LES KISS HAS called on his Ulster his players to deliver some big performances over the coming weeks as they aim to remain in contention in the Guinness Pro12 and the European Champions Cup. Ulster suffered their fifth Pro12 defeat of the season — and second on the trot — when they went down 16-13 …
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WE LIVE IN a world where social media is omnipresent, while sport continues to capture the imagination of the masses. Conor Duff is hopeful that his new product, Tactic, is the perfect meeting point between the two elements. Tactic is a free web app that allows kids and teenagers to analyse games and training, converse with …
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MUNSTER CAPTAIN PETER O’Mahony admitted that his pack could do more to protect Conor Murray as Irish players prepared to turn their focus towards the Six Nations. The scrum-half was openly critical of Glasgow Warriors’ efforts to target him during the Champions Cup round 5 clash. And, with 17 Warriors in the Scotland squad, there …
SIMON ZEBO RARELY seems short of confidence but the way he’s been playing this season, the versatile back is feeling particularly sure of himself right now. Four years on from his Six Nations debut — a win at Wales’s Millennium Stadium — Zebo sees himself as a more complete player but one who has remained …
‘It’s a high-impact game. I was in there, I was loving it. I knew what could happen because it’s the nature of the sport but I wouldn’t change a thing.’ Ben Marshall in action against Ospreys in the final game of his career. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO WHEN YOU LOOK back and chart Connacht’s extraordinary journey …
Murray Kinsella reports from Stadio Olimpico CRAIG GILROY WAS back in an Ireland shirt in the Six Nations for the first time since 2013 today and made up for lost time by grabbing a hat-trick of tries in the commanding 63-10 win over Italy. Gilroy scored three tries for Ireland. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The Ulsterman …
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Leinster 39Edinburgh 10 Ryan Bailey reports from the RDS IT REMAINS TO be seen how much of a toll this game will have on Leinster’s season but, for now, Leo Cullen’s men can be satisfied with a job well done as they moved top of the Guinness Pro12. What started out as a night of …
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Source: The42.ie/YouTube IRELAND KEPT THEIR championship hopes alive with a typically hard-fought win over the French at the Aviva Stadium. Italy rattled England in London with some inventive Brendan Venter-led tactics at the ruck, while Scotland edged out Ireland’s next opponents Wales in Edinburgh. Former Ireland head coach Eddie O’Sullivan joined The42‘s Murray Kinsella at …
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A GROUP Of men who attacked three French rugby stars with knives and machetes outside a nightclub were sentenced to between one and four years in prison today. Clermont hooker Benjamin Kayser and centre and skipper Aurelien Rougerie suffered arm injuries while lock forward Julien Pierre was the most seriously hurt with deep slashes to …
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