/r/irishrugby

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The first subreddit dedicated solely to discussion of the men's, women's and youth Irish National Rugby Team, as well as anything related to rugby in Ireland.

Fáilte! Welcome to the first subreddit dedicated to the sport of rugby in Ireland!

Please submit anything that will inspire discussion about our men's, women's or youth teams!

Relevant Links:

Official website of the IRFU

BBC Sport section on Irish Rugby

Official 6 Nations site with all our fixtures and news

Club Team League Tables:

League Table of the Ulster Bank All Ireland League

League Table for the Guinness Pro12

Champions Cup Pool Tables

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New Zealand game tickets?

Long shot but anyone selling 2 tickets 🤞

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2024/10/31
22:32 UTC

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Some All Blacks tickets on TM right now

Hurry!

7 Comments
2024/10/31
15:23 UTC

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Rowntree’s Exit

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2024/10/30
21:20 UTC

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IRFU Supporters Club renewal

Anyone know where I can find my renewal date ? I signed up at some point last year, but can still login to member area & have membership number, but here’s no renewal date listed, or place to pay subscription?

5 Comments
2024/10/30
19:20 UTC

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New Zealands Haka

It's a hot topic at the moment. Personally I love it. The character and cultural significance it brings to the game are valuable in my opinion. I do however think it should be something that the opposition should be allowed to challenge. This got me thinking how could some of the other rugby nations do that?

Should we send furlong and porter up after the haka. To see them bursting out from green smoke to irish dance music and dancing their hearts out while the other players hold hurleys and sliotars.

What kind of wild challenges would you like to see in response to the haka from other countries if it became a thing?

120 Comments
2024/10/30
13:56 UTC

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Rowntree out at Munster.

Did not see that coming, rough start to the season but nothing that bad.Instagram Announcment

211 Comments
2024/10/29
10:35 UTC

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Seeking company at Ita vs Ire match in Rome

Hello everybody, I'm Italian and I just bought a ticket for next year match. Since I'm going alone I'd like to meet someone there to enjoy the match with and have some fun during third half :)

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2024/10/28
08:59 UTC

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Is the IRFU NIQ policy starting to cause more harm than good? Or at least in need of tweaking?

I’ll use Munster as it’s the easiest example for me. There were obvious reasons for the NIQ policy which I think most people would have been supportive of given where the national squad was at the time and especially with the front row production line (RIP Tom Court’s Ireland career) but are we now getting to a point where it’s having quite significant downsides?

The whole thing with Munster having to let go of Snyman and Frisch has been well documented. Looking at them as the team that won the league two seasons ago and where they are now I don’t think you can argue they are worse off. Sure Snyman was injured a lot but when he was there he could win you the game and Frisch was a class act and a good combo with Nank. Farrell I think is a good signing but there is no way we can replace someone like Snyman. Can we really say that Snyman being signed by Leinster benefits Irish rugby? And consider the no NIQ front row rule despite Leinster sneaking in Slimani when Munster have been denied going external numerous times (again just looking at Munster for simplicity it’s not limited to them).

Surely it’s better for the provinces to be successful than to be forced to move players on who are settled and playing well and contributing positively. I think a new approach is needed to stop the three other provinces falling irrecoverably behind Leinster. Rather than saying provinces can only have one NIQ in a certain position, why not give each an allowance of 4 across the whole squad, unless the national depth chart falls below a certain number in a certain position.

Leinster are producing a ridiculous amount of top quality players and that shouldn’t be penalised but given they have 12(?) centrally contracted players and soon to have Snyman, Slimani and Barrett it’s just a case of the rich getting richer while the other three are scrapping away.

I don’t think any province would have had their trophy successes, or at least as many, with the current rules if they had been in place for the last 25 years.

Idk I’m only one guy.

