Month: December 2022

HISTORY TELLS US that European quarter-finals are heavily favoured towards the home team, but Leinster will face a demanding and fascinating task when they host Bath in April. Attention for the wider rugby public turns towards the Six Nations now, while Matt O’Connor’s non-international players will enjoy a week off before tuning back into their …

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WE’RE NOW JUST days away from the beginning of the 2015 Six Nations. Ireland are champions, traditional big-hitting rivals France and England have to come to Dublin and it’s a World Cup year: little wonder that the anticipation and nerves are swelling by the day. The sooner the tournament gets started the better, then we’ll …

Read more “5 big questions facing Ireland before the Six Nations kick-off”

INTERNATIONAL FLANKER RHYS Ruddock will make his first appearance of 2015 when Leinster travel to face the Ospreys tomorrow (19.35). The 24-year-old starts at blindside having recovered from an arm injury in a potent-looking Leinster line-up. Matt O’Conner has also been able to call upon Isaac Boss who will captain his team in the fourth …

Read more “Ruddock returns for Leinster as Humphreys becomes Ulster centurion”

Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray was promoting MaxiNutrition today in Portmarnock. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO HomeIreland suffered their first defeat of the Cricket World Cup against a dominant and ruthless South Africa.Paul Galvin has made a dramatic comeback to the Kerry senior football squad.There were big schools rugby wins for Belvedere College and Ardscoil Rís.Ulster’s Andrew Trimble signed a …

Read more “We’ll Leave It There So: World Cup woe, Galvin’s return and the rest of today’s sport”

Source: Dolly Clew DONEGAL LIGHTWEIGHT JOSEPH Duffy will have his first fight in the UFC this Saturday night when he takes on Jake Lindsey at UFC 185 in Dallas. Click Here: Riyad Mahrez Jersey Sale Much is expected of the 27-year-old, and he’ll be hoping for a winning start for the biggest organisation in MMA. Ahead …

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Tito Ortiz spoke with The Hannibal TV for a new interview discussing his TNA run and more. Highlights are below per WZ: On his TNA run: “A couple people were responsible for me getting into TNA. Dixie Carter, she brought me out and helped me out a long coming in. I had an opportunity to …

Read more “Ortiz Says Angle Might Have Been a World Champion in MMA, Talks IMPACT Run”

Italy 0France 29 IT WASN’T PRETTY but it was effective. In wet conditions, Philippe Saint-Andre’s much-maligned Les Bleus managed to push through against the Azzurri though serious questions still remain. The French coach made eight changes from the side that lost to Wales in Paris but in a bruising first-half, the level of performance was …

Read more “France grind out a win in Rome to keep slim Six Nations hopes alive”

Rob Kearney – 6 Kearney was hungry to get the ball in his hands and didn’t just settle for garryowens, which was refreshing. But often he targeted bodies rather than space. Tommy Bowe – 8 Didn’t get a whole lot of attacking space but that arching run early on created the platform for that crucial …

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GEORGE NORTH WILL miss Northampton’s Champions Cup quarter-final against Clermont on Saturday due to his recent concussion problems. North was treated on the pitch last weekend against Wasps. Source: Joe Giddens It comes as a huge blow to the Saints as they prepare to face the Top 14 club at their Stade Marcel-Michelin stronghold, particularly …

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WALLABIES AND NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has been handed a formal warning for approaching a referee during a Super Rugby match, governing body SANZAR said on Thursday. Cheika received the warning after SANZAR investigated a complaint about him stemming from the Waratahs’ 23-11 win over the Auckland Blues in Sydney last Saturday. SANZAR found …

Read more “Michael Cheika is in trouble after ‘approaching’ a referee during a Waratahs game”