Donegal Town RFC played host to the area qualifier of the Ulster Branch Under 14 High Schools' Cup

The first round of the Girls' secondary schools' Cup was played in Letterkenny earlier this week. The schools competing were Rosses CS, Loreto Milford, Glenties Comprehensive and Magh Ene Bundoran

The Lakeside, home to Ballyshannon Rugby Club, was the venue for last week's National Schools' tag rugby blitz

All the latest news from Donegal

Ulster Academy coaching staff, Jonny Bell and Chris Shields are set to attend Donegal's second county trial scheduled for January 4th 2010...

On Monday 14th December, the IRFU Ulster Branch hosted a Tag Rugby Blitz in Carndonagh CS

Six schools from Northwest Donegal recently took part in a Buntus Rugby session delivered by the IRFU and Donegal Sports Partnership

Donegal recently had a visit from David Wilkinson, the IRFU Ulster Branch Referee Development Officer to run a course for Secondary school level refereeing

Over the last month staff from the Donegal Community Rugby Project have been busy delivering rugby sessions to secondary schools and clubs all over Donegal as a way of attracting new players to the game at school, club and County level

Donegal's newest Rugby Club, Tir chonaill RFC, will be officially opened this evening by IRFU Ulster Branch President, Cecil Watson and Ulster Rugby Director of Operations, David Humphreys

The first round of the boys' Secondary Schools' Cup took place in Letterkenny this week

Senior and Youth coaches in Donegal were treated to a master class in coaching last weekend when Ospreys Skill Coach Gruff Rees, and Ex- Wales Defence coach Rowland Philips visited the County

On Thursday 19th November, the second County Donegal U16 Blitz of the season took place at Letterkenny RFC

On the 28th November two of the most highly regarded rugby coaches in Wales will visit Donegal to run skills workshops for Youth coaches

New ground was made for the development of Women's rugby in Donegal last weekend with the representation of 4 Donegal Ladies at Ulster Senior Women's level

Tir Chonaill RFC has become the latest Rugby Club to become affiliated to the IRFU Ulster Branch

On Wednesday 7th October, the annual Pollock Cup Qualifier took place at Letterkenny RFC

63 new associate referees were accredited last week in Donegal

A great day's fun was enjoyed by all in Letterkenny on Saturday at a Tag Rugby competition organised by the Donegal Community Rugby Project

Youth Devlopment Officer posts available with DCRP

Rugby coaching in Donegal received a big boost during the month of June, with over 60 new coaches now accredited at Foundation and Mini levels

Making a presentation at the launch of the Irish Sports Council's funding for the IRFU, GAA and FAI, IRFU Chief Executive relayed details of the Donegal Community Rugby Project and the efforts being made by the clubs, schools and Development Officers in the county

Donegal Community Rugby Project sets the wheels in motion for a new rugby pitch in the area

Rugby in Donegal received a welcome boost this week when Matt Williams and his Ulster team spent the day in Letterkenny to support the work of the Donegal Community Rugby Project

In a joint initiative between the IRFU Ulster Branch and Ulster Rugby to support the work of the Donegal Community Rugby Project, the Ulster Rugby squad and management team will be visiting Letterkenny on Tuesday 28th April

On the last day in March, over 400 secondary school students took part in one of the largest Rugby competitions held by the IRFU Ulster Branch

The girls from Donegal's Abbey Vocational School experienced their first contact match last week when their Under 18 team played Loreto Convent

Magh Ene and Glenties came out on top as Donegal held the final U16 and U18 Blitz of the year last week

Letterkenny RFC was the venue for the second of this season's Donegal Community Rugby Project U16 & U18 Blitz competition

On Tuesday 21st October, 32 girls from 3 schools in Donegal took part in what is understood to be the first U18 girls' contact rugby fixture held in the country

The Irish Rugby Football Union (Ulster Branch) would like to invite applications for the position of Youth Development Officers for the Donegal area

A number of primary schools from the Donegal area have taken part in a contact rugby blitz

The Donegal Community Rugby Project recently held an awards night at Jacksons Hotel, Stranorlar

LYIT travelled to Gloucester last weekend to play Hartbury College in an end of season tour

The Donegal County Rugby squads recently returned from a 5 day tour of South Wales. The U16, U18 boys and U18 girls played a series of games against strong teams in south and west Wales.

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Twenty 2nd Year Students from Letterkenny Institute of Technology recently took part in a IRFU Buntus Rugby and IRFU Mni Rugby Course as part of their sports modules.

The future of rugby in Donegal is looking brighter than ever after the Donegal Community Rugby Project (DCRP) was officially launched yesterday.