JOE SCHMIDT HAS named his team to face Wales on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium (KO 2.30pm). Check out the matchday 23 in full here. Luke Fitz at 13 After Keith Earls and Jared Payne got starts in Ireland’s 13 shirt in the two opening World Cup warm-ups, that appeared to be that in terms of…
THERE’S BEEN A running joke in the Ireland squad this week ahead of the confirmation to the players of Joe Schmidt’s final 31-man World Cup squad on Sunday. The Kiwi head coach will make some extremely difficult phone calls the day after Ireland’s meeting with Wales in Dublin to inform those who have missed the…
CONNACHT HAVE BEEN sent to Siberia after losing a game of Russian roulette. Pat Lam’s men face the nightmare 12,000km round-trip to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in November after being drawn to face Russian newcomers Enisei-STM in the European Challenge Cup. Connacht drew the short straw at a draw in the EPCR headquarters at Neuchatel in Switzerland,…
Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO (Republic of Ireland supporter Roisin Kennedy from the London Supporters Club pictured in Faro ahead of the Gibraltar game) HomeFive players have been cut from the Ireland squad ahead of their game with Gibraltar.Sean O’Brien is back in Ireland’s starting XV as they prepare for the upcoming clash with England.Connacht will have to…
AUSTRALIAN LOCK MARK Chisholm, Kiwi centre Francis Saili and 19-year-old wing Stephen Fitzgerald will make their Munster debuts in Sunday’s Guinness Pro12 clash with the Ospreys at Liberty Stadium (KO 2.30pm, TG4). 33-year-old Chisholm has been named in Munster’s second row alongside Dave Foley. New Zealander Tyler Bleyendaal has been handed the number 10 shirt…
THOSE THAT FOLLOW Brian Mujati’s YouTube channel will know the South African international is a bit of a character. The former Northampton Saints and Racing Metro prop has finally completed his long-awaited move to Sale, after a lengthy work permit process, and to celebrate the official signing the club went all-out for his unveiling. They’ve…
WALES COACH WARREN Gatland has rewarded the brilliant form of openside Justin Tipuric with a starting role in Sunday’s Pool A clash with Uruguay (Sunday 2.30pm). Click Here: All Blacks rugby store Tipuric is given the number seven jersey ahead of captain Sam Warburton who shifts over to blindside in a back row completed by…
SOUTH AFRICA HAVE recalled forwards Eben Etzebeth and Warren Whiteley after long injury absences for their Rugby Championship opener against Argentina in Durban on Saturday (Sky Sports, 15.30). Lock Etzebeth last played for the Springboks nine months ago against Wales and missed the entire Super Rugby season due to shoulder and back injuries. The absence…
ON ONE OF the many meeting room walls inside Leinster’s UCD headquarters is a new mural to mark the province’s landmark double, flanked either side by reminders of the other memorable days from down through the years. Leinster backs coach Felipe Contepomi. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO From Lansdowne Road and the Celtic League-winning team in 2001,…
Click:virtual try onIn the January 14th, 2018 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it was stated that All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan will serve in the “Vince McMahon role” as head of creative, with Cody focusing on the men’s singles division, the Young Bucks in charge of tag teams and Brandi handling the women….