Rovers rocked by rampant InstoniansMen's Hockey: The club championships play-off finals next weekend will be devoid of a team from Leinster as Instonians, Lisnagarvey…Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:00
Leinster's Corrigan passed fit to face FrenchRUGBY NEWS: As expected after a week of full contact training, Leinster captain Reggie Corrigan has been passed fit to play …Fri Apr 25 2003 - 01:00
Delivering at senior level is the targetMen's Hockey: By chance Pat Rowley's World Hockey Rankings appeared last month just before Wesley College finished runner's-…Fri Apr 25 2003 - 01:00
Centre focused on here and nowInterview with David Quinlan: You could strip David Quinlan on the back pitch behind the East Stand at Lansdowne Road and dutifully…Thu Apr 24 2003 - 01:00
Athens tickets to go on sale next monthOLYMPICS: Many Irish fans are expected to clamour for Olympic tickets for the 2004 Athens Games when they go on public sale …Wed Apr 23 2003 - 01:00
Corrigan hoping to be ready for battleLet's clear one thing up. Australian Super 12 side Waratahs don't have Matt Williams's CV in their vaults.Wed Apr 23 2003 - 01:00
Penalties may well beckonHOCKEY/Irish Senior Cup Final: The last time Cork Harlequins won an Irish Senior Cup match outright was December 14th of last…Fri Apr 04 2003 - 01:00
The day England won a Lansdowne ovationScotland and Wales refused to travel in 1972, but a year later England came to Dublin at the height of the TroublesSat Mar 29 2003 - 00:00
Ireland hardly favoured against formidable forceIf you use the slide rule method and try to gauge how Ireland might do against England tonight in Donnybrook (7Fri Mar 28 2003 - 00:00
Rovers have title in sightSAILING: Three Rock Rovers go into the second last weekend of matches scheduled for the Leinster Senior League with their place…Fri Mar 21 2003 - 00:00
The stuff of scoolboy dreamsSCHOOLS' RUGBY/Connacht Senior Cup final - Sligo Grammar... 17 Garbally College..Thu Mar 13 2003 - 00:00
Garbally on familiar territoryConnacht Schools' Senior Cup Final Preview: The final of the Statoil Connacht Schools' Senior Cup today at Corinthian Park (…Wed Mar 12 2003 - 00:00
Irish officials look to IRB for rules reviewYesterday's decision of the Court of Appeal in London may also have implications in Ireland, where referees, who are insured, …Wed Mar 12 2003 - 00:00
Leicester ask fans to hand back ticketsRugby European Cup: The European Rugby Cup (ERC) have decided to hang tough with Leicester Tigers following the laboured negotiations…Wed Mar 12 2003 - 00:00
St Mary's hold out Schools' RugbyBlackrock will look back on this Leinster Senior Cup semi-final replay with a sense of dejection and ironyMon Mar 10 2003 - 00:00
Winning ugly beats losing beautifullyEddie O'Sullivan called it "ugly". Declan Kidney said it was "hard work"Mon Mar 10 2003 - 00:00
Foley the axle around which Irish side revolvesSIX NATIONS/Interview: Hotel to bus. Bus to ground. Ground to bus. Bus to hotelFri Mar 07 2003 - 00:00
Munster are just the ticket European Cup NewsEUROPEAN CUP/News: Munster will receive their allocation of 4,000 tickets for their Heineken Cup quarter-final match against…Fri Mar 07 2003 - 00:00
France prop De Villiers escapes banNEWS ROUND-UP: France prop Pieter De Villiers yesterday escaped punishment for testing positive for cocaine and ecstasyThu Mar 06 2003 - 00:00
Gearing up to lay down the lawInterview Ireland prop Marcus Horan Those looking for the reflection of Reggie Corrigan in Marcus Horan will see only disappointment…Wed Mar 05 2003 - 00:00
Putting things into perspectiveAt the European Open in The K Club last year, the old Gary Murphy was involved in a fire fight with his putterTue Mar 04 2003 - 00:00
Corinthians out to attackMEN'S HOCKEY: The second half of Corinthians' run against Pembroke in the Leinster Senior Cup semi-final last week will have…Fri Feb 28 2003 - 00:00
Clean bill of health for revised eventSNOOKER: It's been three years now since the Irish Masters event blew out tobacco and sucked on the wholesome patronage of the…Tue Feb 25 2003 - 00:00
Pembroke pushed all the wayHOCKEY: Pembroke will face Glenanne in the St Patrick's Day Leinster Cup final after both teams came through their semi-finals…Mon Feb 24 2003 - 00:00
Title drive looks Rock solidMEN'S HOCKEY: Three Rock Rovers will as good as secure the Leinster Senior League title this weekend if they can beat chasing…Fri Feb 21 2003 - 00:00
