DANNY CIPRIANI’S ENGLAND exile continued on Thursday as he was left out of Eddie Jones’s squad for the November internationals at Twickenham. The fly-half has been in fine form for Gloucester this season but that was not enough to persuade Jones to include him in a 36-man squad for nextContinue Reading
Tito Tebaldi celebrates in the RDS. Source: James Crombie/INPHO IT’S FITTING THAT Leinster go into today’s Pro14 meeting with Benetton (kick-off 3pm, eir Sport) on the back of defeat. Because it serves the eastern province a timely reminder that the Italians inflicted the lowest point of last season’s incredibly successfulContinue Reading
LEINSTER BACKS COACH Felipe Contepomi expects to see pride on show from the Pumas in Dublin this Saturday (kick-off 18.30). But he is otherwise uncertain about what his compatriots will be able to prove. Argentina have famously proven to be a bogey team for Ireland at World Cups, knocking themContinue Reading
HAVING COME TO rugby from basketball, the lineout was always likely to be Aoife McDermott’s favourite part of the game. Click Here: Marcos Llorente Jersey Sale There is a degree of transferrable skill at play – catching overhead, the footwork, the structured movement to create space, the fast-paced nature ofContinue Reading
PADDY JACKSON WILL be in action against an Irish province for the first time tomorrow night since his move to France after being named in the Perpignan team to take on Connacht in the European Challenge Cup. The sides meet in a clash in Pool 3 at the Stade AiméContinue Reading
FRESH FROM TRAINING with Joe Schmidt’s Ireland for the first time, Tom Farrell is keen to continue his rise through the ranks by helping Connacht to victory against the Southern Kings in South Africa tomorrow afternoon [KO 1pm Irish time, eir Sport]. Farrell was called into Carton House to assistContinue Reading
Ireland international Iain Henderson. Source: Inpho/Billy Stickland ULSTER HAVE BEEN boosted by the return of Iain Henderson and Will Addison for tomorrow’s Heineken European Champions Cup away game against Scarlets (7.45pm, live on BT Sport). The pair haven’t featured for the province since Ireland’s November Tests but are named inContinue Reading
EXETER CHIEFS ENDED Saracens’ 22-match unbeaten run win a 31-13 bonus-point victory to replace the champions at the top of the Premiership and Leicester Tigers halted their eight-match losing streak. Sarries had not been beaten since Leinster dumped them out of last season’s Champions Cup at the quarter-final stage inContinue Reading
WHAT WAS YOUR most memorable Irish sporting moment from the past year? In one annual survey, Johnny Sexton’s winning drop goal in the Six Nations clash against France in February has come out on top. Johnny Sexton kicks the winning drop goal in Paris. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The score receivedContinue Reading
KYLE MCCALL WILL seek the advice of a surgeon this week as he faces another extended period on the sidelines after sustaining a ‘significant’ hamstring injury against Leinster last weekend. The Ulster prop, only just back from a three-month lay-off, suffered the injury during the second half of the northernContinue Reading