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NEW ZEALANDER RANGI Chase was the unrivaled star of Salford’s 32 – 28 Super League win over Hull FC. The playmaker almost redefined the term in the lead up to this try, delivering three beautiful passes in the build up, but it was the second that really required incredible sleight of hand. Just watch, then…

ENGLAND HEAD COACH Stuart Lancaster had to walk a peculiar tight-rope when the ‘what went wrong’ questions started to fly at him deep inside the Aviva Stadium yesterday evening. It’s a highly-pressurised year for the Lancashire man as his grand plan for a better English rugby team nears its deadline with the Rugby World Cup…

Christopher Joyce after his injury. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO HomeJoe Schmidt  added Dan Tuohy, Tadhg Furlong and Michael Bent to his squad for the final two rounds of the Six Nations.Cork’s worst fears were confirmed with the news that Christopher Joyce suffered a cruciate injury in Saturday’s win over Dublin.Pat Lam’s explosive comments after Connacht’s loss to Cardiff look…

WARREN GATLAND HAS become such a pantomime villain for Irish rugby fans these days that it can take a minute to remember that he actually led the national team for four years. Long before Gatland dropped Brian O’Driscoll from his Lions test team – 14 years, to be exact – the Kiwi had given the…

The Irish players celebrate their championship win. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO GIVEN HOW MUCH work the Ireland team put in on the pitch, it was strange that they won the championship in the bowels of Murrayfield stadium wearing sharp suits instead of mud-caked jerseys. It was the exact opposite to last year’s finale, where a tuxedoed…

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL IS heading to the Rugby World Cup after all. The former Ireland and Lions skipper has been named as part of the team that will head up ITV’s coverage of the tournament later in the year. O’Driscoll will be joined by former tournament winners Jonny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio and Jason Robinson as well as…

This week’s Impact, which was a Best Of 2018 episode, did 116,000 viewers, down 24,000 viewers from last week’s show. Next week’s Impact will be Best of 2018 part two. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com) Click here for the 2018 viewership gridClick Here: brisbane lions jersey

Circle the wagons, as Eddie would say. Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO DEFEAT IN THE Millennium Stadium has complicated Ireland’s defence of the Six Nations title — and removed the Triple Crown and Grand Slam from this year’s Championship equation. Though their fate is not exactly in their own hands, Paul O’Connell’s side remain in an excellent…

Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO ROSCREA’S WIN OVER Belvedere in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup final on Tuesday was a great moment for the competition (and those who backed them at 3/1) as it meant CCR’s name could be etched on the trophy for the very first time. The players and supporters celebrated wildly on the pitch…

Source: Dominic Lipinski A LOT OF scrum-halves resemble Jack Russell Terries – not the biggest dog in the fight but they’ve lots of energy and love to yap. Northampton’s Lee Dickson definitely falls into that category. He is a very good passer and a sniping threat but occasionally his love of gesticulating towards the referee…