Click:high voltage paint 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 […]
England forward Hughes given six-week ban for punch
Rousey Trolls Fans By Announcing WWE Departure To Become A Sax Player
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. […]
‘I always do what’s best for the team’: Leinster save Sexton for Europe
Click:streetwear 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, […]
Chris Ashton to make return against Connacht after pre-season suspension
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 […]
‘Alex Ferguson was about to get the sack and went on for 30 years’ – Hansen backs under-fire Wallabies coach Cheika
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 […]
Schmidt promises a place in the stands for players looking beyond Argentina
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 […]
Wales great Jenkins bows out with Cardiff win – but misses conversion attempt
Click:electronic products manufacturer Jenkins receives a guard of honour. Source: Alex Davidson/INPHO WALES’ RECORD CAP-HOLDER Gethin Jenkins’s final appearance as a player before retiring saw the prop bow out during Cardiff Blues’ 37-0 win at home to Zebre in the Pro14 on Sunday. Jenkins, capped 129 times by Wales, came on in the 57th minute at the Cardiff Arms Park […]
Sexton: ‘Every chance you get to play the All Blacks is a very special thing’
AFTER THE JAUNT in Chicago and the Pumas precursor, a first rendezvous with the almighty All Blacks in two years, and a renewal of battle lines in Dublin, offers Ireland another rare glimpse of the most prized scalp of all. It is already been anticipated as the Test match of the year, the meeting of the first and second-ranked nations […]
Injury could rule Bordeaux’s newly-acquired All Black out of Connacht clash
NEW ZEALAND’S SETA Tamanivalu has been sidelined for approximately two months with a back injury just days after arriving at his new club, Top 14 side Bordeaux-Bègles. Click Here: vodacom bulls rugby jersey The 26-year-old, who can play at centre and on the wing, only recently joined Bordeaux from Super Rugby side Crusaders. But pessimistic reports over the extent of […]
48 games for eir Sport and 14 for RTÉ – Irish TV details for 2019 Rugby World Cup revealed
THE 2019 RUGBY World Cup will be broadcast in Ireland by both eir Sport and RTÉ, with the two broadcasters today announcing that they had reached a sub-licencing agreement. Ireland celebrate beating the All Blacks on Saturday. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO As confirmed in July 2016 when they won the bid, eir Sport are the primary rights holders. They’ll broadcast all […]