THERE IS A different sort of pressure on goal-kickers. Even though, when the game is in full swing they are required to file in and take part in the minute-by-minute processes that help to provide a release for the pressure, a constant tension remains within. So many fine margins rest ultimately on whether the goal-kicker…
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18 incredible rugby players who retired this year
IT WAS A year when we clapped some incredible players off the field one last time. Some went after a long illustrious career, but some went long before their time. We salute these 18. Stephen Ferris Source: Presseye/Matt Mackey/INPHO Niall Ronan Source: James Crombie/INPHO Maggie Alphonsi Source: Andrew Matthews Dan Parks Source: James Crombie/INPHO Mike Tindall…
Report On Two WWE Network Shows That Are Returning In 2019
According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, Something Else to Wrestle With, starring Bruce Prichard and Conrad Thompson will be returning to the #WWE Network in 2019. Johnson says that the show will likely be returning sometime after Wrestlemania 35. He says that there will be a “few tweaks” to it when it comes back. Johnson…
“The Greatest of All-Time”
As Vince McMahon mentioned on Raw and at the MSG house show WWE will be referring to John Cena as “The Greatest of All-Time” from here on out. As confirmed by Dave Meltzer.Click Here: Love Forever Stamps 2022
The sports personalities we lost in 2014
Eusebio Source: PA Archive/Press Association Images Nicknamed the ‘Black Panther’ or ‘the Black Pearl’, the frontman is widely considered to be have been one of the greatest players of all-time. He excelled at the 1966 World Cup in England where he finished as the tournament’s top scorer with nine goals, four of which he scored…
22-year-old Conan learning the ropes from Heaslip at Leinster
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….
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…