A team behind our teams - finally some backup for our sporting backrooms

On Wednesday November 8, the Irish Sport and Exercise Sciences Association (ISESA) will be officially formed and launched in the national sports campus in Abbotstown.

Long-term research partnership between the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the University of Limerick (UL) focusing on injury monitoring and prevention in the amateur game, known as the IRIS Project has commenced recording data. 

They’ve been the people, the hidden figures, that form the teams behind the teams that you follow: from Olympic Games in Tokyo to All-Irelands in Croker to even possibly your own local field, hall, track.

Now, finally, they’re getting a chance to be a team themselves. The country’s current – and future – support service providers are being provided with a service and some support of their own.