Rugby:The IRFU and O2 have confirmed that renewal of an agreement that will see the telecommunications company continue as sponsor to the Ireland rugby team through to 2016.
The new deal will see O2 maintain their primary sponsorship role and will include the company’s logo featuring on all of the Ireland senior international and Ireland Wolfhounds teams’ playing and training kits, as well as on a wide range of team-related IRFU merchandise.
As part of the announcement O2 and the IRFU have also unveiled plans to hold an open training session with the Ireland squad on Thursday, August 25th in the Aviva Stadium. The ‘O2 Ireland Team Training Session’ will allow supporters to get an exclusive view of the squad in their final preparations for the final pre-World Cup warm-up test against England at the same venue two days later.
Admission to the training session will be free and entry to the Aviva Stadium is by ticket only. Tickets are available from 2pm today (August 8th 2011), and can be ordered at: www.ticketmaster.ie. O2 has been the official sponsors of the Ireland rugby team since 2006.
