AFTER JJ HANRAHAN’S departure to Northampton was confirmed yesterday, Munster are wasting little time in lining up a replacement for the centre with the Irish Independent reporting Rob Horne is their primary target. Ruaidhri O’Connor says the two-time European Cup winners have also enquired about the availability of All Black Ben Smith after this year’s…
Month: January 2023
Henshaw and Aki continue in midfield as Connacht make one change
PAT LAM HAS made just one change to his starting XV for Connacht’s Guinness Pro12 clash with Edinburgh at the Sportsground tomorrow evening [KO 19.35]. It’s an enforced personnel alteration at that, with Miah Nikora coming into the side at out-half in place of Craig Ronaldson, who remains sidelined due to the concussion he sustained…
You know the way New Zealand has more sheep than people? The Chiefs use it to their advantage
NEW ZEALAND IS known as a breeding ground for the best rugby players in the world but they are even better at sheep farming. There are apparently 11 sheep to every 1 person in the country so if there’s ever a mutiny, the humans are in trouble. But the Chiefs have used the surplus of…
Clermont have an 11-year-old youth player who’s almost bigger than some of their pack
CLERMONT HAVE SOME of the most physically powerful players in France in their squad and it looks like their senior team isn’t the only one that has some wrecking balls in it. Enzo Coppin is 11 and plays for one of the Clermont underage teams. He is also over six feet tall and as you…
Broken collarbone rules Quade Cooper out of Super Rugby for three months
Click:Anti-aging Home Beauty Device Click Here: Spain National Team soccer tracksuit AUSTRALIA OUT-HALF QUADE Cooper will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks after fracturing his collarbone at training, team officials said on Friday. The 26-year-old playmaker, who was out for 16 weeks last year with a shoulder joint injury, will have surgery on Tuesday. The…