Bandon Grammar School 67High School Clonmel 0 BANDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL cruised into quarter-finals of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup as they emphatically defeated High School Clonmel 67-0 at Musgrave Park on Wednesday afternoon. The Cork school wasted no Read More …
Updated at 22.03 HEAD COACH OF the Ireland Club side, who will take on Scotland in two international matches next month, Morgan Lennon unveiled his extended squad of 32 today. As Lennon gathered his group for a camp at Ashbourne Read More …
LEINSTER FULLBACK HUGO Keenan has been dealt an unfortunate injury blow after being forced to undergo shoulder surgery over the Christmas period. The 22-year-old had impressed during a run of senior appearances in November and December, but sustained damage to Read More …
WHEN HE MADE his return to Ireland with a move to Ulster, Marty Moore made no secret of the fact he harboured ambitions to return to the national squad. Moore celebrating Joe Schmidt’s first title with Sean Cronin and Jack Read More …
WALES HEAD COACH Warren Gatland basked in the glow of getting the better of England’s Eddie Jones for the first time in the Six Nations, lauding his “pretty special group” of players after their 21-13 win in Cardiff on Saturday. Read More …
WASPS HAVE ANNOUNCED that tighthead prop Jeffery Toomaga-Allen will join the club from Super Rugby’s Hurricanes next season. Following in the footsteps of centre Malakai Fekitoa, who will make the move from Top 14 outfit Toulon for the 2019-20 campaign, Read More …
JEAN KLEYN DIDN’T want to overstate the workload ahead, but yeah, “it’s going to be tough, man.” Thoughts of Munster’s pool-opener 10-10 draw away to Exeter, complete with swirling gale and uber-physical opposition, led his questioner to ask of the Read More …
Blackrock College 25Presentation College Bray 19 Ryan Bailey reports from Donnybrook YOU CAN ONLY marvel at the capacity of the Blackrock College nursery to consistently produce teams of such outstanding quality. The class of 2019 are next up, and, on Read More …
IF THIS OPENING weekend of the Six Nations feels somehow bigger, more hype-fueled, more hotly-anticipated or nervously agitated over, you’d be right. Ireland-England matches in the tournament have always had a great deal riding on them, even if one side Read More …
“DELETE AND NEXT job,” Emma Hooban says, reflecting on that heavy Six Nations opener defeat. It’s quite fitting that the 21-year-old rising star is up for interview at the Ireland Women’s post-England, pre-Scotland press conference alongside Alison Miller. The duo Read More …