As a gesture of good will we have decided to keep the registration fee at the Standard rate in the run up to the final closing date so there will be no Late registration. All registrations and packages must be bought and paid for by the 31st of May however. There will be no extensions to this date it is our final deadline for registrations. The online store will close permanently at Midnight Saturday 31st May.

No further registrations will be taken and all incomplete transactions (including unpaid accommodation balances) will be void.

All profiles must be complete and accurate by Friday 6th June. It will not be possible to edit your profile information after this date. On-site registration in DCU will involve each player signing a waiver. Incorrect profile information will lead to invalid waiver forms which may lead to disqualification from play.

Standard Registration has opened for The Bingham Cup, Dublin 2008

If you are an individual affiliated to a club whose registration has been approved by your team Liaison go to the 'Member' menu and you will find a range of options available to you.

If you are an individual who is not affiliated to a club but wish to register to play, register here, select 'unaffiliated' as your club and proceed with registration.

If you are a Team Liaison the bulk purchasing system 'Club Shop' located on the Liaison Menu should be used to place orders for your club.

John McWeeney, Paddy Power, Richie Whyte and Gordon d’Arcy

At the launch of the Paddy Power sponsorship of the Bingham Cup – the gay rugby world Cup in the Front Lounge on Tuesday evening were a number of high profile Leinster, ex- Leinster and Irish internationals and pundits including Gordon d’Arcy, Emmett Byrne, Liam Toland , John McWeeney, and Peter Coyle.

Paddy Power and Barry Murphy's 'Gerhardt'

MCing the event, Apres Match’s Barry Murphy as the German character ‘Gerhardt’ had the capacity crowd in stitches as he mercilessly ribbed the speeches from Paddy Power and Tournament Director Richie Whyte, who was later praised by Dorothy Collins of the IRFU Leinster Branch for securing the biggest international amateur rugby event in the world next year for Dublin.

Barry Joyce (Warriors Chairman) and Ciaran O'Sullivan (Warriors Captain)

Also present in great numbers were members of the host club, The Emerald Warriors including the reigning Mr Gay Ireland, Barry Meegan.

Welcome to the new Bingham Cup 2008 website. Since winning the bid to host the Bingham Cup 2008 we have been working hard to put together a tournament focused on fair competition, rugby skills development, value for money, camaraderie and having the craic. We are introducing a number of innovations to the Bingham Cup, the most obvious being the campus approach. We have partnered with Dublin City University (DCU) to provide rugby grounds, accommodation, food and The Helix theatre as our opening party venue and all located within a maximum of 10 minutes walk of each other.

On the 20th of August we will be open for Early Group bookings of Registration & Accommodation Packages. In the meantime we suggest you have a look around the site to familiarise yourself with what's on offer. Club liaisons should contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it letting us know which club they represent. While tournament registration is not expected to be over subscribed we do suggest that teams who wish to stay in DCU Accommodation book early as demand is expected to be high and supply is limited.

Richie Whyte, Tournament Director