The 2020 AIC Rugby season didn’t quite go to plan for Villanova, who fell just short in two of their three matches in last year’s shortened season.

A handful of key players return from last year’s campaign though and will be joined by some exciting young talent this season.

Overview with Paul Davey:

”We’ve had a good preparation so far. We had a good performance at the Ballymore Cup and then we had a 24-24 draw against St Pat’s in our last trial on Saturday,” Davey told Rugby News.

“The players all got through that game unscathed, which is the main thing in trials, plus we’ve learnt what we need to work on this week ahead of round one against Iona.