MEETING JACK CONAN in person hammers home exactly how difficult a proposition he must be to defend against. At 6ft 4ins and in the region of 115kg, the 22-year-old Leinster number eight is of typical proportions for modern professional rugby, and the sense is that he still has some growing to do, not only physically….
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Munster hoping to fill the void left by JJ Hanrahan with Australian centre
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…
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…
In pics: Paul O’Connell and the Ireland squad trained at the Aviva today
PAUL O’CONNELL AND the Ireland players not involved in this evening’s Wolfhounds clash with the Saxons in Cork took to the Aviva Stadium earlier today for an open training session, much to the delight of scores of supporters. We’ve rounded up the best photos from the session for those who weren’t there. ******************* Simon Zebo…
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They might be the best team in Europe but Toulon couldn’t beat Super Rugby’s elite
RUGBY FANS HAVE always enjoyed debating how the best club teams in Europe would get on against their Super Rugby counterparts and last night we got an intriguing head-to-head battle to add to that argument. As back-to-back European champions Toulon are easily the best club side the northern hemisphere have to offer and while The…
A definitive ranking of the Six Nations’ best national anthems
THE SIX NATIONS is finally back on our screens tonight. That means our pubs and sitting rooms will again be filled by the great and the not-so-great nationalistic melodies from around Europe’s rugby-hungry lands. Don’t blame Laura Wright. She can only sing the song she’s given. Source: Andrew Matthews If there’s one thing none of…