Making space for women in Australian Rugby

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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…

Death of Kenyan rugby player

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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…

Good luck to the women in green tonight!

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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…

Ireland’s women win over Wales in 6 nations

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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, …

6Nations Ireland’s women win over Italy

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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 …

Coming soon to a blog near you

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 …

Time to change kick-off times?

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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….

Bumps, bruises and rugby with Dani Bachmann

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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…

Irish people loving their sport

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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…

IRB Women’s Personality of the Year

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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…