GRASSROOTS TO GREEN shirts. It’s very easy to be cynical about the slogans teams build their off-field culture around, and the fact that Connacht hung a fundraising scheme off the above mantra makes it all the more so. That said, there is something very real in this particular modus operandi. Robbie Henshaw is the poster …
Continue reading “Connacht’s ‘grassroots to green shirts’ mantra driving improvement”
TOULON WARMED UP for their Champions Cup semi-final clash with Leinster next Sunday by recording a measured 24 – 35 away win over Grenoble in the Top 14. The Alpine club famously beat the European champions when they hosted them early last season, but there was to be no repeat today. Europe’s richest club showed …
FERGUS MCFADDEN AND Kane Douglas have been ruled out for the rest of Leinster’s season. The province confirmed that both players will go under the knife for surgery this week and miss the final matches of the Pro12 campaign. McFadden fractured his right thumb in the second half of Sunday’s heartbreaking Champions Cup defeat against …
Continue reading “The season is over for Fergus McFadden and Kane Douglas”
Source: James Crombie/INPHO Toulon Click Here: newcastle knights team jersey
MUNSTER COACH ANTHONY Foley pinpointed the “hiccups” at the end of both halves of his side’s 23-23 draw with Ulster as the main reason they didn’t grab an important away win in the Guinness Pro12 yesterday. Indeed, Munster were leading 9-0 with two minutes of the first half remaining and then held a 23-16 advantage …
Continue reading “Analysis: Sonny Bill Henderson sets up sublime Tommy Bowe score”
LEINSTER’S RHYS RUDDOCK is one of three full internationals starting, as Emerging Ireland coach Allen Clarke has named his side for tomorrow’s Tbilisi Cup opener against Emerging Italy. Clarke and his assistant Girvan Dempsey have named a starting XV with a mix of the four provinces, with four starters from Munster, Leinster and Connacht, as …
The promotion announced today that the 205 Live star will be making an appearance for the promotions Project Tokyo event at Korakuen Hall on January 7. It wasn’t made clear who he would be facing. Fight Club: PRO made the announcement on their Twitter this morning. Drave Maverick retweeted their tweet, saying he made the …
Continue reading “Akira Tozawa Set To Work For Fight Club Pro’s Debut Event In Tokyo”
A DECADE MAY have numbed the pain, but not the crushing disappointment of Irish fans. Source: INPHO Brian O’Driscoll wasn’t just Ireland’s iconic star player and the poster boy for a rise from hopefuls to contenders. He was Ireland’s first Lions captain in the pro era, the first since Ciaran Fitzgerald took the team to …
Continue reading “Spear tackle to ‘sook’: 10 years on from the O’Driscoll-Umaga debacle”
Gary Wilson catches Sarel Burger during the World Twenty20 Qualifiers Pile on! Shamrock Rovers celebrate with their mascot during the Europa League win over Progrs Niederkorn John McCaffrey celebrates at the final whistle The Cork City games took place during the week Niall Corbet celebrates with UCD’s fans after European win Conor Sweeney scores a …
Continue reading “Here’s 16 of our favourite images from another busy sporting week”
TOULON PRESIDENT MOURAD Boudjellal has issued an angered response to reports that out-half Quade Cooper will turn his back on a contract with the Top 14 club to stay in Australia. Paul O’Connell and Cooper were set to be teammates at Toulon next season. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The three-time Champions Cup winners announced the signing …
Continue reading “Toulon’s owner may sue ARU for ‘millions’ over Quade Cooper deal”