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SATURDAY WILL MARK Rory Best’s 75th European Cup appearance with Ulster and he is not yet prepared to deny himself the opportunity to hit 80 next season. Best aims a line-out during his first season. Source: INPHO The hooker will turn 37 before this year’s World Cup and he admitted earlier this month that he […]
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NORTHAMPTON’S NEW ZEALAND-born back row Teimana Harrison will make an international debut for England against Wales on Sunday (kick-off 3pm). The 23-year-old qualifies for England through his father, and starts on the blindside of a back row completed by James Haskell and Brisbane-born Jack Clifford at number eight. Front rows Ellis Genge, Tommy Taylor and […]
Click Here: 1969 First Moon Landing Forever Stamps 2019 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL PROP Sekope Kepu has been released from the final two years of his contract with Bordeaux-Begles for family reasons, the French Top 14 club have announced. The 30-year-old tighthead played 14 matches in the Top 14 and five in the European Champions Cup. “UBB is […]
WALES U20 LOCK Adam Beard has been cited for an alleged gouge during his side’s 26-25 defeat to Ireland in the World Rugby U20 Championship yesterday. The imposing Ospreys second row is alleged to have made contact “with the eye or eye area” of Ireland’s replacement back row Kelvin Brown in the 71st minute of […]
U20 COACH NIGEL Carolan said he is so proud of the way his young charges have become the first Irish side to win all three pool games at the World Rugby U20 Championship. Carolan knew his side would be up against it in a pool containing Six Nations grand slam winners Wales and reigning world […]
Gutted: Rory Best contemplates Ireland’s brush with history. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO 1. Highveld heartbreak Travelling to the Highveld always looked likely to provide Ireland with their toughest test of this three-Test series and so it proved. After ruthlessly punishing South Africa’s breakdown indiscipline, they led by 16 points at half-time and by the same margin […]
Rory Keane reports from Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium SIX POINTS PROVED to be the difference once more in Port Elizabeth, just as it was in the thrilling encounters in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Ireland failed to secure an historic 2-1 series victory against the Springboks by the finest of margins at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium as […]
LEINSTER HEAD COACH Leo Cullen has paid tribute to Luke Fitzgerald after the 28-year-old was forced to retire on medical grounds. The 34-time capped Irish international this morning called time on his career after sustaining a neck injury in the Pro12 final defeat to Connacht at Murrayfield. Fitzgerald’s 10-year professional career saw him play at […]