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Posted 707 days ago
Munster hooker Jerry Flannery and scrum-half Tomás O’Leary have been named in Declan Kidney’s 43-man Ireland squad having both missed the majority through injury.
Ireland have scheduled a series of pre-season camps throughout June and July, beginning on 27 June in Kildare. Although the majority of the players named in the squad have been involved with Ireland or the Wolfhounds (Ireland…
Posted 820 days ago
AN EARLY exit from Ireland’s summer tour Down Under proved to be the ideal tonic for David Wallace. The flanker returned home to Ireland for the birth of his second son, Harvey, missing the Test against Australia as a result.
But the five-week break from the game also gave him some respite from an ongoing back injury, and left him feeling fit…
Posted 849 days ago
Wales have been handed the chance of kicking off the 2013 RBS 6 Nations, against Ireland in a re-run of the game that decided the 2009 Grand Slam! The opening day also sees the Calcutta Cup match with France v Scotland, often on the opening weekend, closing the tournament at the awful time (blame French TV) of 9pm French time!!!!
February…
Posted 849 days ago
Ireland wing Tommy Bowe has been ruled out of Ireland’s opening game against Italy in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on February 5th. Bowe has been carrying a knee injury which was reviewed by both the Ospreys and Ireland medical teams and respective specialist consultants. It was concluded that Bowe would not be fit to play for the Italy game…
Posted 903 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!
Posted 910 days ago
How to program your mind for mental fitness to make your dreams come true
A LEADING brain training coach has explained how the power of the mind inspired hero Ronan O’Gara to kick Ireland to Grand Slam success for the first time since 1948.
The man who scored the winning drop-goal in March’s Six Nations decider with Wales used the same brain…
Posted 911 days ago
Rugby World thought it best to even the score and get the perspective from the other side of the fence. We caught up with ‘Cinderella’ [you'll see] about embarrassing moments, getting in the way and his favourite joke.
RUGBY WORLD: Do the ELVs make the game easier to referee?
ALAIN ROLLAND: I don’t think there’s a major shift. There are…
Posted 914 days ago
England confirmed they will prepare for Rugby World Cup 2011 with three warm-up games in August next year.
Team Manager Martin Johnson’s side will face Wales at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, August 6, with the return game taking place at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, August 13.
They travel to face Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, August 27…
Posted 914 days ago
Rugby World caught up with the Irish and Munster lock about all things comical. His phobia of cotton wool, being a brutal singer, taking ducks into a Munster management meeting and the infamous Cardiff game. [Clip Below]
RUGBY WORLD: You’re known as a big trickster. What’s the best practical joke you’ve ever played?
DONNCHA O’CALLAGHAN: I suppose the best one was…
Posted 1217 days ago
The Leinster lock showed he has a head for heights during Ireland’s Autumn Tests.
It was a glum day on the Emerald Isle when it was confirmed that Paul O’Connell would miss all of the autumn Tests. The loss of Ireland’s talisman exposed a vulnerability in the squad, and where a year ago the O’Connell/Donncha O’Callaghan second-row partnership had undone…
