BELIEF, TRUST and outright stubbornness. These are the fundamentals on which Connacht’s astounding Guinness Pro12 grand final victory were built on. The accepted logic in across all team sports is that you can’t just breeze into a final as an underdog and look comfortable. Every once in a while the less fancied side might sneak […]
Chris Jericho has purchased a new home in Tampa, Florida for just over $3 million. The Tampa Bey Business Journal reports that Jericho bought a 8,569 square foot home that was built in 1998 for $3.255 million. The home has six acres of land, five bedrooms, six full bathroom, and three half baths. The sale […]
“He’s certainly done that, taken the jersey and he’s reluctant to let go of it.” A centre by trade, O’Loughlin has been making his name on Leinster’s wing of late. His debut and run of 11 appearances so far this campaign are thanks to some excellent summer form that forced him into Cullen’s thoughts. “He’s […]
RACING 92 COACHES Laurent Travers and Laurent Labit certainly aren’t afraid to delegate or share power. ‘Les deux Laurents’ made their name as a duo in charge of Castres before taking their double act to Racing in 2013. With their Champions Cup hopes for this season long extinguished, they could have gone through the motions […]
EDOARDO GORI WILL form a half-back partnership with Carlo Canna as new-look Italy look to cause the first big upset of the Six Nations with a win over Wales in Rome on Sunday. Overall, Italy coach Conor O’Shea made five changes, mostly in the pack, from the side that scored an historic upset over South Africa […]
IRELAND GOT OFF to a losing start in the Six Nations despite battling back from 21 – 5 down against Scotland. Here’s how we rated Joe Schmidt’s men in green. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Rob Kearney: 8 Definitely proved value for his selection as he stood up to be a leader as the senior man in […]
“WHICHEVER WAY YOU want to spin it, Ireland can’t win a Triple Crown, they can’t win a Grand Slam.” Argue about buses and police outriders and complacency and sluggishness all you want — God knows we’ve had enough of that over the last few days — but there’s no arguing with Shane Horgan’s summation of […]
LUKE MCGRATH WILL captain Leinster for the second time in his career this evening and while he admits it’s a huge honour, the scrum-half is just looking forward to getting back on the pitch. McGrath was part of Joe Schmidt’s extended 40-player panel for the first two games of the Six Nations campaign but was […]
ANTHONY EDDY, THE IRFU’s director of women’s and sevens rugby, has explained his decision to withdraw three key players from Ireland’s Six Nations squad so that they can go on sevens duty. Naoupu, Miller and Tyrrell. Source: Inpho Sene Naoupu, Alison Miller and Hannah Tyrrell will all miss Sunday’s championship clash with France at Donnybrook […]
ITALY COACH CONOR O’Shea was proud of the way his side, thrashed 63-10 by his native Ireland in their previous match, fronted up against reigning champions England at Twickenham yesterday. England boss Eddie Jones had said he wanted England to “take Italy to the cleaners,” a point not lost on O’Shea in the wake of […]