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The Australian Rugby Union now has a woman on board. In an exciting move Ann Sherry moved yesterday from the Australian Sports Commission to the rugby board.One small step. The SMH quoted chairman Michael Hawker saying: “”The first female director of t…
Aberdeen SkikoyiCaptain of the Kenyan women’s rugby team Aberdeen Shikoyi has died as a result of injuries she received during a game last weekend.Reports from the match against Uganda say she was hit in the spine during a tackle – kneed – and th…
The Irish women’s rugby team play England in their final match of the Six Nations championships tonight. Best of luck to them – having beaten Scotland and Wales, they’re on track for the Triple Crown if they can keep winning.I talked to manager Gemma C…
Great afternoon of rugby today for the Irish team against Wales in the women’s 6 nations tournament, with a scoreline of 36 – nil. Clare Molloy runs past Laura Prosser of Wales Stand-out player for me was winger Alison Miller who scored one try, …
Great weekend of sport (ignoring the other awful things happening in the world for a moment) and I was lucky enough to watch the Irish women’s rugby team defeating Italy by 40 points on 10. I talked to the captain Fiona Coughlan, manager Gemma Crowley …
A quiet blogging week due to a hectic off-line time, apologies to everyone who has popped in for a look.But there are some exciting interviews coming soon to a blog near you …Starting with interviews with the Irish rugby team – fingers crossed for a …
Irish scrum-half Larissa Muldoon Well, at least one Ireland vs France rugby match took place this weekend. The Irish women’s team were in action but lost out to France 8-7. And while a loss is heart-breaking, at least they got to finish this time….
From au-pair to rugby player Dani Bachmann has had an eventful decade living in Ireland. I was watching a men’s game a few weeks ago when she was pointed out as ‘someone you should talk to for that blog.’ So here she is … Dani with her team (bac…
Katie Taylor pic courtesy Lucozade So life just got a little complicated for advocates of women’s sport in Ireland. A new survey found that a lot more men than women love sport. Oops.They found that almost one-third of people living here “love and foll…
So as many of you know the men’s Rugby World Cup came to a half earlier this week. As well as the main focus on the matches, the IRB hands out Player of the Year and a host of other prizes based on performances during the year. For some reason th…
