The 25 Greatest Rugby Players Ever – No.18
18. Mike Gibson “…one of the finest players of his generation, one of the finest players ever to represent Ireland and the British & Irish Lions and a man who epitomised the very ethos of the Game...
View ArticleDoes a Crest On a Jersey Mean Anything These Days?
Last Saturday night, I was in the departures area of Tenerife’s Reina Sofia Airport with a thousand or so other travellers waiting for their flights back to colder climes. The flight to Dublin had been...
View ArticleLeinster and Ireland’s Prop Idol?
The general consensus is that Ireland’s clash in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday was a rather tedious affair with little in the way of excitement to prompt much discussion. In fact, the only thing the...
View ArticleWhat Will Each Home Nation Learn This Autumn?
The Autumn Internationals are the perfect chance for the Six Nations teams to comprehend their standing in the world rankings and to know where they need to improve and this is easy to see when they...
View ArticleThe 25 Greatest Rugby Players Ever – No. 13
13. Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland) At this number, who else? A modern day sporting legend, Brian O’Driscoll is the second most capped Rugby Union player in history and the highest scoring centre of all...
View ArticleThe Rugby World Cup Draw 2015: Cast Your Vote!
What an early Christmas present; Monday’s Rugby World Cup draw truly whetted the appetite for 3 years time. I can hardly wait for Group A: the group of death. England has two of her major historic...
View ArticleWales 22-30 Ireland – Match Review
All the fears and misgivings of those following Welsh Rugby were fully realised in the first half against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. The opening 6 Nations 2013 fixture started with...
View ArticleThe TOP TEN ‘Greatest Ever Six Nations Moments’
The RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship is, without doubt, the pinnacle of the rugby calendar and, indeed, the sporting agenda as a whole, each and every year. Since its initiation in 1883 as ‘The Home...
View ArticleSix Nations: The Story So Far – Part 2
On Friday, I lifted the Six Nations Trophy and it got me thinking, who will be lifting it come Super Saturday? Heart and head say that it will be Chris Robshaw. Together with Stuart Lancaster, he has...
View ArticleSix Nations – Team Of Round 4
The penultimate round of the 2013 Six Nations was nothing short of a complete let down. I was on a good friend of mine’s Stag Do this weekend and so I was looking forward to watching the games with...
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