Ulster under pressure to raise their gameCeltic League/ Ulster v Glasgow: No less than Munster, Ulster play their first home competitive game of the season without their…Fri Sept 12 2003 - 01:00
Ireland's Call to stir up World Cup teamThe IRFU has confirmed that Ireland's Call will be the official "anthem" of the Irish team prior to World Cup matches in Australia…Tue Sept 09 2003 - 01:00
Ireland have wit to avoid ambushRUGBY: Eyes and thoughts have long since started wandering toward the quadrennial global feast in Australia, but for 80 minutes…Sat Sept 06 2003 - 01:00
Sheahan to hear ruling on appeal todayRUGBY : Frankie Sheahan will learn the outcome of his appeal against a two-year suspension imposed by the ERC following a positive…Tue Sept 02 2003 - 01:00
Hickie stamps his authority on ItalyIreland 61 Italy 6 : Neither the 60-40 possession, nor a territorial graph that was slightly less than that, much less a 9-6…Mon Sept 01 2003 - 01:00
Hayes out of Italy clash Rugby News round-upIreland's injury woes, and especially at tight-head prop, continue to unhinge their World Cup preparationsThu Aug 28 2003 - 01:00
Leading again from the centreGerry Thornley finds Ireland's number 13 quite willing to take or leave the captain's roleThu Aug 28 2003 - 01:00
Players go on trial as Ireland make 13 changesRUGBY: With 12 days to go until the cut-off point for Ireland's 30-man World Cup squad, rarely has an Irish team taken the field…Wed Aug 27 2003 - 01:00
Connacht's terminators have not gone awayOn Rugby: At an annual club dinner toward the end of last season, a leading IRFU official played down the apparent resistance…Tue Aug 26 2003 - 01:00
Team-mates row in behind SheahanDavid Wallace and Ronan O'Gara have supplemented the groundswell of support building up behind Frankie Sheahan by issuing strongly…Tue Aug 26 2003 - 01:00
Next lot in get their chance to boost Irish caseNews round-up Opportunity will beckon for a raft of World Cup wannabees when Ireland host Italy at Thomond Park on Saturday …Wed Aug 20 2003 - 01:00
Ireland looking to get basics rightIreland v Wales preview: Mid-August, a heatwave and Ireland playing rugbySat Aug 16 2003 - 01:00
Burke's withdrawal leaves outhalf cover looking bareRUGBY: Paul Burke's withdrawal from the Ireland squad for Saturday's World Cup warm-up game against Wales with a hamstring injury…Tue Aug 12 2003 - 01:00
Appeal date set for SheahanRugby: The date for Frankie Sheahan's appeal against his two-year suspension has been set for Monday, September 1st, in Dublin…Fri Aug 08 2003 - 01:00
Imminent cull gives edge to squad sessionsRugby: Three warm-up Tests and 31 days from now, the cull will be completeThu Aug 07 2003 - 01:00
Different goals for different teamsSOCCER: The scoreline had long since become an irrelevanceWed Jun 25 2003 - 01:00
Bradley's men need bonus of victoryRugby Under-21 World Cup: Such is the narrow margin for error in the Under-21 World Cup that in their second match of the competition…Tue Jun 17 2003 - 01:00
All change at ConnachtNews round-up: The extent of the turnover in personnel at Connacht in the close-season was made apparent yesterday with the …Wed Jun 11 2003 - 01:00
Munster and Gloucester renew rivalryEuropean Cup Draw: The draw for next season's Heineken European Cup provided a strong whiff of déjà vu yesterday which, for…Wed Jun 04 2003 - 01:00
Murphy centre stageIn what would be a radical move, Geordan Murphy is apparently being considered as an alternative for Brian O'Driscoll at outside…Sat May 31 2003 - 01:00
Gatland and Wasps close to summitWarren Gatland stands within one game of perhaps the biggest achievement of his coaching career when Wasps take on Gloucester…Sat May 31 2003 - 01:00
Smyth has hooked up with RotherhamRugby: Peter Smyth, the 25-year-old Leinster hooker, has become the latest to join the exodus of provincial players after agreeing…Sat May 31 2003 - 01:00
Mix-up regrettable - ERC chiefThe ERC chief executive, Derek McGrath, has voiced his regret over the ticketing policy at the gates of Lansdowne Road for last…Fri May 30 2003 - 01:00
Collins survives coupDorothy Collins was re-elected as honorary secretary of the Leinster Branch at their a.g.mFri May 30 2003 - 01:00
Leinster face another riftIn an already discordant month for Leinster rugby, the branch a.g.mWed May 28 2003 - 01:00
Bruiser uses diplomacy on day of vindicationIt was a triumphant day for the ERC, for Toulouse, for Guy Noves and, of course, for Trevor BrennanMon May 26 2003 - 01:00
