New venue for the Ireland Women and U20s

Donnybrook is to be the new home venue for the Ireland women’s Six Nations matches as well as the men’s U20s.

After the floodlight failure in Ashbourne earlier this year, the IRFU was under pressure to select a new venue for the Six Nation’s champions to play their home fixtures.

The Ireland U20s played England in Donnybrook last season, and the quality of the surface has led to the decision to keep all of their home fixtures at the Dublin venue for the 2016 championship.