Munster's might faces greatest testIf it is true that the worst time for an Irish team to play a French side is in Paris when they have an April sun on their backs…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Toulouse command utmost respectToulouse is unique within French rugby in that it is the only major French city in which rugby supercedes football, for the heartbeat…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Keane makes way for HollandAs expected the Munster team to play Toulouse in Saturday's European Cup semi-final in Bordeaux shows just one change from the…Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Injury rules Dawson outKeith Dawson is out of Ireland's forthcoming three-test tour of the AmericasThu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Exciting finale concealed the flawsSo the Munster clubs went to the well but found the well had run dry, and so the AIB League trophy will be travelling beyond …Tue May 02 2000 - 01:00
The match that had everythingShrouded in controversy on the run-in, fighting an almost forlorn battle to keep its foothold in Irish rugby and often being …Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
O'Brien in for LenihanBrian O'Brien, the current Munster team manager, has been appointed as the new Irish team manager in succession to Donal Lenihan…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
The Permutations: Seven clubs in with a semi-final shoutSt Mary's: Victory at home to Con today would ensure a home semi-final for Mary's, as most probably would a draw or two bonus…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Garryowen in sight of playoffsAlmost as important as the result itself, amid the frenzied pursuit of bonus points in Limerick last night Garryowen reached …Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
DLSP reshuffle front row to face TerenureFacing something of a do-ordie finale to their roller-coaster first season in the top flight, DLSP have opted to shore up their…Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
Embattled Limerick showdowns go aheadAs expected, the IRFU yesterday rejected appeals by Shannon and Garryowen to postpone tonight's re-arranged Division One derbies…Wed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00
Back to basics for everyoneOvershadowed and overstretched as Munster continue to hog the limelight, the Eurosceptics, otherwise known as the clubs, lurch…Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Munster have real fighting chanceIn the red corner the mighty Munster men who provided the cornerstone of Ireland's rejuvenated championship campaignSat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Two-year deal for GatlandWarren Gatland has agreed a two-year extension as Ireland coach and confirmed that regardless of whether his contract is renewed…Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Charvis in fresh eligibility controversyBBC Radio Wales were this morning set to break the news that Welsh flanker Colin Charvis was not eligible to play for Wales when…Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
Horgan replaces Maggs on the wingIf the unprecedented congestion in the Greystones RFC car-park wasn't an accurate weather vane for Ireland's current standing…Thu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
New legal limits free up the gameA pity, isn't it, that this year's Six Nations Championship didn't conclude with the opening round of fixturesTue Mar 28 2000 - 01:00
Gatland contract talks to start this weekThe IRFU are set to open preliminary negotiations with Warren Gatland this week regarding an extension to his existing contract…Tue Mar 28 2000 - 01:00
Cork still in with a chance"We're still alive," was an opinion commonly ventured in a relieved Temple Hill clubhouse after Cork Constitution retained a …Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Hayes is only concern for IrishAside from monitoring the return from injury of Shane Horgan, the only concern for the Irish management arising from the weekend…Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Holders in crucial testAs much as the Twickenham defeat demoralised Irish rugby folk, the feel-good factor generated by events in Paris last Sunday …Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Blackrock look for 40th titleBlackrock College this afternoon seek to regain the Leinster Schools' Junior Cup crown, which they lost to Belvedere last year…Wed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
Hong Kong Sevens forces reschedulingEuropean Cup and international distractions having already taken their toll, and with Munster's continuing Euro involvement liable…Wed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
O'Driscoll has the Midas touchIn the aftermath of Sunday's famous win, one of the jokers in the Irish squad took out his chequebook, tore out a blank cheque…Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
O'Driscoll's triple whammy delivers Ireland from the desertAlmost worth the waitMon Mar 20 2000 - 00:00
Clongowes win seemed predestinedIt had to happen, there was an ulterior spirit at workSat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
French forced into major revampIt's a measure of the disruption which a plethora of injuries have caused to French plans for this Sunday's meeting with Ireland…Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Terenure look to have the edgeOf all the pilgrimages on St Patrick's Day few are cast in stone quite like the one to Lansdowne Road, where tradition decrees…Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Henderson to bolster defenceIn the immediate aftermath of the victory over Italy there seemed a distinct possibility that Ireland would field the same side…Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
22-game format puts Irish offThe IRFU yesterday informed their Welsh and Scottish counterparts that they had rejected the proposed Celtic League, essentially…Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
Keeping the tried and the trustedNever a month or so goes by without some proposal from across the water regarding a new competition or another alteration to …Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
Horgan decision todayA decision on Shane Horgan's fitness for Sunday's Six Nations encounter with France in Paris will be made today when the results…Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
McWeeney saves the dayIn their desperation St Mary's made desperately heavy weather of it, before getting there in the end when John McWeeney completed…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
More of Ballymena's home voodooAbout this time last year Ballymena's rot had set in and the rumour mill was rife that Andre Bester's, shall we say, quirky coaching…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
Clohessy free to face BallymenaThe scrap for those coveted play-off places in the AIB League hots up by the week, and regardless of the quality, the quantity…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Home is where the heart is for IrishYou'd wonder how fickle it all is really and how much of it is based purely on resultsTue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Clongowes taken to the wireFears of a lop-sided semi-final between two schools of starkly contrasting traditions in the Leinster Senior Cup appeared to …Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Magne citing a blow for FranceThe French coach Bernard Laporte is bracing himself for the prospect of losing his brilliant flanker Olivier Magne for the remaining…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Ireland now set free to enjoy ParisFree at last. Amid all the emotions which the Irish squad and management would have felt in the aftermath of shredding and then…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Superior Irish go the distance as Italians cave inAs a slightly stunned crowd could only stand and applaud an Irish team heading for the dressing-room with an unprecedented 33…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Four-try burst ends mediocrityIt wasn't without its longeurs, and at times it was like watching paint dry, but after the injury-time victories over England…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
