Monday 23 May 2022
Mike Ross has been impressed with Tadhg Furlong’s form for Ireland.
There’s a nice Laois flavour to the Ireland Women as they gear up for a huge clash in Scotland tonight.
‘I’d rather that happen now than in a quarter-final of a World Cup,’ the former Ireland prop said.
The performance of the scrum was one positive aspect of Ireland Women’s heavy Six Nations defeat to England on Friday.
Former Ireland and Leinster prop Mike Ross was a guest on the latest episode of the Heineken Rugby Weekly.
We’ll be going through the phases in a Dublin city centre venue on Thursday.
Murray Kinsella, Gavan Casey and special guest Mike Ross will be previewing the championship and looking ahead to France v Ireland in Paris.
The former Ireland and Leinster prop hopes to impart some of his vast knowledge and experience on the squad.
He’ll make his debut for Malahide RFC tomorrow night.
The province bid farewell to the South African scrum-half tonight ahead of his move to France.
Mike Ross, Roger Wilson and Thierry Dusautoir will be playing their final game of rugby tomorrow.
Ireland’s cornerstone is two games from retirement.
The 21-year-old first burst onto the scene as a loosehead prop.
The tighthead prop will move into a new line of work after retiring this summer.
The prop will step away from the game to take up a job with a software company.
The prop helped both club and country to considerable success over the last number of years.
The tighthead is a two-time winner of the Six Nations, Heineken Cup and Pro12.
Mike Ross, who made his 150th appearance for the province last weekend, is out of contract at the end of the season.
Ireland internationals James Tracy and Josh van der Flier are also named in the starting XV.
There are fears he could be out for a number of months.
“He was accepting, but pretty pissed off,” Cian Healy said of his long-term front row partner.
From Mike Ross to Luke McGrath, there will be mixed feelings in all provincial dressing rooms tomorrow.
The veteran prop is in line to start Leinster’s clash with Montpellier on Sunday.
Cian Healy, Mike Ross, Jack McGrath and Noel Reid were among those to embrace the Shave or Dye concept.
Leinster scrum coach John Fogarty believes Cian Healy can return to former heights.
It was a dream debut for loosehead Steven “Red Bull” Kitschoff.
The Irish pack struggled until a crucial second-half substitution.
Or at least that’s how much of a boss the prop looks on this trip to a Joburg wildlife park.
The prop also mentions the rallying call from Rory Best that kick-started a most incredible victory.
Ireland tighthead Mike Ross knows he faces a big scrum battle on Saturday.
Tendai Mtawarira’s technique makes him very hard to stop.
Leinster were dominant at the scrum, but Connacht were smarter.
Both Leinster and Connacht are tough to get the better of at scrumtime.
Ireland’s cornerstone knows he can’t go on forever.and he has tried his hand at coaching already.
Jamie Heaslip’s game management ensured constant quick ball for the backline.
Edinburgh teammates Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford and WP Nel dismantled the much-lauded French front row.
Lorenzo Cittadini is there for the taking after being tormented by the Scottish.
Both sets of players made things difficult for Romain Poite.
Mike Ross tells us about his monstrous Leinster team-mate and how he’d never willingly hang up his Ireland jersey.
Romain Poite needs to keep a close eye on the English tighthead’s binding.
