Munster 21Ulster 20 MUNSTER SECURED A dramatic 21-20 win over Ulster in the Guinness Pro21 at Thomond Park this evening, as a last-gasp Ian Humphreys conversion miss proved crucial. The hosts endured a bad start, going 12-0 down, before 21 unanswered points put Anthony Foley’s side in the driving seat. Ian Humphreys’ fifth penalty from
FOR YEARS THE only thing you had to fear about playing Connacht was the Roman atmosphere generated in the cauldron of the Galway Sportsground. This season the westerners have more in their arsenal than a rambunctious crowd – although that certainly still helps their cause. Click Here: sea eagles shirt Pat Lam’s men have a
WE’VE GOT TO hand it to Mario Rosenstock — this morning’s Gift Grub was particularly excellent. ‘The Nativity: Rugby Style’ sees Joe Schmidt play Joseph and Ronan O’Gara as Mary with the pair receiving direction from the voice of BOD as they go in search of the saviour of Irish rugby. On their journey, they
Smackdown did not make it three weeks in a row beating Raw in viewership this week as Tuesday’s show pulled in 2,032,000 viewers, down 59,000 viewers from the New Year’s Day episode. Smackdown was #4 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #16 in overall viewership for the night. President Trump’s
IRISH SPORTS FANS have ranked Katie Taylor’s record-equaling fifth World Boxing Championship title as the greatest Irish sporting achievement of 2014 ahead of Ireland’s Six Nations win and Rory McIlroy’s double-Major winning year. The reigning Olympic champion won her fifth straight lightweight title in South Korea in November, defeating Yana Allekseevna of Azerbaijan. The results of the PSG
RORY MCILROY HAS been named the RTÉ Sports Person of the Year for the second time. The 25-year old – who recently finished second to Lewis Hamilton at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year – had a phenomenal year winning two Majors, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the Race to Dubai. Indeed, during the course
INJURIES ARE USUALLY no laughing matter, but just like when you get a fit of giggles in mass, it is pretty hard to keep a straight face when you hear what happened to Racing Metro out-half Johan Goosen before his side’s 15-9 loss away to Toulouse. The Parisians were already under pressure at the position
EVERY RULE HAS an exception and it seems the English Rugby Football Union could be about to make a pretty big one with reports today that Toulon’s Steffon Armitage could be included in their World Cup squad. According to The Times (£), the RFU will relax its directive that players based outside of England are
A FEW DAYS ago we spoke to former Munster and Ireland flanker Alan Quinlan about the struggle of adjusting from being a professional rugby player to an ordinary bloke. It wasn’t too bad for Quinlan since he had multiple media gigs lined up, but what about the less heralded players in Ireland? Not everyone can
MUNSTER HAVE CONFIRMED the heavily-rumoured signing of scrum-half Tomás O’Leary on a two-year contract from London Irish ahead of next season. The 31-year-old will rejoin his home province after three years with the Premiership club, adding depth to Munster’s squad. Head coach Anthony Foley is understood to have been keen to secure an additional scrum-half, with Conor Murray