Ireland matches are put back to autumnThe Six Nations Championship has been abandoned for this season after tournament organisers accepted the inevitable consequences…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
St Mary's revive their title hopesNothing concentrates the mind quite like fear of failureMon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Munster's hopefuls given new `trials'Ireland's Lions hopefuls, and especially the Munster contingent, will be given what few opportunities they have available to …Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Irish warm up for ChileA 26-man Irish squad will convene in Dublin this weekend before embarking on a flight from Madrid next Sunday for the World Under…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Autumn dates to be agreedThe Six Nations committee will meet again this Sunday in Copenhagen, where there is an International Board conference this week…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Hectic schedule a worry for MunsterAlthough it has still to be ratified by the clubs and the IRFU, the first tentative steps towards completing a full 15-series…Wed Mar 28 2001 - 01:00
Munster can phone a friendEyebrows were raised when Munster plucked Dion O'Cuinn eagain's name out of the hat as one of their additional two players in…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Connacht can help develop talentA relatively unknown young second-row had only one AIL game under his belt before the start of last season, yet when asked about…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Clubs consider revised 15-game scheduleThe All-Ireland League first division clubs are currently considering a revised, 15-game schedule for this season as submitted…Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Shannon survive turning tideThere's no finer parish rivalry, and probably no two clubs are better supported than these age-old Limerick rivalsMon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
IRFU await news from committeeThe IRFU and to a lesser degree perhaps the English RFU await with bated breath for some definitive guidance from the Six Nations…Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Clubs defiant on relegationThe AIB League first division clubs have written to the IRFU maintaining their demand for no relegation from the top flight this…Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Referee of a cracker deserves a breakSaturday came and the Six Nations lurched alongTue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
Neutral venues on cards as crisis bites harderThe Six Nations' telephone conference scheduled for today has been put back to Thursday, ostensibly because of the bank holiday…Tue Mar 20 2001 - 00:00
Foot-and-mouth in SA unlikely to affect tourIn keeping with on-field developments of late, the proposed meeting between representatives of the IRFU and the Department of…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Irish to tour as Six Nations date row continuesAn already bleak scenario was made even bleaker yesterday by a further hardening of attitudes in the Six Nations committee versus…Thu Mar 15 2001 - 00:00
Crisis is focusing minds on AIL formatIf the current AIB League first division remains unfinished by the season's end it whereby next season's top flight could be …Tue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
Inactive sports in need of a tonicSo that's what an apocalyptic vision of the future would hold for the sports nuts amongst us. Sporting meltdownTue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
Future as certain as bounce of a rugby ballForecasting when the next kick-off will be, much less the outcome at full-time, is a trick in itself right now amid the current…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Fears for England game as IRFU seeks clarificationRepresentatives of the IRFU will meet with officials from the Department of Agriculture on Monday morning to clarify the situation…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Rearranged AIL matches postponedWhile Six Nations officials will hold a crisis conference on Friday to discuss the threat posed to the championship by the foot…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Leinster sign three-year deal with fitness centreWhatever else the Leinster rugby team may lack in the future, it won't be off-pitch facilities after the David Lloyd Riverview…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Late April may be chosen if game is re-fixedOfficials from the IRFU, the Welsh RFU and the Six Nations Committee will today endeavour to find an alternative date for the…Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Henry fine tunes line-up as sides prepare as normalAlthough a cloud still lingers over the Wales-Ireland game in Cardiff this Saturday, both camps continued as normal yesterday…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
IRFU must tackle clubs' concernsOnce again the clubs are cribbing, and at a time when all else in the garden is smelling so rosy, the temptation could be to …Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Rugby game in Cardiff still onThe Six Nations championship game between Wales and Ireland in Cardiff next Saturday is still set to take place despite the worsening…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Constitution dig deep to maintain runAs a contest the plot thickened the more the match wore on, but as a spectacle it became bogged down after a bright openingMon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
What a difference a decade can makeA decade ago at home to France Mick Galwey was one of six new caps in what was a pretty decent Irish team, beaten 21-6 at Lansdowne…Tue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Celtic League given green lightThe oft-mooted Celtic League last night moved another step forward when the Irish, Scottish and Welsh unions issued a statement…Tue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Ireland's huge leap forwardEven by the old ground's standards, Lansdowne Road witnessed a special day, in which the feel good factor lingered long after…Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Ireland make their own luckIn the dressing-room after the game, Warren Gatland approached David Wallace and good-naturedly warned him to never kick the …Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Rules gave video ref a trying timeTheoretically, Saturday's video referee Brian Campsall had every available facility when making his decision from a specially…Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Ireland prepare for frontal assaultIreland v France in February in Dublin used to have different connotationsSat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Maso aims to make Ireland payIreland-France games have been tempestuous affairs in the past, arguably more so at Lansdowne Road, and in advance of the latest…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Horgan in squad as cover for HoweShane Horgan was drafted into the Irish squad yesterday as cover for Tyrone Howe after the 29-year-old Ulster winger contracted…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Munster semi-final fixed for LilleERC Ltd have fixed the European Cup semi-final between Stade Francais and Munster on Saturday, April 21st for Lille, about 150…Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Thoroughbreds add extra paceRested, refreshed and recuperated, if a little rusty, Brian O'Driscoll and Denis Hickie were duly recalled yesterday to sharpen…Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Chance lost for scrum practiceThe feeling doing the rounds is that the opening hands played by Ireland and France can be pretty much treated as a bluffer's…Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:00
Injury again sidelines DavidsonThere's bad luck, there's rotten luck and then there's the kind of luck Jeremy Davidson seems to get, and it certainly ain't …Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:00
Unyielding defence brings Galwegians the pointsThey're not to be taken too seriously as championship contendersMon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Shannon seek to settle the scoreOnce again the clubs are, as Gerry Murphy once put it when encapsulating the frustrations of coaches up and down the country, …Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
Top English clubs want to sign ByrneEmmet Byrne's stock continues to rise sharply this season and it now transpires that even before his international Test debut…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Nice city shame about the teamAs Six Nations' venues go, Rome takes some beatingTue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Injured pair ready to returnBrian O'Driscoll and Denis Hickie seem likely to come back into consideration for Ireland's next Six Nations Championship game…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Few complaints after Italian jobVeni, vidi, vici. Three games, three wins, 22 tries, 172 points scored and 12,000 Irish supporters savouring an historic Roman…Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
