IAN MADIGAN’S CLUB commitments kept him out of Ireland’s plans for the Six Nations opener, even with Jonathan Sexton ultimately ruled out with a calf injury.The Dubliner was regularly Joe…
THAT WAS ALAN MURDOCH writing in The Independent in January 1995, after Ireland had lost their 5 Nations opener to England.Days later, in the same newspaper, a letter from a…
HERE ARE YOUR Ulster Bank League previews for the Division 1A and 1B weekend ahead. Kick-off Saturday 2.30pm unless stated.DIVISION 1ADUBLIN UNIVERSITY (8th) v OLD BELVEDERE (7th), College Park, tonight, 7.30pmIt will be interesting…
THE EASY OPTION would be to look for a move to one of the other provinces where first-team opportunities would be more forthcoming, but Jack Conan insists the competition at…
HERE’S WHAT WE do know: A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury.Here’s what we don’t: Pretty much everything else.Why do some people show symptoms straight away while, for others, their…
LEINSTER AND IRELAND forward Mike McCarthy will leave the club to join French Pro D2 side Racing Club de Narbonne.In an announcement on their official Facebook page this afternoon, the club say…
FOR A MAN who aspired to be a professional rugby player from the age of 12, Shane Monahan is surprisingly comfortable with accepting that his career in the game has…
Murray Kinsella reports from DonnybrookNIGEL CAROLAN’S IRELAND U20s ended their Six Nations campaign with a 14-10 defeat against England at Donnybrook.Read our match report here, but below we pick out…
Click:Town Village: Building World MOD APKTHE REFEREE APPOINTMENTS for the European Champions Cup quarter-finals have been announced this morning. Welsh referee Nigel Owens Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHOWelsh official Nigel Owens will…
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP STRUGGLERS Bristol announced today that Bruce Reihana will join the club as skills coach.Reihana will follow Ian Madigan from Bordeaux-Begles to join the English club, who will be…