OUT-HALF JACK Carty is fit to start Connacht’s make-or-break European showdown in Toulouse, giving Pat Lam’s side a temporary reprieve from their injury crisis. The Westerners know that a win or draw in the Stade Ernest Wallon on Sunday [kick-off Read More …
LES KISS HAS announced six changes to the starting XV that lost to Exeter Chiefs on Sunday ahead of tomorrow’s clash, including Tommy Bowe’s return after last week’s omission. Ulster’s chances of progression to the knock-out stages are all but Read More …
Home Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt was at the Six Nations launch in London today and is confident Johnny Sexton will be fit for the Championship.Schmidt’s rival coach Conor O’Shea has called on his Italy side to end debate over Read More …
IRELAND HEAD COACH Joe Schmidt admits the only sure way of knowing if a player will perform at international level is by seeing them at that grade. The Kiwi has named three uncapped players in his 40-man Six Nations squad Read More …
SEAN O’BRIEN DOESN’T mess around. In, out and a ‘cheers lads’. He means business this weekend and there’s not much more to be said. The Leinster flanker’s inclusion in Joe Schmidt’s starting XV for Saturday’s Six Nations opener in Edinburgh Read More …
Source: Dan Sheridan; ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan/INPHO HomeJoe Schmidt has named his Irish team to take on Scotland this weekend with Ulster’s Iain Henderson handed a start in the second row.Staying with rugby and St. Michael’s claimed the Leinster Senior Cup after victory Read More …
ITALY EXPECT TO have talismanic captain Sergio Parisse in training tomorrow after the number eight underwent an MRI scan on his neck. The Stade Francais star received treatment after taking a knock in the second half of Sunday’s Six Nations Read More …
RASSIE ERASMUS HAS dismissed any suggestion he might be leaving Munster and heading back to South Africa to take over from beleaguered Springboks’ coach Allister Coetzee. The director of rugby yesterday put to bed any notion that he is being Read More …
Updated 13 February Read the first three pieces of Jason Brennan’s series on mental skills here WE ALL KNOW resiliency when we see it. The comeback victory, a team holding out a lead against the odds, an athlete bouncing up Read More …
EDDIE JONES HAS revealed how a meeting with a fitness expert previously consulted by Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has helped his England side stay unbeaten for over a year. Grand Slam champions England came from behind to beat Wales Read More …