Ryan Bailey reports from the Aviva Stadium MARIO LEDESMA MADE quite an impression at Friday’s pre-match press conference, and the Argentina head coach continued in a similar vein post-match deep in the bowels of the Aviva Stadium. “Guys, we don’t have a press officer,” he says. “Whenever a hard question comes, we’re going to leave.” …
IRELAND WILL HAVE the opportunity to usurp New Zealand at the top of the World Rugby rankings during next year’s Six Nations, after Joe Schmidt’s side hit their highest-ever points total. A first home win over the All Blacks was not enough for Ireland to jump ahead of the back-to-back world champions into the number …
MUNSTER HEAD COACH Johann van Graan has been able to recall most of his Ireland internationals for tomorrow’s meeting with Edinburgh in Cork (kick-off 19.35, eir Sport). Man of the match in the win over New Zealand, Peter O’Mahony returns to captain his province and there are 10 further changes after the 7-32 win over …
FOLLOWING A YEAR of unprecedented success in Irish sport at home and on the international stage, RTÉ have confirmed their respective shortlists for Team of the Year and Young Sportsperson of the Year. Last week the broadcaster released its 13-person shortlist for Sportsperson of the Year, with tonight’s announcement completing the lineup for this week’s …
THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE is an extract from Sevens Heaven: The Beautiful Chaos of Fiji’s Olympic Dream by Ben Ryan. Sometimes instinct takes over. Sometimes you just know, within the first two seconds. Sometimes a choice just seems right. And sometimes when you make that decision, you have no idea where it will end up taking …
SEÁN O’BRIEN IS on track to be in contention for Ireland’s upcoming Six Nations title defence as the flanker prepares to step up his on-field recovery from a broken arm. Click Here: Aston Martin Racing Suit O’Brien’s torrid injury luck continued last November when he sustained the break during Ireland’s Autumn Test win over Argentina, having …
ENGLAND COACH EDDIE Jones says Johnny Sexton has a “bat phone to the referee” as he suggested the Ireland out-half receives preferential treatment from match officials. Jones’ England team have the toughest possible start to their Six Nations campaign, away to reigning Grand Slam champions Ireland on February 2. Jones has a history of making comments …
FIJI WINGER NEMANI Nadolo has announced his international retirement, with the Rugby World Cup in Japan on the horizon. The prolific Montpellier flyer, who turns 31 today, revealed he had been contemplating calling time on his Test career for a long time. Nadolo scored 19 tries in 30 matches for the Pacific Islanders, but a …
NOEL MCNAMARA’S IRELAND U20s made it two wins from two in the 2019 Six Nations with a three-try 24-5 win over Scotland in Galashiels last night. With this talented Ireland team picking up momentum in the championship, we look at three players who stood out in difficult conditions in Scotland. Liam Turner Deservedly named man …
Statement from WWE.com “During a SmackDown live event in Alexandria, La., Saturday night, Becky Lynch suddenly leaped over the barricade from the crowd and attacked Charlotte Flair as The Queen was facing SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka. In the heated altercation that followed, an irate Charlotte re-injured Becky’s knee, going as far to attack it with …
