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Posted 837 days ago
At 36, Alan Quinlan is on a one-year contract at Munster and nearing the end of a career that has never touched the heights it might have, writes Rugby World deputy editor Alan Pearey. If that sounds odd after 27 Ireland caps, two Heineken Cups and “the try that saved Irish rugby” at RWC 2003, then the disruptions caused by…
Posted 850 days ago
The last time we spoke to Tomás O’Leary was during a bad week for the scrum-half. He’d injured his thumb a month into the season and, having undergone surgery, was told he’d miss all four of Ireland’s autumn Tests. The worst thing was he’d suffered the injury while losing to Leinster – a fourth loss in a row to their…
Posted 852 days ago
Munster’s early eviction from the Heineken Cup has prompted claims that they are now over the hill, and losing their position as one of Europe’s top dogs. Seilala Mapusua’s try in the 68th minute put visitors London Irish 14-7 ahead, and for a while it looked like Munster could come off second best for only the second time in Thomond…
Posted 853 days ago
Munster kicked into gear with just 10 minutes of the game to go to beat London Irish 28-14 at Thomond Park.
Neither team could qualify for the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup, and the scoreboard at half-time reflected their dampened spirits. It was still 0-0 at the break, but it wasn’t for want of determination by either team.
Munster had three…
Posted 854 days ago
Neither Munster nor London Irish can progress to the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup, but plenty of pride and bragging rights are still up for grabs in Saturday’s pool 3 clash.
Munster felt the force of London Irish at full swagger in October, losing 23-17 in round 1 of the competition at the Majedski Stadium, but since then Saturday’s visitors…
Posted 863 days ago
Leinster Rugby can confirm that second-row forward Trevor Hogan has retired from the game with immediate effect due to a knee injury.
Tipperary native Hogan, 31, attended CBS Nenagh and was capped four times by Ireland over a professional career spanning seven years. He represented Munster on 57 occasions (scoring one try) before moving to Leinster in the summer of 2006…
Posted 865 days ago
The race for the prestigious eight Heineken Cup quarter-final places is entering the final straight – but 11 of the 24 teams in the 2010 / 2011 tournament will still be in elite European club rugby action come April.
While the six Pool winners and two best Pool runners-up will prolong their Heineken Cup adventure into the knock-out stages, the next…
Posted 865 days ago
NOTTINGHAM Director of Rugby Glenn Delaney is hoping for a massive response from fans ahead of this Friday’s clash with Magners League titans Munster.
The evening British and Irish Cup spectacle, which kicks off at 7.45pm, has already attracted a record smashing 500 corporate guests.
Now the kiwi is hoping fans will cram into Meadow Lane to support the Green and Whites…
Posted 868 days ago
Glasgow Warriors and Scotland no.8 Johnnie Beattie will make his return to frontline action tomorrow night when he takes the field against current Magners League leaders Munster at Musgrave Park in Cork (8 January, kick-off 7.30pm).
Beattie has been out with a shoulder injury since he returned from Scotland’s historic Test series win in Argentina last summer and head coach Sean…
Posted 871 days ago
With the half way stage of the season now passed, teams will now concentrate on their push for a top four placing to secure a spot in the Magners League semi-finals. Results over the Festive period mean that Munster have pulled nine points clear at the top of the table, but there is a real scramble for the remaining Play-off…
