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,…
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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…
Carty’s Ireland chances and the catch technique that made Haley’s wonder-try possible
AMID ALL THE furore around succession planning and Ireland’s replacement — or indeed starting — out-half during the early weeks of the Six Nations, Connacht fans could have felt rightly aggrieved that there seemed to be more of a clamour to draft in a 21-year-old with a grand total of 18 minutes’ Champions Cup experience…
Connacht to travel to Leicester as Ulster draw Quins in Challenge Cup
ULSTER WILL FACE Premiership side Harlequins away from home in the round-of-16 of the Challenge Cup next month following the official European Professional Club Rugby [EPCR] draw this afternoon. Meanwhile, Andy Friend’s Connacht will also face English opposition after being drawn away to Leicester Tigers for their knock-out clash. Ulster’s meeting with Quins is set…
2016 thrashing has little relevance to 1/4 final, but Leinster won’t forget bitter memory of Wasps
USUALLY, IT’S HANDY enough to look back at the most recent meeting between two teams and find something instructive in the match for the next time they clash. So with Leinster about to face Wasps in the Champions Cup quarter-final, a fixture just over a year old, in the same competition with the same coaches…
Erasmus expects to be at Munster next season but has clauses in contract
RASSIE ERASMUS SAYS he expects to be at Munster next season, but admitted that his IRFU contract includes clauses relating to other jobs. The South African joined the southern province as director of rugby on a three-year contact last summer, leaving behind a role as high performance manager with the South African Rugby Union [SARU]. Source:…