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Hansberry completes IRFU team

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The Rugby Paper Team
23 August 2026

THE IRFU has completed its provincial coach line-up within the women’s national talent squad programme, appointing Craig Hansberry at Connacht, Matt Brown at Munster and Griffin Phillipson at Ulster.
They join Leinster’s Matt Gill, with the quartet tasked with identifying and developing players for provincial and international rugby. Hansberry is Ireland U18 Women head coach, Brown leads Munster, while former Ampthill prop Phillipson is Ulster’s scrum and defence coach.

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