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Rory Best
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Courts
Rugby star Rory Best apologises and agrees to pay damages for rape trial remarks
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Jun 28th 2022, 3:50 PM
best foot forward
Rory Best appointed to Fiji coaching staff for November tour
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Oct 19th 2021, 11:19 AM
Horses for Courses
Best defends Schmidt's 'pressurised' Ireland environment following Tuohy criticism
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Jul 20th 2021, 8:04 PM
locks
'If you’re picking on form, it’s Itoje and Henderson' - Rory Best
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Jul 19th 2021, 5:29 PM
On the ladder
Rory Best using new Seattle role to test his appetite for a life in coaching
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Apr 27th 2021, 1:46 PM
experience
Former Ireland captain Rory Best takes on 'mentoring role' with Ulster
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Jan 18th 2021, 8:39 AM
EXTRACT
'I had turned 37 nine days before the Twickenham defeat, and suddenly I felt old'
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Jun 2nd 2020, 7:00 AM
Opportunity
Rory Best says virus can lead to global rugby alignment
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Apr 21st 2020, 10:23 PM
Looking Back
'That's the great thing about this Irish team, it's about an island performing'
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Mar 5th 2020, 7:17 PM
Leader
'In terms of the captaincy, it seems we're not so quick to see how good Johnny has become'
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Mar 4th 2020, 8:53 PM
Regret
'At a time Joe needed support, I felt I'd done the opposite. It was never my intention'
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Mar 4th 2020, 8:02 AM
Silent Leader
'If he gets selected as Ireland captain, he’ll do a great job' - Van Graan backs O'Mahony
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Dec 11th 2019, 8:00 AM
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?''
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Dec 7th 2019, 10:00 AM
Ireland
'There's a real emphasis on if somebody speaks with a non-Irish accent, they must be better at rugby than us'
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Dec 5th 2019, 7:00 AM
joker
Best hopes 'hilarious' Farrell doesn't lose element of fun as he steps into Schmidt's shoes
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Dec 4th 2019, 5:00 PM
Hanging up the boots
Best bows out as Pivac begins Wales reign with thrilling defeat of Barbarians
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Nov 30th 2019, 6:53 PM
Skipper
Best to captain Barbarians in final game at Twickenham before retiring from rugby
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Nov 13th 2019, 7:17 PM
One More Spin
Best to line out at Twickenham for one final match before hanging up the boots
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Oct 29th 2019, 10:33 AM
Rugby Weekly
Schmidt found Ireland's performance hard to explain as his team fell at a familiar hurdle
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Oct 21st 2019, 3:03 PM
best man
Rory Best can bow out of rugby as one of Ireland's great captains
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Oct 20th 2019, 12:30 AM
Bowing out
'We felt we prepared well, we felt we had a game-plan'
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Oct 19th 2019, 1:47 PM
healthy
Schmidt happy Ireland head into QF 'unscathed' after 2015 toll against France
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Oct 12th 2019, 8:00 PM
Perfect start
Watch: Three early tries hand Ireland perfect start against Samoa
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Oct 12th 2019, 12:22 PM
A Rugby Life
'You realise you’re fit, healthy and have a career to look back on'
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Oct 6th 2019, 8:00 AM
Positive
'I see absolutely no similarities to 2007' - Best keeping the faith in Ireland
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Oct 5th 2019, 3:30 AM
The42 Rugby Weekly
A pack of problems: Are Ireland's forwards failing to match the intensity of the backs?
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Oct 4th 2019, 6:31 PM
Concern
'You don't like to see anyone going home' - Ireland hopeful on Jordi Murphy
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Oct 4th 2019, 7:59 AM
honesty
'We would have expected to be in a better place after three games' - Rory Best
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Oct 4th 2019, 5:10 AM
'Unfortunately we couldn't come up with the right answers'
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Sep 28th 2019, 10:42 AM
Ruck Stats
Analysis: Van der Flier and tireless captain Best top Ireland's ruck charts
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Sep 25th 2019, 4:07 PM
oh Captain my captain
'Those critics are always going to come' - Stander hails captain Best
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Sep 22nd 2019, 10:04 PM
Konnichiwa
Big in Japan: Ireland get warm welcome as Sexton hones in on Scotland
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Sep 13th 2019, 10:03 AM
Leadership
Confidence, cool heads and delegation key as Best leads Ireland in Japan
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Sep 12th 2019, 6:51 AM
End of an era
'It's nice for my mum and dad and my young family to be here and hear that'
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Sep 7th 2019, 5:59 PM
On your marks!
Player ratings as Ireland steady themselves to beat Wales in RWC warm-up
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Sep 7th 2019, 4:17 PM
ENCOURAGING
Ireland head to Japan on top of the world after convincing win over Wales
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Sep 7th 2019, 3:50 PM
best man
'The entire row flipped and broke, but no one gave a shit because Gordon Hamilton scored'
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Sep 7th 2019, 12:00 PM
proper test match
Farrell keen to see Ireland harness emotion of Schmidt and Best send-offs
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Sep 6th 2019, 6:30 AM
final farewell
'One woman was in tears saying it was the last time I would walk off the pitch'
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Sep 5th 2019, 3:34 PM
balanced
Schmidt's squad 'utterly committed' to getting beyond World Cup quarter-finals
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Sep 4th 2019, 6:30 AM
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