O'Gara sparks positive responseHEINEKEN CUP QUARTER-FINAL/Munster 33 Northampton 19: MUNSTER MAY have been without their Roy Keane Factor, captain Paul O’Connell…Mon Apr 12 2010 - 01:00
Munster warriors need to fight fire with fireMunster v Northampton: A SQUEAKY bum weekend continues this evening with another potentially epic Munster-Anglo affair in the…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Croke Park option for Magners League finalRUGBY: IN THE event of a Leinster-Munster final to the Magners League, or indeed the two provinces meeting at the semi-final…Thu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
Clermont not cheesed off yetLEINSTER V ASM CLERMONT AUVERGNE: “HOW CAN you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” bemoaned the former French…Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Cheika will have a strong hand to select fromHEINEKEN CUP: BRIAN O'DRISCOLL, Shane Horgan and Kevin McLaughlin were all restored to an expanded, 24-man Leinster squad yesterday…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Munster's need greater in Good Friday shoot-outRUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE: FOR ONCE the old cliché truly applies, namely that all roads lead to Limerick; albeit not necessarily …Fri Apr 02 2010 - 01:00
Danger rivalry will become more poisonousON RUGBY: The popularity of the Leinster v Munster fixture has led to excessive antipathy between the two sets of supporters…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Berne to start at outhalf as Sexton loses fitness battleH EINEKEN CUP SEMI-FINAL: JONATHAN SEXTON has definitely been ruled out of tomorrow’s Heineken Cup semi-final in Toulouse due…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Brown fit as Scots are unchangedRUGBY/SIX NATIONS NEWS: AS WITH Declan Kidney the day before, Andy Robinson yesterday announced an unchanged side for Saturday…Thu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Unchanged team looking to crown season with silverwareMANY AN Irish rugby player, even legends such as Mike Gibson, Willie John McBride, Keith Wood and countless more besides, never…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
O'Brien defends controversial edictSIX NATIONS NEWS: PADDY O’BRIEN, the under-fire IRB elite referee’s manager, has defended the controversial edict regarding …Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Ireland's big guns to set up the hitTHE WEATHER is set fair, it’s a landmark day for Ireland’s greatest rugby player and the last two Grand Slam winners and bulk…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Kearney misses out as Kidney sticks with MurphySIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: YOU WOULDN’T want to have a limp in this Ireland squadWed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
World Cup plans can wait - this is a Test with WalesON RUGBY: IRELAND-WALES always has a certain frissonTue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Fizz is taken out of Good Friday matchRUGBY: WITH LITTLE or no prospect of the Magners League game between Munster and Leinster being switched from Good Friday, Limerick…Sat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
O'Driscoll's injury concerns recedeNEWS ROUND-UP: ALL EXCEPT the Leicester-based Geordan Murphy of the Ireland team that kicked off against England on Saturday…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Ireland have less possession but more guileON RUGBY: TIME WAS when we said packs win matches and backs decide by how much, but perhaps not any moreTue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Time to put a halt to the chariot's rollRUGBY/England v Ireland: EVERY MATCH in the RBS Six Nations is defining in its own way and even an England v Ireland rendezvous…Sat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
England and Wilkinson are a class apartONE FROM THE ARCHIVES MONDAY MARCH 31st, 2003: NO ONE can say Ireland didn’t give it a go, which perhaps made it all the more…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
Fullback and outhalf are still up for grabsSIX NATIONS: DECLAN KIDNEY tends not to make wholesale changes if he can avoid them, least of all to suggest any hints of panic…Tue Feb 23 2010 - 00:00
Nah, Kidney ain't going to drop the Bull on 99 capsJOHN HAYES will hate all the fuss that might accompany the historic landmark of becoming Ireland’s first Test centurionTue Feb 23 2010 - 00:00
Plenty of twists still before the 'dream final'FRANCE AND England sit atop the Six Nations table. The natural order is being restoredTue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Hard, but not the end of an eraRUGBY: NO PLACE dampens the ardour of Irish rugby more than Paris, even on St Valentine’s WeekendMon Feb 15 2010 - 00:00
Ferris gets time to prove his fitnessDECLAN KIDNEY will give Stephen Ferris every chance to prove his fitness for Saturday’s crunch Six Nations showdown against France…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
