Yesterday both the IRFU and FAI sought to clarify the reports in the media that a rift had opened over the ownership of a future stadium at Landsdowne Road.

Mr Fran Rooney, Chief Executive of the FAI, said:

We have always enjoyed a tremendously good working relationship with the IRFU and that still applies.

There is no clash between us on the future development of the stadium. What we are attempting to do is to identify our entitlements and the extent of our involvement if we are to invest substantial funds in the development.

The suggestion that a rift had developed between the two organisations arose out of a report that in return for investing more than €40m in the development, the FAI were seeking part ownership.

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