Connacht coach Pat Lam speaks at the Cycle Against Suicide Student Leaders’ Congress in the UL Sport Arena today. Source: Liam Burke, Press 22 HomeLeinster back rower Sean O’Brien has emerged as a doubt for the start of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign as his calf injury is taking longer to heal than expected.Bord Gáis Energy
ENGLAND COACH EDDIE Jones has confirmed Dylan Hartley as his captain for the Six Nations. The Northampton hooker, who last season led England to the Grand Slam, took to the stage at this morning’s championship launch alongside rival Six Nations captains for a question and answer session. Hartley was given a six-week ban after being
Terenure College 12 Kilkenny College 3 TRIES IN EITHER half by wingers Zak Vaughan and Luke Murnaghan proved decisive this afternoon at Castle Avenue, where Terenure College got the better of Kilkenny College in the opening round of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup. Clear-cut scoring opportunities were few and far between during a game that
IRELAND AREN’T SITTING pretty on the one table that counts but a number of Joe Schmidt’s players recorded impressive numbers on the opening weekend of Six Nations action in 2017. Schmidt’s side are sitting in a lowly fifth position on the back of their 27-22 defeat to Scotland on Saturday after delivering a performance that
SCOTLAND SUFFERED A narrow loss to France in their RBS Six Nations clash in Paris earlier today and it was an odd game for many reasons, not least Vern Cotter’s men losing talisman Greig Laidlaw, his replacement skipper John Barclay and Barclay’s replacement John Hardie all to injury. But there was also a bizarre incident involving
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FRANCE ARE SHOWING signs of a revival after a ‘malaise’ of several years because they have chosen the right coach in Guy Noves, former Irish rugby great Gordon D’Arcy told AFP. Noves, who replaced the much criticised Philippe Saint-Andre after the 2015 World Cup, forged his reputation at Toulouse, whom he guided to four European
SHANE WILLIAMS WAS among the most prolific players in Test rugby in his time, but his strike rate against Ireland wasn’t quite the finest. Only two of his 58 tries for Wales came against Ireland, although the non-trying scoring damage he did with ball in hand and the threat he posed without it is more
Ireland fans Brendan Guinan, Alan Ryan, Declan Doogan, Paul Hensey and James Hibbitts have arrived in Cardiff ahead of tomorrow night’s Six Nations game. Source: James Crombie/INPHO HomeThe roof will be closed for tomorrow’s Six Nations clash between Ireland and Wales at the Principality Stadium.Ireland U20 head coach Nigel Carolan has reshuffled his back-line to
FORMER RACING 92 scrum-half Mike Phillips has been stunned by the impending merger of the club with local rivals Stade Francais, claiming squad members from the two sides were even discouraged from living near each other during his time in Paris. Phillips, 34, spent three years at Racing from 2013 until last year, when he moved to Premiership