Munster supremacy writ large by new ConstitutionWhat a surprise. As with last year's inaugural AIB League play-off final, next Saturday's decider will be an all-Munster affair…Mon Apr 26 1999 - 01:00
Constitution carry best range of optionsBrace yourselves Cork. Here come the Buccaneers, set to plunder and pillage your village tomorrowSat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
St Mary's ready and able to break Dooradoyle duckIt hasn't been a particularly vintage season for the All-Ireland League, but this semi-final tie at Dooradoyle this afternoon…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Keane struggling to face St Mary'sKillian Keane, the Garryowen captain who led his side to last year's AIB League final, is struggling to make his club's home …Wed Apr 21 1999 - 01:00
Elite lose out as club map changesOn the way back from the west where they secured their place in the top four last Saturday, the St Mary's team coach stopped …Tue Apr 20 1999 - 01:00
Sunshine boys sent packing in rainLansdowne made hay while the sun shone, but when the heavens opened and Moher Road turned to water, the Buccaneers plundered …Mon Apr 19 1999 - 01:00
Money shared out on Judgment DaySaturday was Judgment Day in the AIB league and there's probably never been a finale like itMon Apr 19 1999 - 01:00
Cork Constitution remain favouritesGarryowen will entertain St Mary's College at Dooradoyle next Saturday while Cork Constitution will play hosts to Buccaneers …Mon Apr 19 1999 - 01:00
Buccaneers not settling for a drawIt's been a long time coming - five weeks since the last full round of AIB League action - but after the recent famine comes …Wed Apr 14 1999 - 01:00
AIL format cast in stoneContrary to rumours sweeping the domestic club game, IRFU sources have confirmed that the two-up, two-down promotion/ relegation…Tue Apr 13 1999 - 01:00
Best game plan is to stick to the basicsIt was possibly stretching things a bit for the Irish coach to term a defeat by the Scots as a disasterSat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
A feast of tries from the fringeWith a view to having a few Australian visas stamped, a softish Italian A side were made to order for Irish fringe contenders…Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:00
Deal puts fizz into IRFU AcademyWhere once it operated on a loaves-and-fishes basis at the time of its inception in 1992, the IRFU Academy yesterday came under…Fri Apr 09 1999 - 01:00
Revised Ireland A favouredSuch has been the experimental approach of the Irish management to their second string that coach Mike Ruddock has been left …Fri Apr 09 1999 - 01:00
Henderson ready to fireThe room is the usual player's mess. Used training gear strewn around the floor, the TV half-on in the backgroundThu Apr 08 1999 - 01:00
Club and country need healthy Elwood returnNo-one will have a heavier load this weekend than Eric Elwood, who plays for Ireland against Italy on Saturday before returning…Wed Apr 07 1999 - 01:00
Spreading the IRFU net far and wideYou get the feeling that at least some of the natives are growing restlessTue Apr 06 1999 - 01:00
Concern over O'CuinneagainSod's Law decreed that following David Humphreys's injury-enforced exclusion from the Italian game, the main injury doubt resulting…Mon Apr 05 1999 - 01:00
Gatland promotes entire benchWhen the Irish management do make changes, it is presented in such a way that there really isn't anything radical about it all…Fri Apr 02 1999 - 01:00
Common sense prevails at lastThe dust having settled on the Murrayfield disaster, the post-mortems having been conducted, it's probably as well that the Irish…Tue Mar 30 1999 - 01:00
Injured Miller out for 10 weeksEric Miller's short-term and longer-term prospects became clearer over the weekend, albeit with mixed resultsTue Mar 30 1999 - 01:00
There's still everything to play forTruly, Saturday's result at Thomond Park will have sent reverberations through much of the first divisionMon Mar 29 1999 - 01:00
Misfiring Shannon living on the edgeAlthough there are only two rescheduled matches down for consideration today in the first division of the AIB All-Ireland League…Sat Mar 27 1999 - 00:00
Situation is serious but not hopelessWith Ireland's campaign officially over, England must beat Wales by seven points or more, or the Scots beat a declining French…Tue Mar 23 1999 - 00:00
Italian job now must-win fixtureAs the Irish party made the retreat from the now ritualistic biannual stuffing in Edinburgh, you got the impression that the …Mon Mar 22 1999 - 00:00
A nation deflated once againEvery second year Ireland travel in optimism and every second year they return deflated and hungoverMon Mar 22 1999 - 00:00
Ireland's gazelle leaps into the spotlightThere weren't many crumbs of comfort but amid the slim pickings Dion O'Cuinneagain's performance was a minor feastMon Mar 22 1999 - 00:00
Ireland have a target to meetOn the surface, this could almost be interpreted yet again as a minor end-of-season Celtic squabble while the Championship decider…Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Referee puts crowd through brief purgatoryMere words cannot convey how truly awful this was.Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Players feel weight of Gatland's expectationWhatever about Ireland expecting at Murrayfield tomorrow, Warren Gatland clearly doesFri Mar 19 1999 - 00:00
Blackrock prove their pedigreeSome things are pretty much cast in stone on St Patrick's Day and one of them is that Blackrock are crowned Leinster Schools' …Thu Mar 18 1999 - 00:00
Another day in the sun awaits BlackrockThe Leinster Schools' Senior Cup final assumes its customary place in the St Patrick's Day pecking order at Lansdowne Road this…Wed Mar 17 1999 - 00:00
Miller gets the callGiven a choice between an elastoplast or radical surgery, the Irish management, as ever, have opted for the former in picking…Wed Mar 17 1999 - 00:00
Miller can speed up decision makingIn what has already become time-honoured practice, the Irish think tank will convene this evening to pick the starting XV and…Tue Mar 16 1999 - 00:00
Hickie added to A squadDennis Hickie has been added to the replacements' bench on the Irish A squad for their concluding championship fixture against…Tue Mar 16 1999 - 00:00
Woods, Tierney out of A squadAlthough all bar two of the 23-man Irish squad were in action over the weekend, it appears that a relatively clean bill of health…Mon Mar 15 1999 - 00:00
It's still all to play for in most open campaignIN TIMES past, the prospect of the penultimate full round of matches in the All-Ireland League wouldn't have had rugby followers…Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Much to learn from visit of EnglandWhen some of the Australians came up for air after their famous 1991 World Cup quarterfinal win over Ireland at the cauldron …Tue Mar 09 1999 - 00:00
Roscrea come back from 12 point deficitAfter digging something of a hole for themselves, Roscrea clawed their way back from a 12-0 deficit in yesterday's Leinster Schools…Tue Mar 09 1999 - 00:00
Thoughts turn to MurrayfieldWhether or not Murrayfield beckoned as Ireland's shot at the Triple Crown, it was always considered within the Irish camp as …Mon Mar 08 1999 - 00:00
