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Great prizes up for grabs!

Posted 49 days ago

england fans

THIS MONTH we’ve got some fantastic prizes for you to win! You can enter all our competitions on our designated page, but here’s a reminder of the great prizes up for grabs this month.

Heineken Cup Final – Leinster v Ulster preview

Posted 371 days ago

rob kearney leinster

THE FRENCH and English clubs have fallen by the wayside in this season’s Heineken Cup, so Twickenham will play host to the first all-Irish final on Saturday afternoon. Leinster are bidding for their third title in four years and hope to become the first team since Leicester to win back-to-back Heineken Cup titles, while Ulster

Clermont Auvergne v Leinster: The Preview

Posted 392 days ago

Rob Kearney

Bordeaux is famed for its wine but this weekend it’ll be the smell of rugby players’ sweat filling the air rather than the fruity aroma of a good red. Clermont Auvergne and Leinster go head-to-head at the Stade Chaban Delmas for a place in this year’s Heineken Cup final – and it’s sure to be an enthralling affair…

A St Patrick’s Day to forget

Posted 431 days ago

england v ireland

What a shocker! This generation of Ireland players and fans have got so used to beating England in the last decade that with this year’s match rounding off the tournament on St Patrick’s Day, the script for another Irish victory seemed to be written.
Not so.

Ireland turn on the style

Posted 438 days ago

Tommy Bowe

IT WAS always going to be interesting to see how Ireland would respond to last week’s draw with France: would they be able to build on their first-half performance in Paris? Or would surrendering the lead and failing to get on the scoreboard after the break leave them with a hangover?

Ireland 42-10 Italy

Posted 453 days ago

ireland v italy

Having not played a match for three weeks, Ireland looked nervous as they came out of the Aviva Stadium blocks, but they exerted consistent pressure on their opponents and were rewarded with five tries. The hosts were penalised within kicking distance a number of times, but luckily for them it was not Italian fly-half Tobias Botes’s day with the boot. Man of the Match Jonathan Sexton, on the other hand, was successful with seven out of eight kicks at goal, notching up a total of 18 points.

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