CLIVE WOODWARD HAS blamed decisions to decline kickable penalties for England’s agonising 16-15 loss to world champions New Zealand at a rainswept Twickenham on Saturday. Woodward, England’s coach when they won the 2003 World Cup final, added that current boss Eddie Jones ought to feel “cranky” with the defeat. England swept into a shock 15-0…
ONE PLAYER’S NAME kept coming back to Iain Henderson as he attempted to sum up the core element of what makes this Ireland team function so well. Will Addison tackled by Bundee Aki in training at Carton House last week Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO Will Addison isn’t an outlier. Indeed, given he is one of the…
FRANCE CAPTAIN GUILHEM Guirado will be moving to Montpellier at the end of the season, the Top 14 club announced on Thursday. “It was a very important decision which needed a lot of thought. Now it is official I am very happy to be joining Montpellier,” Guirado told the club website. Guirado’s current side Toulon…
MUNSTER FANS HAD to wait six months between Conor Murray appearances in red. But rest assured, it was time well spent. His Thomond Park comeback game on Sunday, his third appearance since returning from a neck injury, was not perfect. Yet in many ways, the feisty duel he was drawn into by opposite number Ludovic…
THE BIG GAMES come thick and fast, as Connacht and Ulster gear up for another high-stakes Guinness Pro14 inter-pro in front of a festive crowd under Friday night lights in Galway [KO 7.35pm,TG4/eir Sport]. Connacht’s agonising defeat to Leinster at the RDS before Christmas ended the province’s five-game winning run, and Andy Friend’s side will…
Gloucester 15 Munster 41 Murray Kinsella reports from Kingsholm THE VISION, THE decision-making as he glided across the pitch, the skill, the almost nonchalant execution. In front of a febrile sell-out crowd of over 16,000 people at Kingsholm, Joey Carbery was the star of the show as Munster convincingly dismantled Gloucester, scoring five tries to…
JOE SCHMIDT HAS this afternoon named his first team of the 2019 Six Nations, as Ireland’s Grand Slam defence gets underway in a massive opening-weekend game against England. The head coach’s selection for the Aviva Stadium showdown is here, while below we take a look at the big talking points from today’s team announcement. Henshaw’s…
Murray Kinsella reports from Murrayfield JOE SCHMIDT SAYS Johnny Sexton suffered a head injury in the first-half of Ireland’s 22-13 win over Scotland in Edinburgh. The Leinster man had a tough 23-minute shift at Murrayfield, shipping several heavy hits from Scotland, before being replaced by Joey Carbery. Sexton was replaced in the first half. Source: Dan…
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MUNSTER HAVE MADE one late change ahead of tonight’s Guinness Pro14 clash away to Ospreys as Tadhg Beirne comes into the squad in place of Jean Kleyn [KO 7.35pm, TG4 and Eir Sport]. He’s back: Beirne will line out as a late replacement for Kleyn who is unavailable due to illness. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO Beirne,…