final the week after away to Gloucester whose best hope of Champions Cup rugby lies in winning the Challenge Cup. Do they send the 1st XV or hold a few back for the following week? Treviso need ...

Interesting to see what approach Benetton take re the game on Friday. They have their Challenge Cup Semi Final the week after away to Gloucester whose best hope of Champions Cup rugby lies in winning the Challenge Cup.

Do they send the 1st XV or hold a few back for the following week?