Band of brothersThe Wallaces: Richard, Paul and now, for the second time, David - the Wallace brothers will have featured in four of the last…Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Cockerill feels Tigers must show improvement in bigger arenaIT’S TEMPTING to think that there’s a whole lot of hooey being spoken in Oadby, the Tigers’ training ground just outside Leicester…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Leinster play it safe as big day loomsMAGNERS LEAGUE: NO CHANCES being taken this weekend in Leinster’s final Magners League fixture with DragonsSat May 16 2009 - 01:00
RDS to host Fiji for debut on international rugby stageINTERNATIONAL NEWS: LEINSTER’S GROUND at the RDS will become the fourth Dublin venue to stage an international rugby match when…Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
England back proposal with top stadiaITALY AND England have used the lure of their iconic football stadia in a bid to land the Rugby World CupThu May 14 2009 - 01:00
De Villiers likely to stay in South AfricaSPRINGBOK CENTRE Jean de Villiers appears to be reconsidering a move to Europe after the Lions tour this summer.Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Ulster can deny Connacht 'domestic triple crown'MAGNERS LEAGUE: Connacht v Ulster : THIS ONE is about team goalsFri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Cheika will want to be competitive but cautiousMAGNERS LEAGUE : Leinster v Scarlets: FOR THE last home game of the season Leinster arrive at the RDS with most of the bells…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Ireland open Challenge II campaign against ChileMEN’S HOCKEY: IRELAND WILL face Chile, Japan and Poland when they host the international Men’s Champions Challenge II in Dublin…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Tense wait for Quinlan as citing confirmedHEINEKEN CUP NEWS: MUNSTER FLANKER Alan Quinlan has been cited for “acts contrary to good sportsmanship”Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Tense wait for Quinlan as citing confirmedHEINEKEN CUP NEWS : MUNSTER FLANKER Alan Quinlan has been cited for “acts contrary to good sportsmanship”Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Another ticket headache for Leinster BranchMURRAYFIELD IS set to have a huge Irish contingent if the ticket sales remain in the same hands that originally bought them come…Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Sexton the student ready for the big examCHRIS WHITAKER, flanked by Luke Fitzgerald and Jonathan Sexton, put a whole range of issues and generations on the table yesterday…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Fundraising events in place to support the Stuart Mangan AppealPLANET RUGBY: A range of fundraising activities have now been put in place for The Stuart Mangan Appeal in conjunction with …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Leinster won't spare their Lions for GlasgowMAGNERS LEAGUE PREVIEWS: Leinster v Glasgow: MICHAEL CHEIKA has decided not to cut back on his Lions players for this meeting…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
No sanction for Pembroke despite ineligible playerMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH SENIOR CUP FINAL: THE IRISH Senior Cup final between Pembroke Wanderers and Cookstown at UCD on Sunday has…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Cardiff travel without the LionsULSTER V CARDIFF BLUES: LEIGH HALFPENNY, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts, Andy Powell, Martyn Williams and Gethin Jenkins have all…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Kidney given opportunity to look at fringe playersIRELAND TOUR TO NORTH AMERICA: DECLAN KIDNEY’S ability to pull an Irish team together from a disparate group of players may …Thu Apr 23 2009 - 01:00
Kyriacou enlisted to Ulster's frontrowMAGNERS LEAGUE: ULSTER, WHO face Cardiff Blues tomorrow night in the Magners League, have strengthened their frontrow options…Thu Apr 23 2009 - 01:00
Thomond Park to host play-off finalA BONUS prize for the finalists of this year’s AIB All-Ireland League Division One play-off is a chance to perform at Thomond…Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
McCall lands coaching job at SaracensRUGBY/MANAGERIAL MOVES, LEINSTER TICKETS AND AIL FINALS: FORMER IRISH centre and Ulster coach Mark McCall has been appointed…Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
