Club News Womens Rugby 5 Sep.
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Munster recorded their second bonus-point win of the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship after they produced an excellent second-half performance to emerge 31-7 victors.

There was very little separating the sides throughout the majority of this game as Connacht’s resolute defensive effort frustrated Munster with the sides level 7-7 up until the 58th minute. That was until the home side scored three quick-fire tries as Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian RFC), Stephanie Nunan (UL Bohemian RFC) and Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird crossed the whitewash to add to Clodagh O’Halloran’s (UL Bohemian RFC) first-half effort to give Munster some breathing room as the match entered the final 10 minutes. Aoife Doyle got Munster’s fifth try on the stroke of full-time to cap off an impressive Munster…

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Club News Womens Rugby 31 Aug.
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Munster Women opened their Interprovincial campaign in impressive fashion against Ulster at the Kingspan today.

An eight-try performance and impressive defensive display ensured a 50-5 win against the northern province, setting them up nicely as they welcome Connacht to Musgrave Park for Round 2 next Saturday at 7.30pm. Cathal Sheridan Director of Rugby UL Bohemian RFC said “It was great to see the campaign kick off with a performance like that. A lot of work put in across the board there, and we’re happy to see 12 of our players represent their province in such impressive fashion on the field, as well as Niamh and Sara on the Management side. Big congratulations to Chloe on…

Club News Womens Rugby 31 Aug.
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Club News Womens Rugby 27 Aug.
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12 UL Bohemian Women’s Players Named in the Munster Women’s Team Opening Interpro game vs Ulster

UL Bohemian RFC want to wish our 12 Women`s Players, Former player and Munster Team Manager Sara Hartigan and Women’s Head Coach and Munster’s Backs Coach Niamh Briggs the best of luck in tomorrow’s opening interpro game vs Ulster. Kick off at 5pm and you can catch all the live action on TG4 Head coach Matt Brown has included six players in the starting 15 who will be making their senior debuts; Aoife Corey (UL Bohemian RFC), Chisom Ugwueru, Stephanie Nunan (UL Bohemian RFC) , Muirne Wall, Aaliyah Te Pou (UL Bohemian RFC) and Maeve Óg O’Leary. The experienced trio of…

Club News Womens Rugby 27 Aug.
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Womens Rugby 6 Aug.
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16 UL Bohemian Players Named in Munster Women’s Senior Interprovincial Championship Squad

Huge Congratulations to our 16 Senior Women`s Players named in the Munster Senior Women’s team for the Interprovincial Championship & big shout out to our two Red Robins Sarah & Nicole Cronin who were appointed Captain and Vice Captain both true leaders on and off the field. Sarah & Nicole are proud Limerick natives. Sarah started playing rugby in 2010 with Young Munster RFC & Nicole started at a young age with Richmond RFC & this is a great recognition for both club, then both moved to UL Bohs to play in AIL & have become an integral part of…

Womens Rugby 6 Aug.
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Underage Rugby Womens Rugby 2 Aug.
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Give it a Try – Girls Rugby Camp

As a Club we are delighted to be part of the Canterbury Give It A Try camps that will run for 8-weeks. Kicking off on Tuesday 3rd August at 7:30pm in Annacotty the 8 week camp is for girls aged 8-14 years to learn how to play rugby in a fun environment. The programme consists of a coach education element, fun rugby sessions, teaching the girls the basics of rugby. For fun, friendship and a life’s worth of lessons, there’s #NothingLikeIt Niamh Kavanagh UL Bohemian Rugby Media Officer said “its a wonderful programme for young girls to get the opportunity…

Underage Rugby Womens Rugby 2 Aug.
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Womens Rugby 19 May.
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Coaching opportunity with UL Bohemian RFC Women’s Senior squad. UL Bohemian RFC are currently seeking applicants for the role of Women`s 1st XV Forwards Coach.

The successful candidate will work alongside our Head Coach Niamh Briggs and our Director of Rugby Cathal Sheridan. We are looking for someone with strong technical expertise. However the most important qualification we are searching for is someone with passion, desire, and a will to grow and develop the game. Our Senior Women`s Team has gone from strength to strength over the last 21 years, and this role will give the successful applicant the opportunity to work with an incredible bunch of players on the field, and a driven management team off the field. If you feel as if you…

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Womens Rugby 18 May.
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UL Bohemian RFC are delighted to announce that former Irish International, Munster and UL Bohemian player Niamh Briggs has been appointed to the position of Head Coach to the Senior Women’s Team for 2021/2022.

UL Bohemian RFC are delighted to announce that former Irish International, Munster and ULBohemian player Niamh Briggs has been appointed to the position of Head Coach to the SeniorWomen’s Team for 2021/2022. “Briggsy” has a record that speaks for itself. Having joined UL Bohemian RFC in 2009 coming from Clonmel RFC, she quickly became a key player. Niamh made history in 2013 when she was part of the grand slam winning Irish team for the 6 Nations, before then going on to captain the team to 6 Nations success again in 2015. Niamh brings a wealth of experience on the…

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Womens Rugby 17 May.
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UL Bohemian RFC wishes Fiona Hayes the best of luck in the next stage of her coaching career.

We would like to wish Fiona Hayes all the best as she moves on from her role as ULBohemian RFC Women`s Head Coach. Fiona joined UL Bohemian as a player over 15 years ago and has been a key member of theclub both as a player and as a coach when she took up the role in 2019/2020season. UL Bohemian Director of Rugby Cathal Sheridan said: “On behalf of the club, I would like to sincerely thank Fiona for all her effort duringher time at Bohs. She is a representation of everything good about the game ofrugby. The respect she…

Womens Rugby 17 May.
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Womens Rugby 8 Apr.
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3 UL Bohs Women’s Players Named In Women’s Six Nations – Ireland V Wales

Ireland will be captained by our very own Ciara Griffin this Saturday April 10th, in the opening game of the Women’s Six Nations 2021 Championship campaign. The match will take place at Cardiff Arms Park, kicking off at 5pm. This will be live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, with Griggs’ starting XV showing three changes to the side that beat Italy at Energia Park last October. The team also features two more of our UL Bohs robins, Eimear Considine and Enya Breen. Considine will be returning to the full-back jersey, as one of the three changes in personnel from the victory…

Womens Rugby 8 Apr.
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Club News Womens Rugby 24 Feb.
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UL Bohs Lynne Cantwell has been appointed as SA Rugby’s first High Performance Manager for Women’s Rugby

UL Bohs are absolutely delighted for our very own, Lynne Cantwell, who has been appointed SA Rugby’s first High Performance Manager for Women’s Rugby. Roux announced that our former Ireland captain, Lynne Cantwell, had been lured to South Africa to fill the role in a departmental rejigging. When asked about this decision, Jurie Roux said: “If we’re serious about women’s rugby – and we are – we had to make a serious appointment, and we have. Lynne comes on board at a time when we have committed to growing the game amongst women – a directive from World Rugby and…

Club News Womens Rugby 24 Feb.
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