McGahan hoping Earls will be ready to return to actionRUGBY: KEITH EARLS is expected to be in the Munster squad for their opening Heineken Cup assignment against Premiership pacesetters…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Leinster must rue lack of full-time defensive coachON RUGBY: If Leinster lose their next three games their season will already look somewhat goosed by the third week of October…Tue Sept 28 2010 - 01:00
Draw shows just how far Connacht have comeRUGBY: THIS HARDLY flowed like honey but in its own way this taut, titanic, tryless encounter was evidence of both teams’ progress…Mon Sept 27 2010 - 01:00
Form book favours UlsterRUGBY/Connacht v Ulster: ON ONE of those wild, wild nights in the west, three-quarters empty and the pitch ringed by a dog track…Sat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00
Time for Leinster to deliverRUGBY/MAGNERS LEAGUE/Edinburgh v Leinster: BACK WHEN the season started, a trip to Edinburgh in round four of the league would…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Wallace and Mafi set for their first startsRUGBY: PARTIALLY OFFSETTING the triple whammy of injuries they suffered in overcoming the Ospreys at Thomond Park last Saturday…Wed Sept 22 2010 - 01:00
Knee injury puts Jones out until new yearRUGBY NEWS: MUNSTER’S WIN over the Ospreys last Saturday has come at a high price, with the cruelly unlucky Felix Jones and …Tue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Munster can atone in mouth-watering match-upRUGBY/Munster v Ospreys: AMID THE feast of televised rugby from around the world these days, this is one Magners League match…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Leinster must show respectRUGBY/Treviso v Leinster: WHEN TREVISO head coach Franco Smith was asked before the season what his main ambition for their …Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Last of the Irish big guns set for actionRUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE: SLOWLY BUT surely, with each passing week, the big guns are being unloaded and save for the longer-term…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Southern elite playing rugby - but not as we know itRUGBY: THE SUPER 14 gave us the first clear signals of the new brand of rugby evolving south of the equator, whereas the second…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Ferris fit and rarin' to go again with UlsterRUGBY: NO DOUBT much to the delight of all associated with Ulster, and the Irish management, Stephen Ferris rejected overtures…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Elwood faced with growing injury listRUGBY: ERIC ELWOOD was obliged to cancel Connacht’s customary Monday on-field training session in Galway yesterday as a litany…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Sexton, Jennings should be fit for Leinster trip to TrevisoSHANE JENNINGS and Jonathan Sexton are expected to be available for Leinster’s trip to Benetton Treviso next Saturday, while …Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Leinster will look to target scrumsRUGBY/Leinster v Cardiff Blues: DESCRIBING THEIR second competitive match of the season in early September as a “must-win” is…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Connacht need to push onRUGBY/Scarlets v Connacht: GRANTED THE league is very much in its formative stages after only one round of matches but for Connacht…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Aironi plan to bring the house downRUGBY/Aironi Rugby v Ulster: STADIO LUIGI Zaffanella in the Italian rugby hotbed of Viadana becomes the 34th venue to stage …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Ulster visit to Sportsground is all-ticketRUGBY NEWS: CONNACHT HAVE decided to make their game against Ulster in round four of the Magners League on Saturday, September…Thu Sept 09 2010 - 01:00
Heaslip makes up for lossesGlasgow v Leinster: IT’S AN ill wind and all that, but the premature and inadvertent end to Jamie Heaslip’s summer tour with…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Munster alter pack for Italian jobMUNSTER HAVE rejigged their pack for the visit of Italian League debutants Aironi to Musgrave Park on Saturday, with Mick O’Driscoll…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Leinster sign Prescott for seasonRUGBY: LEINSTER HAVE signed prop Ben Prescott from English division one team Nottingham until the end of the season.Thu Sept 02 2010 - 01:00
McGahan looks to re-energise MunsterRUGBY/MAGNERS LEAGUE: BY MOST normal standards, it would have been deemed a singularly competitive campaignThu Sept 02 2010 - 01:00
Ankle injury keeps Earls on sidelinesRUGBY NEWS: KEITH EARLS will be sidelined for several weeks even though the results of a scan have shown the Irish and Lions…Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
McKinley's rehab gathers pace with startRUGBY NEWS: IAN McKINLEY will continue his remarkable rehabilitation from a horrific, career-threatening facial injury he sustained…Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
Leinster must prop up options with loss of WrightRUGBY NEWS: LEINSTER ARE in the market place for a tighthead prop after coach Joe Schmidt yesterday confirmed that Stanley Wright…Wed Aug 25 2010 - 01:00
Bowe adds to string of honoursRUGBY: RAPIDLY BECOMING the most decorated player in Europe, Tommy Bowe was last night crowned as the Players’ Player at the…Tue Aug 24 2010 - 01:00
Frontline players set to see early actionRUGBY : IN A change from previous seasons, frontline Irish internationals will be available to their provinces from the first…Tue Aug 24 2010 - 01:00
Gillard coming eclipses Socceroos goingBRISBANE LETTER: THE SOCCEROOS bowed out of the World Cup with pride restored after their win over Serbia but, for a variety…Fri Jun 25 2010 - 01:00
Palpable demand for win piles pressure on DeansRUGBY IRELAND TOUR: INJURIES CONTINUE to bedevil both sides in advance of tomorrow’s Test, and the Wallabies yesterday lost …Fri Jun 25 2010 - 01:00
Dwyer comments do little to lift Deans' moodAUSTRALIANS, SPORTS mad by nature, don’t do defeats very wellWed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
Players not happy it's a matter of Poite luckON RUGBY: LAST WEEK the utterly unique individual that is Monsieur Romain Poite, this week Bryce Williams; the Wallabies are…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
Dirt-trackers fail to clean up as mood lightensONE THAT got away, undoubtedly, but at least it got the show back on the roadSat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
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
Considerable danger in tinkering with TV coverageON RUGBY: EAMON RYAN is no foolTue May 18 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
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
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
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
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
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
