The new IRFU website got up and running this week and welcome it is too. Edited by Pat Geraghty, the new design is certainly more user friendly and attractive than last year's model. With a map of Ireland listing all the major rugby centres, browsers can click on a town or city and see at a glance each of its clubs. In time, browsers will be able to click on each club for whatever information they need. With historic and archive information gradually building and news items such as the Irish Schools Summer Tour to Australia (which started this week) also included, the facility looks impressive.

The www.irfu.ie site is hosted by erin.sa and is run by Dubliner Geoff Thompson.