Outsiders Connacht unlikely to upset oddsEUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP: Northampton v Connacht, Today 3 pm, Franklin's GardensSat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Pembroke off to the perfect startMEN’S HOCKEY EUROPEAN TROPHY: A CONTROLLED performance and some stinging finishing from Alan Sothern gave Dublin team Pembroke…Sat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Pembroke go for EuroHockey gloryMEN’S HOCKEY : THE TOP hockey action in Dublin this weekend is unquestionably at Serpentine Avenue, where Pembroke Wanderers…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Ireland to face Georgia againCHURCHILL CUP : IRELAND WILL reacquaint themselves with Georgia at the Churchill Cup in America in June.Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Cork Con hoping to avoid an upsetAIB CUP FINAL: THE NEUTRALS may fear a mismatch in Dubarry Park tomorrow But that’s to miss the point.Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Connacht will look for positive signsConnacht v Dragons: CONNACHT SEEM destined to be the fourth Irish team in the Magners League again but with next week’s away…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Ulster can target depleted OspreysUlster v Ospreys: OSPREYS ARRIVE in Belfast shorn of many of their big names and with questionable enough clout to cause anxiety…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Hadden quits Scottish post2010 SIX NATIONS: SCOTLAND HEAD coach Frank Hadden has stepped down from the position with immediate effectFri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Pembroke chase victory and goalsMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH LEAGUE: SENSIBLY, THE matches in the final phase of the pool games will all start at the same time this weekend…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Hurling bust misses the cutWE’RE BESIDE ourselves trying to think of an appropriate analogyThu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Munster wheel out the heavy artilleryRUGBY NEWS: CAST YOUR eyes over this group and weep might have been the thoughts of Munster coach Tony McGahan as he released…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Henson to miss Munster clashGAVIN HENSON is out of the Ospreys’ Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster on Sunday week after he was diagnosed with ligament…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Leinster not ready to rule out Van der LindeRUGBY NEWS: LEINSTER HAVE not yet ruled out their South African World Cup winning prop CJ van der Linde from their pivotal meeting…Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Cork slip up in race for the play-offsLEAGUE ROUND-UP : A RESURGENT Blackrock College clipped the wings of AIB All-Ireland League champions, Cork Constitution to …Mon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
Cookstown set up final with PembrokeMEN’S HOCKEY: COOKSTOWN WILL meet Dublin’s Pembroke Wanderers in the Irish Senior Cup final scheduled for April 26thMon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
Interesting times for PembrokeMEN'S HOCKEY: PEMBROKE WANDERERS have an interesting weekend aheadFri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Dunne weighs options as wounds healBOXING: BERNARD DUNNE is unlikely to step into the ring for at least three months for the first defence of his WBA super bantamweight…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
Lee sharpens up on way to winBOXING: BERNARD DUNNE’S promoter and manager, Brian Peters, kept reminding people at the O2 arena that Saturday’s bill was a…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Dunne raises game in savage battleBOXING: FOR THE 9,037 spectators who decided Dublin was the weekend venue, not Cardiff, their reward was a savage battle of …Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Dunne's defining moment at handBOXING : THROW A stick in the ground floor suite of the old Berkeley Court Hotel yesterday and you would have hit a world champion…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Pembroke clash excitesMEN’S HOCKEY: THERE IS going to be a Leinster team in the Irish Senior Cup final and with any luck, an Ulster team too – the…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Jones puts emphasis on kickingSIX NATIONS: WELSH SECONDROW Ian Gough believes it always comes down to the front fives, and winger Shane Williams expects to…Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Dunne is raring to goBOXING NEWS : BERNARD DUNNE is fighting Ricardo Cordoba for the WBA World Super Bantamweight title on Saturday night, largely…Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Gleghorne to captain Ulster in CorkMEN’S HOCKEY INTERPROVINCIAL SERIES MARK GLEGHORNE has been made captain of the Ulster team to play in the interprovincial tournament…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Clarke makes no changes for clash against ScotlandUNDER-20 SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Scotland v Ireland IRELAND UNDER-20 coach Allen Clarke has retained the same starting side…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Munster will be wary of BarnesHEINEKEN CUP : IT IS injudicious for teams to comment on refereesTue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
Sothern helps seal victory for PembrokeMEN'S HOCKEY: NOT OFTEN do you score a hat-trick and end up on the losing sideMon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Ireland regroup and go throughTENNIS DAVIS CUP : AFTER A shaky opening on Friday, when the first round of matches were interrupted by Algerian rain, Ireland…Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Williams looking for improvementMAGNERS LEAGUE: Ulster v Glasgow Warriors MATT WILLIAMS has named a powerful Ulster frontrow in Justin Fitzpatrick, captain …Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
