CONOR MURRAY’S NECK injury may not be as bad as initially feared and while a date has not been set for his return, Munster forwards coach Jerry Flannery said the scrum-half was progressing well. But while Murray might be poised to give Munster a badly needed lift after their poor showing in Cardiff at the weekend, hooker Rhys Marshall could […]

Royana Black est morte. L’actrice américaine a succombé à une leucémie foudroyante, le 14 juillet 2020, à l’âge de 47 ans. Elle était principalement connue pour son rôle dans Rising Miranda (CBS), où elle donne la réplique à Bryan Cranston, mais aussi pour son travail à Broadway. Comme l’a confié sa famille dans un communiqué, Royana est décédée chez elle, […]

NATHAN HUGHES WILL miss three of England’s four November internationals after being banned for six weeks for punching Lewis Ludlow during Wasps’ Premiership clash with Gloucester. Hughes appeared before an independent disciplinary panel on October 10 but the extent of his punishment was delayed due to an outburst on Twitter. The forward pleaded guilty to the charge of striking an […]

Ronda Rousey has posted a video to her Youtube channel in which she announces her WWE departure. Normally this would be huge news, but of course everyone needs to check the date. April Fool’s! She follows that up with the announcement that she’s going to become a sax player (she’s actually pretty good) and take the jazz world by storm. […]

AS SOON AS Johnny Sexton’s name was confirmed on the Leinster team-sheet for Galway last week, it became increasingly unlikely that he would be involved for a fourth straight game tonight, and so he will instead rest up in the sanctuary of the stands.  While the prospect of the Leinster captain going toe-to-toe with his young apprentice, Joey Carbery, at […]

CHRIS ASHTON IS set to make return to rugby from a seven-week suspension as Sale Sharks coach Steve Diamond says they will be going fully loaded against Connacht in the Challenge Cup on Saturday. And while out-half AJ MacGinty will miss the chance to play against the Connacht side he steered to victory in the Pro12 two seasons ago, Diamond […]

NEW ZEALAND HEAD coach New Zealand coach Steve Hansen on Thursday launched an impassioned defence of Wallabies rival Michael Cheika, pointing to how Manchester United stuck with Alex Ferguson before an unprecedented run of football success. After Hansen and Cheika named their teams for this weekend’s Bledisloe Cup clash in Japan, the All Blacks coach offered support to his opposite […]

THERE IS AN odd sense of preamble about Ireland’s forthcoming November Test against Argentina. In years gone by, Irish teams might have looked on a match just like this as doubly important given that the oncoming All Blacks would ordinarily promise a humbling experience for all in Lansdowne Road. It’s different these days. Standards and expectations are sky-high and the […]