Griffin and Galvin welcome RPI board role

Ireland women’s captain Ciara Griffin and Sevens star Louise Galvin have welcomed their appointments to the board of Rugby Players Ireland following the representative body’s expansion of its executive committee to reflect its growing remit in the Irish professional rugby.

RPI also announced that Institute of Directors (IoD) in Ireland chief executive Maura Quinn is to join its Executive Board as an Independent Board Member with immediate effect while in addition to appointing representatives for the Irish women’s XV and Irish women’s 7s, the men’s sevens programme will also have a voice at executive committee level through Ireland player Greg O’Shea.