QUEENSLAND TROUNCED NEW South Wales from start to finish yesterday to win game three and take the State of Origin series for 2015. The notoriously physical series had been evenly balanced at 1-1 heading into yesterday’s decisive match, but Queensland won back their title after last year’s defeat, running in eight tries, all of which […]
AUSTRALIA HAVE TURNED to Argentina’s scrum doctor Mario Ledesma to change the perception that they are pushovers at scrum time in the countdown to September’s World Cup. Ledesma, who played 84 Tests for Argentina as a hooker, has begun working with the Wallabies on set pieces after performing the same function for the NSW Waratahs […]
EARLIER THIS WEEK, Ireland and Leinster star Sean O’Brien spoke about how much more professional his attitude has become over the past few seasons. O’Brien said that he’s changed his relaxed outlook on training in recent seasons, and has had to cut back on the number of visits home to Tullow to help out on the farm. […]
MICHAEL CHEIKA’S WALLABIES laid down a World Cup marker with a super second-half performance that saw them beat New Zealand 27-19, their first win over the Kiwis since 2011. The Australians claimed the 2015 Rugby Championship title in doing do, and gave themselves major confidence ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup tie in Auckland next […]
En marge du procès qui oppose Johnny Depp au tabloïd anglais The Sun, un ancien employé de l’acteur a pris sa défense lors d’une interview accordée au média australien 9 News, le 20 juillet 2020. Rick Wood était le chef de la sécurité de la luxueuse maison louée par la star en Australie en 2015, […]
C’est une date qui donne la larme et le sourire. Le mardi 21 juillet 2020, Robin Williams aurait fêté ses 69 ans. Pour honorer sa mémoire, sa fille Zelda a donc décidé de taper un grand coup… en toute bonté, bien évidemment. Sur son compte Twitter, la jeune femme a expliqué qu’elle allait reverser de […]
Ce samedi 25 juillet 2020, TF1 diffuse l’émission Les 100 plus grands aléas du direct. Une émission présentée par Christophe Beaugrand et Anaïs Grangerac. Après Big Bounce, la charmante présentatrice de 32 ans sera en effet de retour devant les caméras pour le plus grand plaisir des téléspectateurs. Quand elle ne tourne pas des émissions, […]
LEINSTER HAVE REVEALED their new jerseys for the 2015/16 season, with the home shirt boasting an ‘electric blue’ colour. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Leinster say the new jerseys mean the “players will benefit from a range of innovations developed by Canterbury, including super-enhanced fit technology, developed through position specific 3D body mapping, supporting the varied physique […]
Updated 16.30 ISA NACEWA WILL make his competitive return to the Leinster starting XV against Edinburgh in the Guinness PRO12 tomorrow night for the first time since re-signing for the province last April. In spite of a number of players being absent owing to World Cup preparations, head coach Leo Cullen has named a relatively experienced […]
NEW ZEALAND FANS have quite the reputation for being confident, but one Kiwi in particular is feeling especially pessimistic ahead of the Rugby World Cup. The New Zealand Herald report that the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) have received their largest ever bet against the All Blacks, after one punter has put $130,000 (€75,000) on his home […]