Murphy putting his Best foot forwardGEORDAN MURPHY INTERVIEW: There are a number of ways to embarrass Geordan MurphyThu Feb 20 2003 - 00:00
Dempsey restsRUGBY NEWS: Girvan Dempsey, one of Ireland's stabilising influences in Sunday's Six Nations opening match against Scotland in…Wed Feb 19 2003 - 00:00
Corinthians saved by HendersonHOCKEY: Fortune favoured the younger of the Henderson brothers, Charlie, who made three saves from penalties after extra time…Mon Feb 17 2003 - 00:00
Lyne leads the line for BradleyUNDER-21 INTERNATIONAL/Scotland v Ireland: Cork constitution's Michael Bradley takes over from Ciaran Fitzgerald for the first…Sat Feb 15 2003 - 00:00
O'Sullivan backs 'A' series'A' INTERNATIONAL/Scotland v Ireland: There has been significant debate surrounding the future of the A international series…Sat Feb 15 2003 - 00:00
Pembroke face stern test from HarlequinsMEN'S HOCKEY/Irish Senior Cup: Many of the remaining clubs will be content enough that either Lisnagarvey or Instonians will…Fri Feb 14 2003 - 00:00
Hickie favourite to be top Irish try scorerSIX NATIONS/Betting: Irish winger Denis Hickie is regarded by Paddy Power bookmakers to be more likely to score more tries for…Thu Feb 13 2003 - 00:00
Dunne in last four-rounderBOXING/News Round-Up: Bernard Dunne, who has begun his professional career in the US with three knockouts, is scheduled to go…Fri Feb 07 2003 - 00:00
Munster on a missionMEN'S HOCKEY/Under-21 Interprovincials: Munster travel to Banbridge this weekend to defend the under-21 Interprovincial title…Fri Feb 07 2003 - 00:00
Three Rock leave it lateMEN'S HOCKEY: Wins for league leaders Three Rock Rovers, Pembroke, Monkstown and Glenanne largely kept the status quo in the…Mon Feb 03 2003 - 00:00
Indoor code loses outMEN'S HOCKEY: The news that Eurosport is to broadcast the first Indoor Hockey World Cup in Leipzig, Germany, from February 5th…Fri Jan 31 2003 - 00:00
Lansdowne throw hat into race for the titleIn a weekend where five of the eight matches ended with two points or less between the teams, Lansdowne have finally thrown their…Mon Jan 27 2003 - 00:00
McCullough in confident moodBOXING: In their first head-to-head press conference before the March 22nd WBO featherweight world title fight in Glasgow, challenger…Wed Jan 22 2003 - 00:00
Connacht must build on positives to make progressCHALLENGE CUP/Quarter-final, second leg: Pontypridd will take a five-point advantage into the second leg of their Challenge …Sat Jan 18 2003 - 00:00
Pembroke seek big winMEN'S HOCKEY: Pembroke have been frustrated in finding the form that has won them so much over the past few years, this weekend…Fri Jan 17 2003 - 00:00
Ulster's home record under pressureSimply put, if Northampton avoid defeat in Ravenhill Road tonight they will win Pool Six.Fri Jan 17 2003 - 00:00
Gaffney to check if three can go throughMunster coach Alan Gaffney last night called for clarification on Heineken Cup qualification ahead of Saturday's crunch clash…Thu Jan 16 2003 - 00:00
Luck may not carry onUlster Senior Cup Who could forget the drama of last year's Ulster Schools' Cup final at Ravenhill Road when Methody's Ryan …Mon Jan 13 2003 - 00:00
Glenanne get double boostMEN'S HOCKEY: Glennane's weekend could not be described as anything other than extremely satisfactory.Mon Jan 13 2003 - 00:00
Garbally the ones to beatConnacht Senior Cup Eric Elwood's old school Coláiste Iognaid will form one of the big three teams in the bottom part of the…Mon Jan 13 2003 - 00:00
Connacht have point to proveConnacht v Pontypridd Few teams have ever had such a motivation to winSat Jan 11 2003 - 00:00
Fitzpatrick pays price for red card with 10-day banRUGBY: Justin Fitzpatrick will be disappointed that a moment of indiscipline last week will cause him to miss Ulster's fifth…Thu Jan 09 2003 - 00:00
Leinster duo set to playRUGBY: Leinster hope to have internationals full back Girvan Dempsey and winger Denis Hickie back in the side to face Swansea…Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
Pembroke watch Rovers move out of reachMEN'S HOCKEY: One of the few types of weather which can force a match on astroturf to be postponed struck on Saturday as heavy…Mon Jan 06 2003 - 00:00
Life sweet again for Sugar Ray's Irish sure shotBOXING: Buffalo, upstate New York, on October 2nd last year and Bernard Dunne was weighing in for his third professional fight…Sat Jan 04 2003 - 00:00
