Robert Brophy Appointed Acting IRB Chief Executive

IRB Chief Financial Officer Robert Brophy has been appointed acting Chief Executive of Rugby’s global governing body and acting Managing Director of Rugby World Cup Limited. Appointed by the Executive Committee, Irishman Brophy will take up his new position on February 1 to continue to drive forward the IRB’s core business

ACC Talking Points – Quarter Final fixtures

One of the biggest weekends in the European club rugby calendar will kick-off with the first in a series of intriguing Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final Anglo-French contests when last season’s finalists, Stade Francais Paris, host the Exeter Chiefs on Thursday, 5 April next. The theme of cross-channel rivalry continues with the