Tuesday 6 December 2022
Pat Gilroy’s Dublin will be shorn half a dozen players when Kerry come to town while Donegal captain Michael Murphy may require surgery.
The veteran US swimmer made the grade in both the 400 and 800 meter events
The 85 times capped defender has been called up to inspire England’s youthful Six Nations squad
One long week, helpfully squeezed into one bag of bite-sized tweets.
It’s Friday, you just want to pull up a couch and enjoy the rugby, right? Here’s some key areas to look out for.
Munster, Leinster and Connacht have all named their starting XV’s this afternoon
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It’s tight at the top so lets get right down to business. Here’s who to pick and who to drop this weekend.
Ian Humphreys, Pedrie Wannenburg and Paddy Wallace all set to start tomorrow while Tigers boost their pack
May date would be ‘foolish from an economic standpoint’ says Pacman adviser.
Can’t a guy drive his sports car home in peace anymore?
Ireland’s top ranked tennis player has missed out on qualifying for first Grand Slam event of 2012.
There are some top quality Irish coaches out there, we look at those who could take the hot seat
It happens to the best of them, but that will be little comfort to Enaut Zubikarai
Stuart Lancaster has named nine uncapped players in his 32 man squad to ‘start a new era’
The champion jockey is confident he’ll be back in the saddle in time for the festival’s trial day.
Ajax will play in front of Justin Bieber’s demographic because of crowd trouble last time out.
Geordan Murphy will postpone his international retirement until after the Six Nations
The next Rugby World Cup could be more affordable than we thought.
Snooker’s big cheese has suggested the Northern Irishman now sees sense after their falling out.
Tommy Walsh is adapting to life in Sydney and has been given Tadhg Kennelly’s old jersey.
The fly-half skived off training for a few minutes yesterday to have a chat about the trip to Glasgow, Joe Schmidt and the winter break.
The Leinster and Ireland centre is recovering from surgery fast and could be back sooner than expected.
With the Six Nations less than a month away injuries are starting to hit Declan Kidney’s squad hard, who will he ask to step up?
The Limerick boxer was in Ireland over Christmas taking a well earned rest. But, as he comes closer to confirming an opponent for his Paddy’s day bout in New York, the middleweight is about to put a plan into action.
Twenty-four year old Simon Hutchinson tells us about his plans to circumnavigate the world on his bike. Alone. No biggie.
The Leeds United legend and pundit extraordinaire reckons Rooney’s already a cut above David Silva, Luca Modric and Scott Parker, but his opinion hasn’t proved a popular one.
The marketing guys reckon McIlroy and Wozniaki are about to strike it (even more) rich… but here are some cautionary tales for the young, fit and in love.
The Happy Camper is home in wet and windy Ireland. It didn’t stop him from penning one last diary entry for RWC 2011.
Cian the van is parked up for the last time and the lads file onto the flight home with plenty of other Irish. It’s been a wild ride.
As they point it towards the airport, our man in the van recalls the many Irish friends they’ve made along the road.
It’s back behind the wheel for the lads after the weekend’s heartbreak before the flight home this week.
“Imagine a junior disco in Ireland. Now imagine it without the tipsy teens staggering from one song to another before a big fight breaks out.”
“Before leaving Dublin we asked only one thing of this Irish team; a whole-hearted performance. And, by God, they delivered that in every second of every game.”
The greening of Wellington is almost complete. But half the Irish in town have tickets to the wrong quarter-final.
“Tosh arrives over to make the deposit in our laundry press. CLICK, FLOP: a pair of boxer shorts lands with unwavering precision in the middle of my bowl, breakfast is over.”
The lads roll into Christchurch, a city still very much recovering from their devastating earthquake.
“Men like Tom Crean and Roald Amundsen have looked into such tracts of the wild unknown and thought ‘onward.’ For us, this will be the southern limit of our lifetime.”
It’s the morning after the night before and the lads head out for a bit of a bird-watch. Literally.