56 Comments
2024/10/27
18:00 UTC

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Ireland lacking props

Watching the Munster game yesterday I was disappointed by the quality of props we are producing as there isn’t a lot of top quality props coming through ,even with the u20s with Ireland our props struggled in the u20 semi final against England in the scrum .With both ,bealham,furlong over 30 with other lads such as jager and porter getting up there what can Ireland do to improve our prop development and therefore better our scrum

52 Comments
2024/10/27
15:16 UTC

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Did anyone catch Shayne Bolton Injury? Presumably out for November

9 Comments
2024/10/27
12:42 UTC

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Tickets/Sections for 6 Nations game in Rome

Trying to plan a trip to Rome for the game on March 15th. What sections/seats are Ireland fans sitting in and anyone have any general advise for Stadio Olimpico?

2 Comments
2024/10/27
08:50 UTC

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Japan vs All Blacks

Anyone have any idea where I could watch the Japan vs All Blacks game tomorrow morning? Can’t seem to find much online about it

8 Comments
2024/10/25
17:40 UTC

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Tickets for sale Ireland vs Argentina

I have 4 tickets for Ireland vs Argentina on 15 November. They're in section BLK115, Row Z, seats 1-4 (South Stand, Lower). They cost me €90 a ticket.

Bought them for my dad for his birthday but he'll be away, unfortunately. There's no resale option on Ticketmaster but I can transfer them.

8 Comments
2024/10/25
14:55 UTC

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Ballsbridge pubs during Aviva games

Hi lads, my brother and I are going to the NZ game and my girlfriend wants to meet us after near the Aviva.

She'll need to wait somewhere for us during the game itself, preferably somewhere not packed to the rafters, so was wondering if anyone has experience with the pubs around the Aviva while a match is going on? Do they typically clear out as all the punters go to the stadium?

I'm thinking of the Den or Searsons or some other nearby one. Presume they'll all be showing the game on TV too, but curious if anyone can say how busy they are while the match is going on at the stadium?

17 Comments
2024/10/25
11:06 UTC

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Bundee to France ?

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2024/10/25
10:53 UTC

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Steroids in Irish schools rugby?

Throughout the last few years I’ve witnessed a lot of Irish schools matches ,mainly in Leinster but also around Ireland and one thing I have noticed is the size of some the players in these matches has steadily increased in the last few years ,16 year olds who weight 100kg and are incredibly lean and vascular, kids who would only have maybe 2-3 years of S&C already have insane physique for a sport that doesn’t demand players to be the most aesthetic or vascular.I was really just wondering because I have heard rumours from people in the know about doping in Irish schools rugby and was just wondering how much of a problem do people think it is in Ireland mainly.

69 Comments
2024/10/25
10:35 UTC

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Everyone in the irish training camp caught the flu. Whats your backup matchday 23

15 Comments
2024/10/25
09:47 UTC

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The Rugby Odds: Hook & Lewis Heated Red Card, Lethal Leinster & Lions Stay Purr-fect, Munster Mauled by Stormers, Ulster Clicking, Connacht Questions...

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2024/10/24
04:12 UTC

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Autumn internationals

I saw that there's only 2 uncapped players named in the team for the autumn internationals. Are these games not a perfect opportunity to cap more young, unproven talent at international level? I know it's sort of a warm up for the 6 nations but why aren't more uncapped players given opportunities at these games?

18 Comments
2024/10/23
14:13 UTC

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Izzy's in... but does he feature?

17 Comments
2024/10/23
13:51 UTC

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Irelands November Series Squad

162 Comments
2024/10/23
12:59 UTC

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Leinster v Lions 2x tickets for sale: €30 for the pair

Tickets gone.

I can't use my two season tickets for the Leinster v Lions match on Saturday, so will let them go for below face value at €30 for the pair if anyone wants them.

You'll need a ticketmaster account so I can send them to you.

8 Comments
2024/10/23
12:43 UTC

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Scotland dropped Ben Healy? Should he have stayed at Munster

50 Comments
2024/10/23
12:35 UTC

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Supporters Club - should I join now?

Hi all. Will I be in the lotto for 6N tickets if I join now? Or is the window gone? This would be the only reason for me to join, but am heading to the Italy game in Rome so not pushed if I have 0 chance to get home tickets cheers

17 Comments
2024/10/23
10:41 UTC

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URC round 6 fixtures

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2024/10/23
09:37 UTC

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