AS ULSTER PLUGGED away last week, desperately searching for a late winner against Edinburgh, ironically the calmest man inside Kingspan Stadium was inside the coaches’ box. Because despite the fact his side, for the second week running, were one mistake away from a home defeat, Dan McFarland wasn’t pacing or frantically scribbling down notes or …
Shane Helms will return to WWE as a backstage producer. He has been working with ROH since last June, but will join Abyss and Sonjay Dutt as new producer hires. Helms will start immediately while Abyss and Dutt are expected to start by mid-February. Last week during a media call, Triple H said that WWE …
CIAN HEALY’S COMMENTS have no doubt stoked the early-season rivalry between Leinster and Connacht heading into Saturday’s inter-pro showdown in Galway, but Andy Friend wants his side to concentrate solely on rising to their own task. Healy accused Connacht of disrespectful behaviour during last April’s clash between the sides at the Sportsground, when John Muldoon …
WWE has filed a new trademark for Tough Enough with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The description reads: “Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms …
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Deux jours après son hospitalisation d’urgence à Toulouse, la Maison royale danoise a donné des nouvelles du prince Joachim, 51 ans. Publié le 28 juillet 2020, un nouveau communiqué officiel se veut rassurant sur l’état de santé du fils de la reine Margrethe II, depuis son opération d’un caillot sanguin au cerveau. “Après ces derniers …
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Ryan Bailey reports from the Aviva Stadium MUNSTER WILL ANXIOUSLY wait to discover the severity of the leg injury suffered by Alby Mathewson in the closing stages of last night’s defeat to Leinster, with the province’s scrum-half resources already stretched. All Black Mathewson was replaced in the 76th minute by Duncan Williams at the Aviva …
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Updated Oct 17th 2018, 9:49 PM WHILE ALL EYES will be on the European club rugby again this weekend, the November Tests will rapidly come into view in Ireland next week. Joe Schmidt is set to name his squad for the upcoming games against Italy, Argentina, the All Blacks and the US on Tuesday or …
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Ulster 36 Dragons 18 Adam McKendry reports from Kingspan Stadium IT WASN’T WHOLLY convincing, but Ulster bagged their first bonus point win of the season as they downed the Dragons on their return to Kingspan Stadium. A brace from Stuart McCloskey, and a piece of individual brilliance from Will Addison, headlined the game, which won’t …
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LEO CULLEN COULD include a number of uncapped players in his Leinster squad for Friday’s Guinness Pro14 clash against the Ospreys at the RDS, as the province’s depth chart is again tested. After a two-week break, Leinster resume their Pro14 campaign against the Welsh region [KO 7.35pm, eir Sport/TG4] but will be without their Ireland internationals …
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SUCH HAS BEEN his impact, it’s strange to think it was only this week 12 months ago that James Lowe arrived in Dublin but the Kiwi is now very much part of the Leinster family. Lowe made an instant impression at the province, his performances on the pitch helping Leinster to a dream double while …
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