Ireland-Fiji Rugby: Changes to EPCR Qualification to make BKT URC stronger

The BKT United Rugby Championship will introduce full meritocracy for EPCR qualification starting from this season (2023/24). In a change from the previous qualification method employed by the BKT URC for the previous two campaigns, all eight top-ranked teams from the league table will qualify for the Investec Champions Cup with the remaining sides taking their […]

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Ireland-Fiji Rugby: Changes to EPCR Qualification to make BKT URC stronger

Ireland-Fiji Rugby: Clarification of RWC shirt number issue

As for all other matches during France 2023 we used a local, tournament recommended, printer to print the numbers on our jerseys for Saturday’s quarter-final meeting with Argentina. Unfortunately, it would appear these printers did not use the correct process for attaching the numbers. For clarity, Macron supply high quality kit to the WRU without […]

Ireland-Fiji Rugby: Macleod named Scarlets skipper

Josh Macleod has been appointed Scarlets captain for the 2023-24 season. The 26-year-old back-rower takes over the reins from Jonathan Davies. Pembrokeshire product Macleod led the side impressively in the second half of last season in Davies’s absence through injury, guiding the Scarlets to the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup. He made his Scarlets […]

Ireland-Fiji Rugby: We have to keep on improving – Gatland

Warren Gatland has laid down the challenge to his Wales squad to keep on improving and to build on what they have done over the past five months. Their World Cup journey may have come to an end in Marseille in a quarter final defeat to Argentina, but Gatland believes the team can continue to […]