So, is this a bright new dawn? No. No, it is not. In fact, for most countries it’s not even a new dawn. There always seems to be lots of predictions about this new player getting brought in or building a new team for the next 4 year cycle and what I’ve realised as...
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The Ireland team to play Wales in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Sunday, February 5th in Aviva Stadium has been named. There are three changes to the side that lined out against the same opposition in Ireland’s last game in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Keith Earls will start at centre alongside Gordon...
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Gert Smal has issued a statement regarding the position of South Africa Head Coach: "I was deeply honoured to be linked to the position of Head Coach for the Springbok team and having being involved with the team before, it was obviously something that I would have thought about very carefully. A big part...
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The Irish Rugby Football Union has announced that Paul O’Connell has signed a new Ireland international contract that will see him remain in Ireland to play his rugby with Munster for a further two seasons until 2014. O’Connell made a try scoring international debut against Wales in Dublin in 2002, having made his first...
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The Irish Rugby Football Union and Ulster Rugby announced today that centre Paddy Wallace and prop Tom Court have each agreed new contracts to remain playing in Ireland. Paddy Wallace has signed a one year deal which will see him contracted to the IRFU and Ulster Rugby until June 2013 while Tom Court has...
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The Leinster team to face Bath in Saturday’s Heineken Cup Round 4 clash in the Aviva Stadium (KO: 6pm) has been named. There are a few changes to the team that defeated Bath last weekend with Eoin Reddan (fresh from winning his 50th Leinster cap in The Rec last Sunday) partnering Jonathan Sexton at...
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The Ireland team to play Italy in the final Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Italy this Sunday shows eight changes and one positional switch to the starting side that played Russia in the last game. Tommy Bowe comes onto the right wing in place of Fergus McFadden. Captain Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon...
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The Ireland Team had their first run out in the famous Carisbrook Stadium, Dunedin this afternoon ahead of their final Rugby World Cup Pool C game against Italy next Sunday. Rob Kearney (bruised knee), Keith Earls (bruised leg) and Sean O’Brien (bruised arm) all sat out the session as a precaution to give another...
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They say a week is along time in politics, but in rugby it is a lifetime. A week ago, Irish fans might have been looking at the game with Kingsley Jones’ Russia as a potential banana skin for their misfiring team. Now, after their stunning victory over the Australians, Ireland and their fans can...
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The Ireland team and replacements for the Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia in Eden Park on Saturday (kick-off 8:30 pm local time/9:30am Irish time) has been announced and shows four changes to the starting XV from Ireland’s opening game against the USA. Up front Cian Healy returns to the starting line...
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