Toulouse have cutting edgeEuropean Cup final: Okay, so it has a more Gallic than Gaelic flavour but, heaven's above, a European Cup final is about to …Sat May 24 2003 - 01:00
ERC welcome renewal of sponsorship dealOn the eve of its eighth final, the European Cup received a major boost yesterday when tournament organisers announced Heineken…Sat May 24 2003 - 01:00
Toulouse have cutting edgeOkay, so it has a more Gallic than Gaelic flavour but, heaven's above, a European Cup final is about to take place on our doorstep…Sat May 24 2003 - 01:00
Spooner is left with few optionsRUGBY: Proof, if it were needed, that in the professional rugby game the players are ultimately pieces of meat has been vividly…Fri May 23 2003 - 01:00
Playing waiting game European CupPolitics and sport made happy bedfellows in the Mansion House yesterday as ERC officials, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, representatives…Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
Latham turns down Munster moveRugby News: A slightly embittered war of words has broken out between Munster coach Alan Gaffney and Chris Latham after the …Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
O'Driscoll's absence leaves void at the backInternational news: As expected Brian O'Driscoll has been excused duty from the forthcoming tour of Australia, Tonga and Samoa…Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
Clontarf can be an inspiration to othersOn Rugby: Much like junk food and junk movies, play-offs are seemingly a necessary evil in modern-day sport, writes Gerry Thornley…Tue May 13 2003 - 01:00
Player cleared over drug useAn unnamed All-Ireland League Division One player has been cleared by the IRFU of any wrongdoing despite taking a substance which…Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Players must survive new trialsA rebirth of the once obligatory but gradually derided Final Trial was hardly what the players of Munster and Leinster especially…Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
IRFU line up trial matchReinvoking memories of the defunct Final Trial, a Whites selection will meet a Colours selection in what has been termed a "pre…Tue May 06 2003 - 01:00
Ballymena have the real edgeLansdowne v Ballymena Lansdowne are the form team of the four semi-finalists, having won nine on the spin and helped themselves…Sat May 03 2003 - 01:00
Clontarf can take controlClontarf v Buccaneers Being at home, whereas their debut in last season's semi-finals was away to eventual winners Shannon, …Sat May 03 2003 - 01:00
ERC insist final is at LansdowneDespite a growing French campaign to have the Heineken European Cup final between Toulouse and Perpignan re-routed from Dublin…Wed Apr 30 2003 - 01:00
Perpignan's bite is deepLeinster 14 Perpignan - 21: European Cup Semi-Finals: Rugby, said Matt Williams wryly yesterday, has a funny habit of rearing…Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:00
Spirit of adventure provides the spark to take on ToulouseInterview with Anthony Foley: No opponents mark out Munster's territorial advances in Europe quite like the games against Toulouse…Thu Apr 24 2003 - 01:00
Try feast as fates are sealedWith the sun on their backs, hard grounds underfoot, and the customary end-of-season pursuit of bonus points, 156 tries decorated…Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
It's all in the bounce of the ballAs Marc Stcherbina led the chase to the last-play kick downfield by Ovidiu Tonita, lives seemed to flash before our eyesMon Apr 14 2003 - 01:00
Motivation will certainly not be a problemAnother England-Ireland showdown, another Leicester-Munster showdown. Not that you'd grow weary of them.Sat Apr 12 2003 - 01:00
All hail England, but Ireland are comingOn Rugby : So England rule the Six Nations roost and good luck to themTue Apr 01 2003 - 01:00
Stage set for Ireland to make final impactON RUGBY: "How can you have a championship decided by the first match rather than at the end?" bemoaned English Rugby Football…Tue Mar 25 2003 - 00:00
Fringe trio get chance to impressRugby Six Nations Championship: Wales v Ireland There are, according to some Kiwi rugby folk, three golden rules of New Zealand…Wed Mar 19 2003 - 00:00
Timely run-out for MunsterRugby News: In the absence of an A international between Ireland and Wales this week Munster have managed to cobble together…Wed Mar 19 2003 - 00:00
