Southern exposure for young forwardsRUGBY IRELAND TOUR: New Zealand Maoris v Ireland: ALL BUT four of the 34-man man squad still on tour took part in a relatively…Fri Jun 18 2010 - 01:00
The Maori Cool Hand LukeFOR LUKE McAlister, like so many others who went before them, nothing beats representing the New Zealand Maoris – partly because…Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
Task now to get up for Maori In New ZealandRugby News: WHEN IRELAND sustained the record 59-6 defeat to the All Blacks in the second Test in Wellington in 1992, a week…Mon Jun 14 2010 - 01:00
O'Driscoll hoping to reach dizzy heights for realNew Zealand v Ireland: MAYBE IT’S the toll of the season.Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
All Whites push All Blacks off front pagesFIRST TEST: THE VIADUCT is a swanky part of Auckland, crammed with state of the art yachtsSat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Getting some sleep for the long haulNEW ZEALAND DIARY: SLEEPING PATTERNS are a major topic of discussion in the opening days of a tour to the Southern Hemisphere…Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
'Exciting' All Blacks team to face IrishIRELAND v NEW ZEALAND in New Plymouth on Saturday (8.35 Irish time) ON TV: Sky Sports 1Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Chasing club and personal goals with the ChiefsDAVID GANNON INTERVIEW: NEXT SEASON’S Guinness Premiership will be adorned with at least one new Irish player depending on the…Wed May 26 2010 - 01:00
Leinster prepare for huge shake-upAMID ALL the gnashing of teeth in Munster circles about the end of an era being nigh, in fact there will be a more marked end…Tue May 18 2010 - 01:00
Considerable danger in tinkering with TV coverageON RUGBY: EAMON RYAN is no foolTue May 18 2010 - 01:00
O'Connell in race to be fit for Biarritz clashTONY McGAHAN has again conceded that Paul O’Connell is in “a race against the clock” to lead Munster in their Heineken Cup semi…Mon May 17 2010 - 01:00
Bowe takes prestigious awardRUGBY/IRUPA AWARDS 2010: TOMMY BOWE was last night named as the Bord Gáis Energy IRUPA Players’ Player of the Year at the eighth…Thu May 13 2010 - 01:00
Ryan to meet IRFU over TV coverageFREE-TO-AIR DEBATE: THE MINISTER for Communications Eamon Ryan will meet IRFU officials and the ERC chief executive Derek McGrath…Thu May 13 2010 - 01:00
Bulls preserve unbeaten home recordPLANET RUGBY: THE BULLS’ astonishing 40-35 win to preserve their two-year-old unbeaten home record against the Crusaders – the…Mon May 10 2010 - 01:00
Cork look to have a slight edgeFINAL PREVIEW/Cork Constitution v St Mary’s College: THE BLUE riband of the Irish club game probably has the best pairing it…Sat May 08 2010 - 01:00
Results puts pressure on Leinster and MunsterVICTORIES FOR the Ospreys and Glasgow Warriors last night at home to the Dragons and away to the Scarlets respectively mean that…Sat May 08 2010 - 01:00
O'Connell in race to be fit for Biarritz clashTONY McGAHAN has again conceded that Paul O’Connell is in “a race against the clock” to lead Munster in their Heineken Cup semi…Mon May 03 2010 - 01:00
'I think what killed us really was our set-piece'BIARRITZ v MUNSTER REACTION: IN ALL the post-match analysis the words “dominate” and “set-pieces” echoed mantra-like around …Mon May 03 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…Fri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Munster and Leinster get awkward Sunday evening gamesMAGNERS LEAGUE: LEINSTER AND Munster will both be obliged to play their concluding games in the Magners League on Sunday week…Thu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
Toulon wheel out the big gunsJONNY WILKINSON, Pierre Mignoni, Johann van Niekerk, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Sonny Bill Williams, Tana Umaga and the rest…Wed Apr 28 2010 - 01:00
Forecast cool but Leinster to feel heatRUGBY: THE FORECAST is for a drop in temperature from the mid-20s to the high teens, with a better than 50-50 chance of rain…Wed Apr 28 2010 - 01:00
Biarritz left fretting over Harinordoquy's fitnessHEINEKEN CUP SEMI-FINAL: ALREADY CONSIGNED to being without their influential French centre Damien Traille for next Sunday’s…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Odds have receded on a Munster doubleON RUGBY: TWO WEEKS ago we referred to the French phase “ courir apres deux lièvres” and the events of the past fortnight have…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
O'Connell in race to be fit for Biarritz clashTONY McGAHAN has again conceded that Paul O’Connell is in “a race against the clock” to lead Munster in their Heineken Cup semi…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Depleted Connacht may struggleMAGNERS LEAGUE Llanelli v Connacht: PLAYING THREE games in a week at the end of the season would be a tough ask for most squads…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Ulster to find the going toughMAGNERS LEAGUE Edinburgh v Ulster: EVER SINCE they won the league four seasons ago, when winning seven and drawing one of their…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Munster send out their big artilleryRUGBY Munster v Ospreys: THE STANDOUT match of the Magners League penultimate round is this meeting of third v second, which…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
Leinster hope to wrap things up out westMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS ROUND-UP: AS FEARED in the west, but hoped for up north, Leinster have decided to face into two games just…Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
Young Munster are not found wantingRUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE: OBLIGED TO dig deep into their A team and academy, and their reserves of famed togetherness, Munster were…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Connacht deflated as they let golden opportunity slipCONNACHT’S team and crowd alike were left deflated by a feeling that they’d let slip a gilt-edged opportunity to beat an injury…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Ospreys have just one thing on their mindsRugby Magners League - Leinster v Ospreys: CONTINUING THEIR end-of-season “tour” of northern Spain, Belfast and Dublin, the …Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Seapoint on verge of joining senior ranks for first timeAIB LEAGUE QUALIFYING ROUND ROBIN: SEAPOINT STAND on the verge of attaining senior status in Division Three of the AIB League…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Sexton in race to be fit to face ToulouseRUGBY : MICHAEL CHEIKA yesterday confirmed the odds are slightly against Jonathan Sexton recovering from an operation on the…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Munster duo undergo scansDOUG HOWLETT (hamstring) and Ian Dowling (knee) both underwent scans yesterday to determine the full extent of injuries they …Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Coughlan finally an overnight successON HIS full European debut last Saturday, James Coughlan was the baby of the pack, though given he’s 29, these things are relative…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
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
Leinster face trip to ToulouseALL ROADS lead to the south of France and Spain’s neighbouring Basque country en route to the Parisian denouementMon 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
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
