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Posts Tagged ‘craig gilroy’


RBS 6 Nations: Ireland analysis

Posted 66 days ago

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“IS IT time to go back to the drawing board Declan?” The question posed after so many basic errors saw Ireland defeated by England. “No” was the simple answer given. He was right too. For Ireland the drawing board is no longer the issue, it’s the architect.

RBS 6 Nations: Ireland analysis: Round 3

Posted 87 days ago

scotland v ireland

SOMETIMES THE stats do lie.

If you didn’t know the score at Murrayfield on Sunday and were just handed the match data afterwards, everything would suggest that Ireland had beaten Scotland and consequently joined Wales and England at having a shot at the Championship title. But as everyone knows by now, against the odds, it’s Scotland who earned that right.

Accent on youth reinvigorates Ireland

Posted 178 days ago

ON 31st July 2010 a young Ulsterman scored the first try in a challenge match to mark the opening of the Aviva Stadium. Another reporter turned to me and said “Remember the name. You’ll need it for pub quizzes for years to come.”

Ireland XV 53-0 Fiji: The Verdict

Posted 185 days ago

ireland xv v fiji

IN WHAT turned out to be nothing more than a training ground run around, Ireland ran in eight unanswered tries in this non-cap match at Thomond Park. Fiji laboured in the lashing rain, but could not get anywhere near their Irish counterparts.

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