Source: The42.ie/YouTube IRELAND COME BACK from the Six Nations break with their first home game against France this weekend. Guy Noves’ French side sit in fourth position on the table after two games, with just Ireland’s extra bonus point boosting them up to second. What will the French bring to the Aviva this weekend? Who…
Month: October 2022
‘It was great to see how happy my parents were and I was obviously very happy to get it’
NIALL SCANNELL IS in a good place at the moment. It’s not quite pinch-me-I’m-dreaming territory for the Munster hooker, but you certainly get the sense he is enjoying every minute of life in Ireland camp. By his own admission, things have happened very quickly for him over the last number of weeks and he hasn’t had…
Payne, Trimble and Gilroy start as Ulster bid for fourth win in a row
THE ULSTER TEAM to play Benetton Treviso tomorrow night at Kingspan Stadium [KO 7.35pm, BBC Sport NI] shows eight changes in personnel from last weekend’s victory over Zebre. On the back of three consecutive wins, Ulster are now five points adrift of the play-off spots in the Guinness Pro12 with a game in hand. However,…
Masterson returns from 12 months out as Connacht make wholesale changes
EOGHAN MASTERSON RETURNS from a year-long injury absence as Connacht get set to face Zebre in the Guinness Pro12 at the Sportsgrounds Friday night (kick-off 7.35pm, TG4). All in all there are 12 changes from the XV who started in Italy last weekend with just Danie Poolman, Niyi Adeolokun and Bundee Aki keeping their jerseys. Poolman returns…
Old Belvedere fighting for survival as cup rivals prepare for league showdown
Kick-off 2.30pm unless stated DIVISION 1A: Cork Constitution (3rd) v Old Belvedere (10th), Temple Hill THESE SIDES WILL meet in April’s Bateman Cup final but of more pressing concern for Old Belvedere is their top-flight safety. They are now bottom of the table after four straight defeats. Winning down at Temple Hill is a very tough task,…
Connacht edge towards Champions Cup places with bonus-point win
Click:hair serviceConnacht 33Zebre 3 John Fallon reports from the Sportsground Click Here: popilush bras CONNACHT’S DRIVE FOR a Champions Cup spot gained further momentum in driving rain at a barely playable Sportsground. A fourth win in a row has enhanced Connacht’s hopes of making it to Europe’s premier event when new coach Kieran Keane arrives…
Moment of brilliance the difference as Coláiste Iognáid claim back-to-back Senior Cups
Coláiste Iognáid 13 Summerhill College 7 GARY KEANE’S BRILLIANT try was deservedly the crucial score as Coláiste Iognáid ‘the Jes’ made it back-to-back Connacht Schools Senior Cups with victory over Summerhill College at the Sportsground. Keane scored the only try in the first half and a couple of kicks from Diarmuid Codyre meant the Jes…
‘Axel led us in a lot of ways and he led us again through his passing’
Updated 9.30pm IN A WAY, Friday evening at the RDS will be about Anthony Foley doing what he’s always done – bringing people together. John Kelly – his former Munster team-mate and a man who worked with him right up until his passing in Paris last October – is one of many of Foley’s friends…
‘If we lost Murray early, we’d be vulnerable’: Schmidt explains changes for England
THE MOOD AROUND Ireland’s Maynooth training base was far from usual today as Joe Schmidt delivered three surprise changes to his starting line-up. The Kiwi is hoping to stave off ending second straight Championship with just two matches won, not to mention preventing an English double Grand Slam and world record 19th straight win. Click…
June Tests moved to July as World Rugby shakes up global calendar
WORLD RUGBY HAS unveiled a new global calendar for 2020 onwards which will include shifting the June Test window back to July to allow the Super Rugby season to run uninterrupted. Ever since rugby union became a fully professional sport shortly after the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, there has been talk of a…