A SMILE BREAKS out across Scott Penny’s face when he’s asked if there is a try bonus in his Leinster contract. There isn’t, he confirms, but the 21-year-old back row would have amassed a tidy sum by now if there had been. His excellent form during this campaign has included nine tries in his 11…
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Rory Best using new Seattle role to test his appetite for a life in coaching
NEWS THAT RORY Best would be joining Major League Rugby’s Seattle Seawolves in a coaching role might have been met with some surprise last week, but in reality the move has been brewing for some time. It began with a couple of phone calls. Best was friendly with a brother of Adrian Balfour, a Fermanagh…
Captain Johnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s clash with La Rochelle
LEINSTER HAVE CONFIRMED that Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of their Heineken Champions Cup semi-final clash with La Rochelle in France on Sunday. The 35-year-old captain continues to be sidelined by a head injury, having suffered his latest blow in the quarter-final victory over Exeter on 10 April. Sexton also suffered head injuries earlier…
Lilian Garcia on AEW: “I think any time you have competition, it’s good for everybody”
Click:forged wheelsLilian Garcia spoke with Sporting News for a new interview and discussed how AEW can be good for the industry as a whole, WWE going to Saudi Arabia and more. Some highlights are below: On AEW: “Look, I think any time you have competition, it’s good for everybody. Look at what it did for…
WWE superstar says skip Game of Thrones for MITB
Drew Mcintyre says you should skip the Game of Thrones series finale and watch Money in the Bank instead: “DVR ‘Game of Thrones.’ ‘Money in the Bank’ is live. ‘Game of Thrones’ is not real – it’s fake. You have to watch ‘Money in the Bank’ live. Then you can watch your ‘Game of Thrones’…
Are we at the start of an era of French dominance in the Champions Cup?
IT FEELS AS if we are back in 2015 again. Two French sides are on their way to a Champions Cup final, the fifth time there has been a Gallic showdown on the deciding day. Talk of new a new era, then, is inevitable, even understandable. After all the Top14 contributed three of this year’s…
‘It is going to be a very tough week – the changing room was so quiet’
FOUR STRAIGHT PRO14 titles, a recent Champions Cup win; it’s not as if Leinster are in the doldrums. Yet this morning it feels like they are, yesterday’s nine-point defeat in La Rochelle leaving a team filled with regret. “It is going to be difficult,” said their captain, Luke McGrath. “It is such a quiet changing…
The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros result
Click:GRATIVAPETag team match for the AAA World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero M and Fénix) Young Bucks retain the AAA Tag Titles in their usual wild match, some insane spots #AEWDON — Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) May 26, 2019 Lucha Bros. @ReyFenixMx…
Leamy and Tucker to assist head coach Richie Murphy for Ireland’s U20 Six Nations campaign
Updated 17.27 FORMER MUNSTER AND Ireland back row Denis Leamy and Connacht coach Colm Tucker will assist head coach Richie Murphy for Ireland’s upcoming U20s Six Nations campaign. Both Leamy and Tucker were brought in to the setup following Noel McNamara’s departure earlier this year, and they will continue their respective roles as defence coach and forwards…
‘Two bad games do not make us a bad team but Friday wasn’t good enough’
STUART MCCLOSKEY, THE Ireland international, has delivered a frank assessment of Ulster’s current form in the aftermath of Friday’s 38-10 defeat to Munster. The 28–year-old didn’t attempt to gloss over the reality that the remaining four games of the province’s campaign are fairly meaningless, after Ulster lost a second successive Rainbow Cup match, with a…