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Rory Best
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Rugby star Rory Best apologises and agrees to pay damages for rape trial remarks
28 Jun 2022
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Rory Best appointed to Fiji coaching staff for November tour
19 Oct 2021
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Horses for Courses
Best defends Schmidt's 'pressurised' Ireland environment following Tuohy criticism
20 Jul 2021
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locks
'If you’re picking on form, it’s Itoje and Henderson' - Rory Best
Updated 19 Jul 2021
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On the ladder
Rory Best using new Seattle role to test his appetite for a life in coaching
27 Apr 2021
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experience
Former Ireland captain Rory Best takes on 'mentoring role' with Ulster
18 Jan 2021
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EXTRACT
'I had turned 37 nine days before the Twickenham defeat, and suddenly I felt old'
2 Jun 2020
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Opportunity
Rory Best says virus can lead to global rugby alignment
21 Apr 2020
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Looking Back
'That's the great thing about this Irish team, it's about an island performing'
5 Mar 2020
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Leader
'In terms of the captaincy, it seems we're not so quick to see how good Johnny has become'
4 Mar 2020
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Regret
'At a time Joe needed support, I felt I'd done the opposite. It was never my intention'
4 Mar 2020
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Silent Leader
'If he gets selected as Ireland captain, he’ll do a great job' - Van Graan backs O'Mahony
11 Dec 2019
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Moving On
'In 12 months' time kids will walk straight past you, and their Dad will be saying 'Do you know who that is there?''
Updated 7 Dec 2019
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Ireland
'There's a real emphasis on if somebody speaks with a non-Irish accent, they must be better at rugby than us'
5 Dec 2019
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joker
Best hopes 'hilarious' Farrell doesn't lose element of fun as he steps into Schmidt's shoes
4 Dec 2019
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Hanging up the boots
Best bows out as Pivac begins Wales reign with thrilling defeat of Barbarians
30 Nov 2019
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Skipper
Best to captain Barbarians in final game at Twickenham before retiring from rugby
13 Nov 2019
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One More Spin
Best to line out at Twickenham for one final match before hanging up the boots
29 Oct 2019
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Rugby Weekly
Schmidt found Ireland's performance hard to explain as his team fell at a familiar hurdle
21 Oct 2019
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best man
Rory Best can bow out of rugby as one of Ireland's great captains
20 Oct 2019
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Bowing out
'We felt we prepared well, we felt we had a game-plan'
19 Oct 2019
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healthy
Schmidt happy Ireland head into QF 'unscathed' after 2015 toll against France
12 Oct 2019
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Perfect start
Watch: Three early tries hand Ireland perfect start against Samoa
12 Oct 2019
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A Rugby Life
'You realise you’re fit, healthy and have a career to look back on'
6 Oct 2019
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Positive
'I see absolutely no similarities to 2007' - Best keeping the faith in Ireland
5 Oct 2019
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The42 Rugby Weekly
A pack of problems: Are Ireland's forwards failing to match the intensity of the backs?
4 Oct 2019
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Concern
'You don't like to see anyone going home' - Ireland hopeful on Jordi Murphy
Updated 4 Oct 2019
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honesty
'We would have expected to be in a better place after three games' - Rory Best
4 Oct 2019
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'Unfortunately we couldn't come up with the right answers'
28 Sep 2019
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Ruck Stats
Analysis: Van der Flier and tireless captain Best top Ireland's ruck charts
25 Sep 2019
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oh Captain my captain
'Those critics are always going to come' - Stander hails captain Best
22 Sep 2019
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Konnichiwa
Big in Japan: Ireland get warm welcome as Sexton hones in on Scotland
13 Sep 2019
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Leadership
Confidence, cool heads and delegation key as Best leads Ireland in Japan
12 Sep 2019
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End of an era
'It's nice for my mum and dad and my young family to be here and hear that'
7 Sep 2019
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On your marks!
Player ratings as Ireland steady themselves to beat Wales in RWC warm-up
7 Sep 2019
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ENCOURAGING
Ireland head to Japan on top of the world after convincing win over Wales
7 Sep 2019
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best man
'The entire row flipped and broke, but no one gave a shit because Gordon Hamilton scored'
7 Sep 2019
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proper test match
Farrell keen to see Ireland harness emotion of Schmidt and Best send-offs
6 Sep 2019
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final farewell
'One woman was in tears saying it was the last time I would walk off the pitch'
5 Sep 2019
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balanced
Schmidt's squad 'utterly committed' to getting beyond World Cup quarter-finals
4 Sep 2019
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