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
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Updated at 22.04 Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images (Rory McIlroy pictured at the High Court in Dublin) HomeThe ongoing legal dispute between golfer Rory McIlroy and his former management company has been settled out of court.The IRFU have warned fans about buying tickets from touts amid news that 144 Six Nations tickets have gone missing.DCU
IRISH RUGBY IS such a successful entity today that it’s hard for people who’ve grown up in the professional era to imagine a time when the team was anything other than a well-run machine who gave the players every resource to achieve success. Of course things were different in the amateur era as players couldn’t
LEINSTER’S CHAMPIONS CUP quarter-final against Bath at the Aviva Stadium on 4 April will be refereed by Frenchman Jérôme Garcès. The appointment was announced by the EPCR match officials selection committee this afternoon, with Mathieu Raynal and Christophe Berdos to serve as Garcès’ assistant referees, while Eric Guazins will be on television match official duty. Leinster have been
Murray Kinsella reports from Cardiff THE TOUGHEST GAME of Ireland’s Six Nations so far? That seems to be the case, and this is the one we felt would be the stumbling block at the beginning of the championship. Take Wales to Dublin and you might give Ireland seven-point favouritism now, but home advantage makes a
PWInsider reports that WWE has filed a trademark for “Worlds Collide,” listing the term as “Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling.” Some suspect it is a new show, PPV title, or even a cross over event being planned. It should be noted that “When Worlds Collide” was a WCW pay per view in
ALL BLACKS COACH Steve Hansen has warned rugby union risks becoming “boring” unless steps are taken to make the game more attacking and simplify its bloated rule book. Hansen said defence was dominating the 15-a-side code and detracting from the game as a spectacle. “I don’t think the game’s boring yet but it could go
Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO LAST SATURDAY PUT us all through the emotional wringer. But those hardy Irish rugby fans who stumped up to go to Edinburgh and witness history first hand were slightly more invested than those of us watching from a safe distance. Take this guy, for instance. Pictured when Yoann Huget decided to toy