Yearly Archives: 2022

THE IRFU BELIEVES the development of women’s rugby is “a long-term project” amidst ongoing suggestions that Ireland Women should become a semi-professional or professional side to compete with the likes…

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that AEW wrestler Kylie Rae has been out of action with a medical issue, although the exact reason has not been named. It is believed…

ENGLAND CENTRE MANU Tuilagi says he is “fit and ready to go” if required for a resumption of his Test match career this summer.Tuilagi will start his first game for…

IN A SQUAD as competitive as Leinster’s, it pays to be versatile. Jimmy O’Brien is a case in point. O’Brien has started 14 games for the province this season – nine…

ANY INITIAL IDEAS about a ‘winners and losers’-themed article after the Lions’ clash with Japan yesterday veered very much in one direction after just seven minutes of the action at…

Updated 15 hours ago THERE WERE CONGRATULATIONS aplenty for Conor Murray in Lions camp on Saturday night as his team-mates found out that Warren Gatland had appointed the scrum-half as…

MUNSTER BACK ROW Alex Kendellen has been named captain of the 34-man Ireland U20 squad for the upcoming 2021 Six Nations in Cardiff.Head coach Richie Murphy has confirmed his group for…

IT HAS BEEN just over 15 months since the world changed and the rugby world shut down.For some, moments have been lost forever, the cessation of last season’s Under 20…

ROBBIE HENSHAW HAS backed his Leinster and Ireland team-mate Andrew Porter to return stronger than ever from the disappointment of missing out on the forthcoming Lions tour to South Africa.One…

WITH THEIR PRE-tour camp in Jersey getting now in full swing, Warren Gatland and his Lions coaching staff will continue to mull over the selection options in their 37-man squad…

ALMOST FOURS AGO to the day, Warren Gatland took a seat in Auckland’s QBE Stadium and explained to a room full of journalists, microphones and cameras why he was handing…