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…
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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…
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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…
IRELAND ARE BELIEVED to have concerns around Cian Healy’s recovery from neck surgery as the World Cup looms. Healy missed much of last season with a hamstring injury, before his neck issue flared up. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Though initial reports after the loosehead prop’s operation to remedy a disc problem in his neck were positive,…
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