JOE SCHMIDT HAS named his team to face England at Twickenham on Saturday in their final World Cup warm-up fixture. View the matchday 23 in full here. Healy held back Though he has been given the all clear to play and has been taking part in the contact and scrummaging portions of Ireland’s training in the last two weeks, Cian […]

LEINSTER WILL BE without winger Zane Kirchner for the duration of the Rugby World Cup, after he was named in South Africa’s final 31-man squad for the tournament. Kirchner didn’t feature in the Springboks’ winless Rugby Championship campaign, but did start at full-back for Heyneke Meyer’s side in their warm-up game against Argentina on August 15. Heinrich Brussow is the […]

ON A DAY when Ireland’s back three were comprehensively outplayed by the England trio of Mike Brown, Anthony Watson and Jonny May, Dave Kearney was a shining light during a tough outing at Twickenham. Harlequins fullback Brown and his wingers covered the backfield superbly cutting off Jonathan Sexton’s kicking options all afternoon as the Ireland fly-half struggled to find space […]

JONNY MAY OPENED the scoring for England today but Tommy Bowe won’t be too happy with his role in the try. After a period of sustained possession, May took the ball down the left touchline. The Ulster wing still had an opportunity to drive him into touch but the Gloucester centre made light work of the attempted tackle to cross […]

Click:forged rims supplier IT AIN’T EASY being in camp for long periods of time. Now, of course moving from one luxury hotel to another and living the life of a professional athlete is no hardship. But that doesn’t mean it’s not difficult to keep your mind in the best condition to reach the highest level performance a player is capable of. […]

Ospreys 18Munster 20 CJ STANDER CAME off the bench to save Munster’s bacon, as Anthony Foley’s side staged a dramatic comeback to defeat the Ospreys. Stander somehow found a way over the line with just seconds left on the clock to level the scores, before Ian Keatley kicked a nerveless conversion to make it two wins from two in the […]

Click:MDC Connector Click:Concrete Block Machine DAVE RENNIE, THE Glasgow Warriors head coach, has potentially stoked the early-season rivalry between his side and Connacht after heavily criticising the province’s decision to sack Kieran Keane after just one season. Keane had his three-year contract terminated at the end of last season following a difficult first year at the helm in Galway, with […]

AS PRE-SEASON friendlies go, there is something a little special in store in Kingspan Stadium this afternoon (kick-off 17.30). For along with the usual hit-out to get bodies re-accustomed to serious contact, a promise of new shape and patterns and a group of promising young talents ready to put their best foot forward, Chris Henry will be honoured in his […]

THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT Wales will provide warm-up opposition for Ireland ahead of next year’s World Cup will bring back bittersweet memories for Tommy O’Donnell as his hopes of featuring in the 2015 tournament ended pre-tournament.  But getting to Japan in 2019 is a long way down the road for the Tipperary man who has battled back from his latest injury […]

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