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BISHOPS RUGBY SINCE 1861<br />
The River Liffey in Ireland’s capital Dublin<br />
The <strong>Bishops</strong><br />
1st XV will tour<br />
Ireland in<br />
March 2019.<br />
Richard Evans<br />
(OD 1995F)<br />
shares some<br />
insight on<br />
schools rugby<br />
there.<br />
SCHOOLS RUGBY is very<br />
different in Ireland – but don’t be<br />
fooled, it is fiercely competitive<br />
at U18 level.<br />
Most junior rugby players in<br />
Ireland start their introduction<br />
to rugby at clubs, not at school<br />
– there are a handful of private<br />
schools that have junior-school<br />
teams, but these are few and far<br />
between. Rugby is played at high<br />
schools, so there is a serious<br />
drop-off at club level in the U14<br />
to U18 age groups.<br />
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