Connacht have ‘completed an internal review’ of Mils Muliaina’s arrest
CONNACHT SAY MILS Muliaina will remain available to head coach Pat Lam when he recovers from a groin injury, after the province completed an internal review of the circumstances surrounding his questioning by police in England last weekend. The former All Blacks fullback was taken into custody almost immediately after Connacht’s Challenge Cup quarter-final defeat…
Letter from Marseille: Leinster exit as French power prevails in Europe
Murray Kinsella reports from Marseille The potential classics never transpired, but Champions Cup semi-final weekend served up ample excitement, tension, competition and pain. A stray cat runs across the turf at Stade Vélodrome yesterday. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Our weekend started in the sleepy city of Saint-Étienne, where it proved virtually impossible to locate a Saracens…
These were the best tries scored in the Pro12 this season – but which is THE best?
Click:for easy steering please FOUR IRISH PLAYERS are vying to win the 2015 Pro12 Try of the Year award. Ulster’s Craig Gilroy, Connacht’s Matt Healy and Munster duo Robin Copeland and Jack O’Donoghue are among the eight nominees for the prize, which will be announced on 17 May. Glasgow pair John Strauss and Peter Horne…
110kg Toulon prop threw out two big hand-offs while sprinting in for this glorious try
TOULON PROP XAVIER Chiocci usually takes pride in scoring from close range, but the big loosehead showed he’s capable of a 35-metre romp to the line too, during yesterday’s 37 – 21 win over Castres in the Top14. Source: Boucherie Ovalie/YouTube Click Here: collingwood magpies 2019 training guernsey Just look at the big man go (from…
Wicklow footballer Mulhall captains Ireland Women 7s squad on Olympic quest
IRELAND WOMEN SEVENS have unveiled their 12-strong squad that will bid for Olympic qualification over the upcoming two weekends. Mulhall in action for Wicklow in 2011. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Director Anthony Eddy has included four players uncapped at this level including captain Lucy Mulhall, who won a junior All-Ireland football title with Wicklow in 2011.…
Roderick Strong says he plans to become EVOLVE champion
“If I win? It’s when I win, and no, never. I’m made to do this. I’ve been around wrestling since I was 12 years old and I really believe I was put on this planet to wrestle and that’s what I love to do. It would be just another opportunity to sharpen my skills because…
‘The carousel has to finish at some stage, the balloon has to pop’
GORDON D’ARCY CAN describe the magnitude of the World Cup in remarkably personal terms. After a career that (when it eventually comes to a close in October) will span five tournaments, this week has given the retiring 35-year-old his first opportunity to bask first-hand in the glow of the golden Webb Ellis Cup. Three days…
One old, one young cut from England’s squad as World Cup preparations intensify
ENGLAND COACH STUART Lancaster has dropped five players from his initial 50-man pre-tournament World Cup squad, the Rugby Football Union have announced this morning. The remaining 45 players will now head off to a high-altitude training camp in Denver, Colorado as they battle to make the final 31-man squad which Lancaster, like all World Cup coaches,…
Sean O’Brien is helping raise funds for Berkeley injury victim Aoife Beary
SEAN O’BRIEN WILL be on hand at Donnybrook Stadium on Saturday as a tag rugby event raises funds to support Aoife Beary, one of the students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse last month. Source: Friends of Aoife Beary Ireland and Leinster back row O’Brien will hand out prizes to the winning teams in the Aoife Beary…
Trimble, Ryan and Earls excel in Ireland’s impressive win in Wales
JOE SCHMIDT IS set to cut seven or eight players from his Ireland squad next week, as he looks towards eventually selecting just 31 players to bring to the World Cup in September. An excellent performance from his team in Wales this afternoon makes the task of picking 31 of his best players all the…