France will have targeted this match from the startTHE FRENCH are rarely dull or predictable, and invariably make a fascinating case study, not least when they are next in line…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Kidney goes with horses for coursesRugby - Ireland v Italy team news: ULTIMATELY, THE hardest decision was deferred for another day, and we’ll never know whether…Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
Gower a major concern for ItalyITALIAN COACH Nick Mallett has a major concern before finalising his team tomorrow for Saturday’s Six Nations opener, with first…Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
Referee well able to make his PoiteONE OF the clouds looming over Saturday’s Six Nations opener is the presence of French referee Romain PoiteTue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Ferris doubtful as management keep options openSIX NATIONS IRELAND V ITALY: STEPHEN FERRIS is Ireland’s biggest injury concern ahead of their opening defence of the Six Nations…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Italian entry to competition now unlikelyRUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE: THE PROPOSAL to have two Italian teams, comprised of home-based players, competing in an expanded, 12-…Fri Jan 29 2010 - 00:00
Italian entry to competition now unlikelyRUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE: THE PROPOSAL to have two Italian teams, comprised of home-based players, competing in an expanded, 12-…Fri Jan 29 2010 - 00:00
Irish pair set for prime evening slotsHEINEKEN CUP DATES: NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, the two Irish provinces will host their Heineken Cup quarter-finals on prime Friday night…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Irish pair set for prime evening slotsHEINEKEN CUP DATES: NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, the two Irish provinces will host their Heineken Cup quarter-finals on prime Friday night…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Wilting of Red Rose a temporary phenomenonON RUGBY: THE DUST has settled and the gnashing of the teeth across the water can be heard from over hereTue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Wilting of Red Rose a temporary phenomenonON RUGBY: THE DUST has settled and the gnashing of the teeth across the water can be heard from over hereTue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Leinster manage to scramble homeHEINEKEN CUP/London Irish 11 Leinster 11: WHEN THE dust had settled on a breathless, at times exciting, often scrappy, muddled…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Provinces won't meet - unless they get to ParisRUGBY: LEINSTER AND Munster have been kept apart in the Heineken Cup semi-final draw, but each will have to take the scenic …Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Provinces won't meet - unless they get to ParisRUGBY: LEINSTER AND Munster have been kept apart in the Heineken Cup semi-final draw, but each will have to take the scenic …Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
'We went for the million-dollar pass too many times'LEINSTER SEEMINGLY had the winning of Saturday’s 11-all draw at Twickenham only to let London Irish off the hookMon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Leinster manage to scramble homeHEINEKEN CUP/London Irish 11 Leinster 11: WHEN THE dust had settled on a breathless, at times exciting, often scrappy, muddled…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
'We went for the million-dollar pass too many times'LEINSTER SEEMINGLY had the winning of Saturday’s 11-all draw at Twickenham only to let London Irish off the hookMon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
It will be no Thomond lark for the SaintsRUGBY HEINEKEN CUP: IF IT’S the penultimate Saturday in January it must mean Anglo-Irish summit meeting at a throbbing Thomond…Fri Jan 22 2010 - 00:00
It will be no Thomond lark for the SaintsRUGBY HEINEKEN CUP: IF IT’S the penultimate Saturday in January it must mean Anglo-Irish summit meeting at a throbbing Thomond…Fri Jan 22 2010 - 00:00
Making a major impact after feeling the energy withinJEAN DE VILLIERS INTERVIEW: JEAN DE VILLIERS has been watching the South Africa-England Test series on television, so he hardly…Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Making a major impact after feeling the energy withinJEAN DE VILLIERS INTERVIEW: JEAN DE VILLIERS has been watching the South Africa-England Test series on television, so he hardly…Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Chase for bonus points creates even more dramaON RUGBY: ON WEEKENDS such as the one just past, and especially the momentous one ahead of us, you really would feel sorry for…Tue Jan 19 2010 - 00:00
Chase for bonus points creates even more dramaON RUGBY: ON WEEKENDS such as the one just past, and especially the momentous one ahead of us, you really would feel sorry for…Tue Jan 19 2010 - 00:00
Leinster's threshold lowered notablyRUGBY: IT AIN’T over till the fat lady singsMon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
