Here’s how we rated Ireland in their swashbuckling four-try win over Scotland

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 …

Sense has prevailed: George North will sit out the Champions Cup quarter-finals

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 …

Michael Cheika is in trouble after ‘approaching’ a referee during a Waratahs game

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 …

‘It’s not down to one player’ – Leinster support Madigan after intercept pass

Murray Kinsella reports from Stade Vélodrome Click Here: sydney roosters team jersey LEINSTER CAPTAIN JAMIE Heaslip says his side’s defeat to Toulon in the Champions Cup semi-finals was down to collective failings, rather than any individual errors. There was an understandable focus on Ian Madigan’s pass that was intercepted by Bryan Habana in the first …

Is this rugby league player with a collapsed lung ridiculously tough or ridiculously reckless?

CANBERRA RAIDERS HALFBACK Sam Williams has been lauded by his teammates for his bravery during the match against Gold Coast, with one revealing they had no idea that he played on with a collapsed lung. Click Here: Luis Suarez Jersey Sale Williams will miss Sunday’s NRL match against St George Illawarra, having been ordered to rest. …

7 Irish players make The Guardian’s European best XV of the past 20 years

Click:概念股是什么意思? WITH THE UPCOMING Champions Cup final marking 20 years of European club rugby, one influential newspaper has created a best XV from down through the years. The Guardian’s team features an inevitable array of interesting inclusions and omissions. Click Here: Brazil soccer tracksuit Ireland has a healthy representation in the imaginary side, with seven players, …

Nemani Nadolo scores try from crossfield kick after sensational one handed catch

FIJIAN WINGER NEMANI Nadolo has been in sensational form for the Crusaders, and that form continued this morning, as he scored another stunning try. His side hammered rivals Auckland Blues 34-11 in Eden Park this morning, and their first score of the game was an absolute peach. Trailing by six at the time, the move began …

‘We ran out of numbers against 14 men’ – Munster’s Foley left frustrated

Click:赴日it培训机构 Updated at 06.30 MUNSTER’S ANTHONY FOLEY admitted to disappointment at watching his side give up a winning position in the closing stages of their Guinness Pro12 clash with Ulster in Belfast. Munster were in the driving seat after Earls’ try. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Munster led 23-16 with four minutes of the game remaining after …

Edinburgh to play games at Hibs’ Easter Road ahead of permanent ground share

EDINBURGH ARE CLOSE to agreeing a ground-share deal with Hibernian, with a view to moving out of Murrayfield. The Challenge Cup runners-up are expected to play a couple of games at the football ground in the coming season to test the waters, before committing to a permanent ground-share. Edinburgh currently play their home games at …

Peter Stringer features in this compilation of men who stopped Lomu

Source: Inferno Productions/YouTube JOOST VAN DER Westhuizen, Neil Back, Matt Perry, Stefan Terblanche, Daniel Manu, Japie Mulder and Peter Stringer. There have certainly been many more players who halted the legendary Jonah Lomu, but those are the men whose efforts are remembered. The Kiwi wing was close to unstoppable at times during his career, but …