IRFU back long-term plan to develop women’s rugby

The Irish Rugby Football Union has bought into a bigger future for women’s rugby with the development of a Long Term Player Development (LTPD) model.

The aim is to provide an integrated framework to facilitate the development of female players at all levels of participation and experience.

It has been jointly developed by IRFU Women’s Executive, Nora Stapleton, with assistance from IRFU Head of Technical Direction, Steve Aboud, and is designed to provide a framework to ensure that coaching, training and playing is always appropriate for the developmental stage of the players involved.