Nucifora set for IRFU role

David Nucifora will be installed as the Irish Rugby Football Union’s high performance director in time for the summer tour to Argentina.

The former Wallabies hooker is expected to take a role in Ireland’s two-Test South America tour in June, it’s understood. The 52-year-old’s appointment should be formally confirmed once the long-term wrangling over the future of European club rugby is completed.