SEAN O’BRIEN EXPRESSED his understandable pleasure at being back on the pitch after the Ireland Wolfhound’s 19-8 defeat to the England Saxons in Cork this evening, while reporting that his shoulder had come through unscathed. The Leinster back row has endured an horrific 14 months that featured two shoulder reconstructions, but gave an impressive 51-minute […]
Read MoreWHEN ASKED ABOUT the potential comings-and-goings at Leinster ahead of next season Leo Cullen dubbed this time of year ‘Silly Season’ as the province gets linked with a host of different players. The Irish media don’t get to deal with as much transfer gossip as their French colleagues – who seem to LOVE linking Paul […]
Read MoreWHILE YOU RECOVER from the trauma of Annie Power falling at the final fence at Cheltenham earlier, take comfort in the fact that while you might have not had the perfect day, one Irish rugby fan did. Jennifer Malone, from Clane in Kildare, was at Carton House hoping to meet some of the stars of […]
Read MoreIF YOU ARE a person who likes to get up early on a Saturday morning and indulge in some Super Rugby action, chances are that you have caught a couple of Highlanders games. While they don’t have the same star power of the Crusaders and Hurricanes, the Dunedin team play a very attacking brand of […]
Read More– Bobby Roode spoke with Planeta Wrestling for a new interview discussing his WWE run, the Royal Rumble and more. Audio is below, plus highlights per Wrestling Inc: On who his choice for a surprise Royal Rumble entrant would be: “Right now it seems like the stars in the business, the people I’m familiar with, […]
Read MoreSource: Billy Stickland/INPHO ONE OF THE best parts about going to a sports summer camp is the possibility that you will be visited by a ‘celebrity’ on the last day. Sometimes, the famous face comes in the form of a 20-year-old Alan Brogan, whose attempt at a 45 goes over a park fence. Other times, […]
Read More1. Jamie Roberts 2. Paddy Barnes Click Here: Italy soccer tracksuit3. Peter Sagan 4. Shane Duffy 5. Ciarán Lenehan 6. Football Clichés 7. Mike Ross 8. Iain Macintosh 9. Jordi Murphy One of rugby’s biggest cult heroes might be playing on into his 41st yearThe first Welshman to ever play Super Rugby is joining a […]
Read MoreRUGBY LEAGUE CAN be a brutal sport at times, much like union, and Luke Page took the opportunity to remind us of exactly that over the weekend. Click Here: new zealand rugby team jerseys Source: NZAUTV Rugby League/YouTube Playing for the Mouth Pritchard Mounties in a NSW Cup clash with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Page produced […]
Read MoreRUMOURS OF LEIGH Halfpenny’s shoulder injury appear to have been greatly exaggerated as the Welsh dynamo has been selected at fullback in the Toulon team to face Leinster in the Champions Cup semi-final on Sunday. Halfpenny’s selection means that Delon Armitage has been pushed to the wing, while Aussie flyer Drew Mitchell has been picked […]
Read MoreTRADITIONALLY, ALL-FRENCH European Cup finals have been a pretty hard sell. Lansdowne Road hosted two, in 2003 and 2013, and neither game managed to sell-out. The 2003 decider, between Toulouse and Perpignan, was particularly bleak. Munster and Leinster were the beaten semi-finalists that year and every Irish rugby fan was overflowing with excitement at the […]
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