Andy Farrell makes shock appointment to Lions backroom team
Farrell will reunite with a familiar face British & Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell has appointed former Ireland high-performance director David Nucifora to his backroom team for the summer tour to Australia. Nucifora was in his role with Ireland from 2014 until 2024 – working with current Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt until 2019 […]
1 year ago
How an IRFU stake in London Irish could look and players that could feature
“We have to find a way.” Back in October 2022, near the end of an hour-long chat with David Nucifora, the prospect of an IRFU stake in London Irish was put to the IRFU Performance Director. It was not a shot in the dark, rather a natural query after the Australian had openly mused how […]
3 years ago
“We’d be ecstatic if Andy Farrell was the Lions coach” – David Nucifora
“It shows the confidence we have in Andy.” Before Ireland set off for their end-of-season tour to New Zealand, in June, the IRFU had some business with Andy Farrell that they wanted to get done. The likes of Ronan O’Gara or the Leinster duo of Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster were already being discussed, in […]
3 years ago
“It has rearranged the pecking order” – IRFU chief David Nucifora on Ireland’s Top 50 rugby players
“I think we’ve got a pretty good handle on our top 30.” IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora says Andy Farrell and his coaching staff have identified a 2023 World Cup plan that revolves around identifying and focusing on Ireland’s top 50 players. Nucifora delivered his state of the rugby nation to the media, on Thursday […]
3 years ago
“Very few players that we set out to keep were lost” – IRFU’s David Nucifora
“The reality is, this has been a really stressful time, both for our players and our staff.” The reality is, David Nucifora and the IRFU only had so much money and contracts going around. Still, many fans will look at the quality players departing their province, this summer, and wish that more could have been […]
5 years ago
“CJ was really appreciative of the offer he was given” – IRFU content they did all they could to keep Stander
“We got everyone we set out to get.” IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora is confident the union did all they could, financially, to retain Munster and Ireland star CJ Stander The Australian, now in his seventh year with the IRFU, made the claim at his end-of-season briefing with the media, this morning. While the union […]
5 years ago