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Posted 83 days ago
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.
Posted 811 days ago
RONAN O’GARA inspired Ireland to a 21-18 win over Scotland on Sunday, winning the Man of the Match award for his services. The fly-half has played second fiddle to Leinster’s Jonathan Sexton all season, and Ireland have typically used him in the last ten minutes of games to seal victories. But although Sexton has looked comfortable in the green jersey…
Posted 832 days ago
It’s 8.30 in the evening, and Ronan O’Gara can finally put his feet up, writes Bea Asprey. These days, after a hard training session, it’s straight home to help look after the kids – two-year-old twins Molly and Rua, and six-month-old JJ. These arrivals have given O’Gara an escape from rugby that he didn’t have before – as soon as…
Posted 905 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 1271 days ago
The Ice Man Cometh….
If Ronan O‘Gara was having sleepless nights after his lions tour this summer then Jonathan Sextons outstanding international debut will have done nothing to cure the Cork mans insomnia. The Dubliner kicked seven from seven and ran his back line with the confidence of a seasoned out half. This was admittedly a lack luster performance from a…
