CONNACHT TODAY CONFIRMED that Andy Friend’s backroom team have signed two-year extensions to their existing deals and will remain at the Sportsground until 2021. Friend, who arrived on a three-year deal ahead of this season, has overseen an impressive resurgence in the western province. The Australian has continually attributed much of that success to his…
WHEN A SQUAD includes 17 and 18-year-old prospects alongside more experienced players who are in their 30s, creating a good off-field culture is always going to be one of the challenges. So it has been for Ireland Women with the introduction of a new wave of exciting talent, including the likes of Beibhinn Parsons, who…
THEY USED TO worry about Cian Healy on his skateboard or roller blades. Now it’s the knife-making. The little nicks on his hands that occasionally show after another day spent in the shed at the back of his garden, signs of the hours the Ireland and Leinster prop has invested in his latest creative hobby. The…
IRELAND VICE-CAPTAIN Peter O’Mahony said he and his team-mates are not panicking in the wake of Saturday’s comprehensive defeat to England. O’Mahony stressed that the loss on home soil hurt but underlined his belief that Ireland can still win the Six Nations this year. “Absolutely,” said the Cork man when asked if Joe Schmidt’s side…
THE TOTAL NUMBER of tries scored in the Championship dropped this weekend – in no small part to Italy running Wales closer than expected – but all six teams again managed to cross the whitewash. As we did last week (when you voted Henry Slade’s first against Ireland as the cream of the crop) we’ve…
Ulster 8Ospreys 0 IAIN HENDERSON MADE his long-awaited comeback with an 80 minute performance as Ulster moved back into the Guinness Pro14 play-off places with a narrow victory over the Ospreys in Wales. The giant lock has been missing since undergoing surgery on his thumb in December but the sight of the 2017 British and…
Italy 16 Ireland 26 Murray Kinsella reports from Stadio Olimpico, Rome JOHNNY SEXTON KICKING out in frustration as he left the pitch in the 78th minute after being replaced by debutant Jack Carty said it all. A deeply frustrating afternoon for Ireland in Rome. In the end, Joe Schmidt’s men emerged with the bonus-point win…
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JOHNNY SEXTON HAS rejected the suggestion Joe Schmidt’s decision to vacate his post as Ireland head coach following this year’s World Cup has caused a downturn in the team’s form. Schmidt’s side have been far from their best during the opening three rounds of their Six Nations title defence, with last Sunday’s victory over Italy…
EDDIE JONES INSISTED attempts by old rival Clive Woodward to compare Joe Cokanasiga to New Zealand great Jonah Lomu were “ridiculous” after the England wing rampaged his way round Twickenham during a Six Nations rout of Italy. The 21-year-old Bath flyer, an imposing figure at 6ft 4in tall and 18 stones in weight, repeatedly outpaced…