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TOMMY O’DONNELL HAS shaken off the ankle injury that ruled him out of Munster’s nailbiting win in Glasgow. That 14-12 victory leaves Rassie Erasmus’s side in full control of their Champions Cup destiny, and with their quarter-final place already secure, a win against Racing 92 on Saturday would guarantee home advantage in the last eight [kick-off […]
ALL EYES WILL be on Conor Murray’s box kicks at Murrayfield in two weekends’ time, after the Munster scrum-half complained that Glasgow Warriors dangerously targeted his standing leg in a Champions Cup tie this month. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Murray will be in Ireland’s nine shirt on 4 February for their Six Nations opener against Scotland, […]
This is part of The42′s Class of 95 series, a week-long examination of professional rugby in Ireland. — Randy “The Ram” […]
IRELAND PLAYERS WILL make a tentative walk into a team meeting in Carton House today. There’ll be fronting up, accountability and admissions of guilt in spades. But, according to Robbie Henshaw, Andy Farrell’s defence meetings don’t see heads roll or blood spattered onto the grand old walls of their 17th century Maynooth hotel. “It’s all […]
Murray Kinsella reports from Rome AS TEST DEBUTS go, Niall Scannell could be very pleased with himself in Rome on Saturday night, as Ireland celebrated a nine-try victory over Italy that leaves them second in the Six Nations table after two rounds. Scannell alongside Jamie Heaslip and Rob Kearney before the game. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO […]
Karim Benzema did a bit of jumping around the other night as Real Madrid beat Napoli Source: Daniel Ochoa de Olza St Mary’s captain Conor Meyler celebrates their astounding Sigerson Cup with with teammates Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Mo Farah before winning the 5000m during the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham Source: David Davies Cian […]
JOE SCHMIDT SAID he has “a fair bit of admiration” for his entire Ireland team after they battled to a 19-9 victory at home against France, but the admiration from the outside was largely focused on Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray. Simon Zebo celebrates with Conor Murray. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO There were other strong individual […]
CONNACHT EXPECT MATT Healy and Jake Heenan to be fit in time for the Pro12 clash with Glasgow Warriors at the tail end of this month, but wing Cian Kelleher looks set to be hamstrung into April. The ex-Leinster academy star, who has scored five tries in his 11 appearances this season suffered the hamstring […]
THE LIGHTS ARE on, the roof is closed, and by 10pm tonight we’ll know if Ireland’s Six Nations dream is alive or dead in the water for another year. The trip to Cardiff’s Principality Stadium is one which Joe Schmidt’s side simply cannot afford to lose if they want to play anything more than a […]
SURPRISE TOP 14 LEADERS La Rochelle signed New Zealand’s World Cup-winning scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow to a three-year deal on Tuesday, the French club said. The 26-year-old was part of the All Blacks side that won the 2015 World Cup and will join La Rochelle from Super Rugby’s Chiefs for the start of next season. The […]