All Black tour still on scheduleThe coming All Blacks tour, which includes a sell-out game against Ireland at Lansdowne Road on November 17th, is set to go ahead…Thu Oct 11 2001 - 01:00
Six get the chop as axe falls mercilesslyTime was, and not so long ago at that, when Irish selections were almost boringly predictable and unchanging, but suddenly not…Wed Oct 10 2001 - 01:00
Leinster unlikely to move venueThe Leinster Branch executive will meet on Thursday to discuss whether to keep their final European Cup Pool Six home game against…Tue Oct 09 2001 - 01:00
Wales name Robinson at centreThe 21-year-old Cardiff centre Jamie Robinson is a slightly surprising selection in the Welsh midfield alongside the 36-year-…Tue Oct 09 2001 - 01:00
Munster men stoop to conquerTrue, it wasn't the most fluid or potent of Munster performances, but in a competition where away wins are like gold dust this…Mon Oct 08 2001 - 01:00
Roman conquest likelyWhile it would be tempting for Connacht to treat this weekend's trip to Rome as a holiday, the primary purpose of the exercise…Sat Oct 06 2001 - 01:00
Visiting Munstermen still carry the tag of favouritesIt still doesn't get any easier, as Declan Kidney agreed last week after their hard-earned win over CastresSat Oct 06 2001 - 01:00
Defeat against Wales is unthinkableHindsight is a great thing, but really we could probably have put our mortgages on the four proud provinces of Ireland responding…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
Easterby ruled out of Welsh gameSimon Easterby has been ruled out of Ireland's re-arranged Six Nations Championship game against Wales in the Millennium Stadium…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
Thomond remains unbreachedMunster will play better over 80 minutes, presumably, but they'll rarely have to dig deeper as Castres confirmed they would be…Mon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
Try and try againLiam Hayes was asked whether it was better to have reached an All-Ireland final with Meath before losing to Down and at least…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Munster need to make a point or twoOld friends and old foes will greet Munster when their latest European Cup odyssey begins today (3.0, live on Network 2)Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Quality to prevail over quantityIt may be stop-start, it may only incorporate nine weeks of the season and ultimately the Heineken European Cup ends with a May…Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
A very bad blow for Irish rugbyOutside the players' exit from the Murrayfield stands on Saturday, the Easterby brothers emerged first a few seconds apart and…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Ireland's very bad day at the officeIn the pantheon of Irish duds, this latest offering is right up thereMon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Players baffled and embarrassedAmid so much turmoil in the world, perhaps a degree of comfort can be taken from the prevalence of some old truismsMon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Speed of the backs to win it for IrishA September weekend in Edinburgh - probably the favourite haunt for a Six Nations championship match - felt as odd yesterday …Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
Four Munster survivors for MurrayfieldUnderlining that this is as much a fresh start as a continuation of where Ireland left off last season before they were rudely…Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Celtic League good, playing Tuesday badOne scarcely had the stomach for watching sport last week, much less writing about it, so one can hardly imagine what it was …Tue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
Stringer may hold on to spotThe Irish team to play the first of this season's scheduled 11 internationals in next Saturday's re-arranged Six Nations game…Tue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
Tries flow as Munster get seriousAlmost as if on tap, eight tries flowed from Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday; the Irish provincial champions upping their…Mon Sept 17 2001 - 01:00
Leinster cut loose late onOn one of those days when sport's status was more irrelevant than magnificent, Leinster maintained the Celtic League's only unbeaten…Wed Sept 12 2001 - 01:00
In-form Murphy gets the callThere were many losers when the foot-and-mouth crisis interrupted Ireland's Six Nations campaign earlier this year, and a few…Tue Sept 11 2001 - 01:00
Munster fire still burningThey're still not flowing like honey but the fires burned strong enough for Munster to turn around a patchy first half-hour or…Sat Sept 08 2001 - 01:00
Provinces reap the benefitsDevoid of a sponsor and virtually any fanfare, kick-started in summer, lacking the sort of television exposure which was hoped…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
Leinster travel with full-strength squadMatt Williams will announce his Leinster side for their trip to Bridgend today from a full-strength selection barring the sidelined…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
New season, new openingsIt is surely unique that on the same day children returned to school the Ireland rugby squad returned to armsTue Sept 04 2001 - 01:00
Henderson sidelined until ChristmasRob Henderson has confirmed he will miss the first half of the 2001-2002 season after undergoing surgery on his knee cartilage…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Henry speaks out against tours of dutyGraham Henry walked along Manly beach yesterday, on one of those busy T-shirt-wearing winter Sundays in SydneyMon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
Jaded Lions have complaints aplenty but no real excusesIn the confines of the dressing-room the 2001 Lions were together for the last timeMon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
Wounded Lions to face Test of prideSuch are the various rumblings and rumours concerning the catalogue of injuries which have afflicted the Lions that one half …Sat Jul 14 2001 - 01:00
Flatley takes centre stage as Larkham is ruled outA month ago it would have looked a bigger blow than will now be the case but even so the Wallabies must be disconcerted by the…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Dawson puts media scrum behind himA cocky, cheeky chappy, Matt Dawson tends to leave his mark, whether it be an outrageous overhead dummy before scoring, or the…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Healey v Roff looks slightly riskyFor the Lions' last throw of the dice, appropriately enough, Graham Henry and his fellow selectors have opted for the maverick…Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Wilkinson's recovery rate encouragingNo doubt much to the relief of the Lions management, Jonny Wilkinson seems likely to play in the decisive third Test in Sydney…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
Injuries are forcing a rethinkAs if they don't have enough to contend with - picking up a beaten team, all the end-of-season weariness, the disadvantages of…Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Rugby's improving profileThe Australian Rugby Union have been criticised for sacrificing some of the Wallabies' home advantage by taking the first two…Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Strange mix of foreign invaderFor much of Saturday the backdrop had been pretty similar to the first test in BrisbaneMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Wallabies show their clawsWe'll see what these Lions are made of now, but the auguries are not promisingMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Smyth sidelinedWord has also reached here of the news that Peter Smyth has been sidelined for the whole of next seasonMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
World Cup plansIf Muhammed won't go to the mountain and all that, so the International Rugby Board came to Melbourne this week and held what…Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Lions licking their woundsLast stop and last chance saloon then. The Lions returned to Manly licking their many Wallaby-inflicted woundsMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
