MUNSTER LEFT THEMSELVES with plenty to work on after a 30-19 win over Treviso in Musgrave Park on Saturday afternoon, as they plan ahead to an exciting Guinness Pro12 clash with Ulster in Belfast on 9 May. Giving up three tries to the Italians will have frustrated head coach Anthony Foley and defence specialist Ian…
Source: AP/Press Association Images TOULON TAKE ON Clermont at Twickenham on Saturday looking for an unprecedented third European Cup in-a-row. They have the deepest club squad in world rugby and have the luxury of being able to call upon a number of world class players in each position. But owner Mourad Boudjellal didn’t always buy…
PAUL O’CONNELL ADMITTED recently that he’s picked up the phone and called a former team-mate for advice on the next move he faces in his glittering rugby career. And Brian O’Driscoll isn’t a bad man to ask. The legendary Leinster centre tacked on an extra season to his playing days and didn’t regret it as…
IRELAND AND LEINSTER prop Cian Healy underwent a neck operation this afternoon to remedy a disc problem. Leinster say they are unsure of the timeframe for the loosehead’s recovery and Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt will therefore be waiting anxiously as the World Cup looms. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Matt O’Connor, the Leinster head coach, says…
The weather was only gorgeous for racing at Leopardstown Source: James Crombie/INPHO HomeRoy Keane has called for focus as Ireland continue to prepare for their friendly against England amid the ongoing corruption crisis rocking world football.Ireland will face stiff competition in the bid to host the 2023 World Cup with World Rugby confirming they’ve received…
Ireland 24 Scotland 20 IRELAND UNDER 20s rode their luck, but two clinical first-half moves were enough to claim victory over Scotland in today’s Junior World Championship Pool C encounter. In energy-sapping 32 degree heat and high humidity, Ireland were forced to cling on for long periods as Scotland’s Zander Fagerson-led pack dominated territory only to be…
WE NEED TO get Peter O’Mahony hooked up with this. Mic’ing up players has become a common practice in the NFL, but it looks like the craze may be coming to rugby, after Australian show Rugby HQ tried it out with the Brumbies’ Christian Leali’ifano during their Super Rugby meeting with the Crusaders last week. Click…
RUGBY MADE SIMPLE. Draw the man and pass, then draw the next man and pass, and then draw the last man and pass. The Highlanders had too much for their rival Chiefs this morning, coming out on top 24-14 to book a place in the semi-finals of Super Rugby. Click Here: cheap nrl jersey Waisake…
IT’S THE LARGEST tag rugby festival in the world, and it all just happened by accident. 13 years ago, the thirds team at Old Crescent rugby club in Limerick finished the season as the All-Ireland champions. To mark it, they said they’d throw a party. They invited a few of the teams around Limerick to…
IT’S AN HISTORIC week for international rugby, as New Zealand get set to play their first-ever Test match in the Pacific Islands when they face Samoa on Wednesday (KO 03.00 Irish time). Click Here: Manchester United soccer tracksuit Steve Hansen and his squad arrived in Apia today to a frenzied and rousing welcome from hundreds…