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THE FRESH FAT has been trimmed off Super Rugby and we’re entering the business end. The competition was at its largest ever this season with 18 teams from five different countries, but it’s the three original providers who make up the eight sides who remain in the quarter-finals. As you might expect from back-to-back world …
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OlympicsThomas Barr ran a personal best and national record in breaking the 48-second barrier for the first time but it still wasn’t good enough for a medal in the final of the mens’ 400m hurdles.The boxing controversy in Rio shows no signs of abating after the International Boxing Association confirmed the organisation’s current executive director …
Read More “We’ll Leave It There So: Barr’s bittersweet day, bad news for McGeady and today’s sport”
SHANE HORGAN HAS thrown down the gauntlet to Leinster and Munster, challenging them to follow Connacht’s lead and start the new season by playing a more attacking, fearless brand of rugby. Connacht’s unheralded Pro12 triumph last season saw the traditional provincial hierarchy rearranged with Pat Lam’s side a breath of fresh air with their ball-in-hand …
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IT WOULD BE easy to take the art of finishing for granted, to simply pass it off as a skill that comes naturally. But the best finishers in rugby work diligently on their ability in this area, and Connacht’s Niyi Adeolokun is determined to be included in any conversations about the finest five-point collectors. Adeolokun …
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Home Robbie Henshaw shows off Ireland’s new alternative kit. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Jared Payne will make his first appearance of the season for Ulster tomorrow night in the province’s trip to the Glasgow Warriors.Leinster have also called on fit-again Johnny Sexton to make his seasonal bow in tomorrow night’s game against the Ospreys.Conor McGregor’s camp …
RUGBY AUSTRALIA HAS branded Israel Folau’s latest controversial social media posts as “unacceptable” and “disrespectful”. The Australian union has engaged its Integrity Unit to further investigate the matter as Wallabies star Folau draws widespread condemnation for posts on his official Instagram and Twitter accounts. Folau’s latest Instagram post is accompanied by a meme that warns that …
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Murray Kinsella reports from Coventry AS JOHANN VAN Graan spoke in the media room at the Ricoh Arena yesterday, discussing the opportunity ahead of his players, CJ Stander sat alongside him nodding his head. “We’ve got big dreams,” said van Graan. “Big dreams make a man’s blood stir.” At this point, Stander broke into a …
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JAMES RYAN IS the Leinster Players’ Player of the Year for 2018/19. Ryan was presented with the award at the Leinster Awards Ball last night, and it caps his meteoric rise with the province having won the Young Player of the Year award only last season. That gong went Max Deegan’s way this time around. …
Read More “Team-mates vote James Ryan as Leinster’s Player of the Year”
FORMER ULSTER AND Ireland out-half Paddy Jackson has signed for London Irish, the club confirmed today. The 26-year-old had moved to France last year to play with Perpignan after being acquitted in the high-profile Belfast rape trial. The 25-cap Ireland international exercised a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave the club after …
AT THE END of another rollicking season, one of largely favourable fortunes for the provinces, there remains one final piece of business to be settled before all eyes — in this part of the world anyway — begin to look ahead to events in Japan later this year. For either Leinster or Munster, their season …
Read More “Highly-motivated Munster bid to end Leinster’s season at sold-out RDS”
