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Posted 339 days ago
In a pre-match interview, Declan Kidney said: “The belief is unquestionable. Just because you have a bad day doesn’t mean you can’t turn it around a week later.” And Ireland did just that. They may not have got that elusive first win against the All Blacks but they took them as close as I can remember. It was a big night for Christchurch and the people of Canterbury
Posted 350 days ago
IRELAND HAVE never beaten New Zealand but they have a chance to change the history books in Auckland on Saturday. Both Declan Kidney and Steve Hansen have selected new caps in their sides for the first match of this month’s three-Test series. It will be played at Eden Park – venue of Ireland’s famous win over Australia at last year’s World Cup
Posted 350 days ago
The Ireland team to play New Zealand in the first test of the summer tour has been named and includes two new caps with wing Simon Zebo and prop Declan Fitzpatrick making their first starts in the green jersey at this level.
Zebo, who is the youngest member of the touring squad at 22, starts on the left wing in a…
Posted 351 days ago
IT’S THE start of the new global calendar, with seven northern hemisphere countries down south for end-of-season tours. The July issue of Rugby World looks ahead to the Test action in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands through the eyes of four home nation stars – Manu Tuilagi, Gethin Jenkins, Brian O’Driscoll and Nick De Luca. Plus,…
Posted 367 days ago
THREE UNCAPPED players have been named in the Ireland squad to travel to New Zealand in June. Ulster prop Declan Fitzpatrick has made the cut, while Munster duo Mike Sherry and Simon Zebo have also been included in the 29-man party.
Ulstermen Darren Cave and Dan Tuohy, both of whom played in Saturday’s Heineken Cup final, have also been named in…
Posted 502 days ago
THE LIONS don’t travel Australia for another 18 months, but it’s a good enough excuse to delve into the archives and remember the fabulous try scored by Brian O’Driscoll on the British Isles’ last tour Down Under in 2001. In the opening Test in Brisbane, in a stadium brimming with Lions fans, the Ireland centre scorched through the Wallaby defence…
Posted 737 days ago
BRIAN O’DRISCOLL is one of rugby’s more articulate players, but after Ireland’s 21-11 defeat by New Zealand in Wellington in 2008 he wasn’t quite as comfortable speaking to the media. Asked to do a television interview straight after the final whistle, the Ireland captain found himself struggling for words and visibly shivering as his body reacted to a game played…
Posted 803 days ago
BRIAN O’DRISCOLL was fuming about Mike Phillips’s controversial 50th-minute try in Wales’ 19-13 win over Ireland.
Phillips was sent on his way over the try-line following a quick throw-in from Matthew Rees – but replays clearly showed that the Wales captain had used a different ball to the one kicked into touch because the original one had landed near the crowd…
Posted 848 days ago
Ireland’s list of injured players is growing by the day, and now includes prop John Hayes, No 8 Jamie Heaslip and winger Shane Horgan, who are all set to be out for at least the first game, while winger Andrew Trimble and full-backs Rob Kearney and Geordan Murphy are set to be out for the championship, writes Bea Asprey. Head…
Posted 902 days ago
Known for his intelligent plays and quick thinking, heres just a taster of what he can do. Brian O’Driscoll scores the pick of the Leinster tries during a Heineken Cup showdown with Wasps in 2008. Poor Tom Voyce didn’t get a look-in!
