De Bruin to test fitnessMichelle De Bruin travels to Bordeaux this weekend to establish whether she will be fit to compete in the World Championships…Sat Dec 20 1997 - 00:00
Good day for Irish studentsDublin University erased their defeat by Durham on Monday with a scintillating display of running rugby against the University…Thu Dec 18 1997 - 00:00
UCC are best of the IrishUniversity College, Cork, produced the goods in their opening match of the European Universities championship at the Mardyke …Tue Dec 16 1997 - 00:00
Three clubs enter the break in festive moodUnbeaten going into the Christmas break, Buccaneers, Galwegians and Greystones have much to celebrateMon Dec 15 1997 - 00:00
March decision on 50m poolThe long-awaited decision on the construction of a 50-metre swimming pool will be made by March next yearSat Dec 13 1997 - 00:00
Mud, Blood and MoneyThe seismic shift from rugby union amateur to rugby union professional and the subsequent tidal wave which washed over the sport…Sat Dec 13 1997 - 00:00
Ballynahinch keep faithIn the last round of games before Division Three and Four take an extended Christmas break (until January 17th), leaders Ballynahinch…Wed Dec 10 1997 - 00:00
Greystones still on a rollHooker Conor O'Sullivan's match-winning late try caught the eye of everyone who watched Greystones snatch victory from Old Wesley…Mon Dec 08 1997 - 00:00
Fantasy rugby from BlackrockRemember the days when you threw a ball around the school pitch at lunch-time with improbable accuracy and speed, when you moved…Mon Dec 08 1997 - 00:00
Minister hits back at OCI's HickeyThe Minister for Tourism and Sport, Dr Jim McDaid, has strongly denied claims by Pat Hickey, the president of the Olympic Council…Sat Dec 06 1997 - 00:00
OCI rejects commentsThe Olympic Council of Ireland yesterday strongly rejected Dail comments made on Wednesday by the Minister for Sport and Tourism…Fri Dec 05 1997 - 00:00
Terenure make three changesTerenure have made three changes to the side to face St Mary's on Saturday at Lakelands and hope to raise their performance above…Thu Dec 04 1997 - 00:00
Rogers and Hegarty set for return to actionBallynahinch, whether they deserve it or not, are regarded as the primary team to beat in Division Three of the All-Ireland League…Wed Dec 03 1997 - 00:00
U-turn as swimming officials reinstatedThe Leinster Branch of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA) did a complete u-turn during a bizarre and often angry annual…Mon Nov 24 1997 - 00:00
Stylish Buccaneers swash their bucklesIt may be easy to read too much into the five tries scored by Buccaneers in their opening game of the AIL against DLSPMon Nov 24 1997 - 00:00
Shannon wait on fitness checksAll-Ireland League champions Shannon will wait until later in the week to name a team for their first league match of the season…Thu Nov 20 1997 - 00:00
Suttonians add new face to front rowSuttonians' state of readiness to resume their unbeaten record of last year in Division Three of the All-Ireland League entails…Wed Nov 19 1997 - 00:00
Officials asked to step downTwo long-serving members of Leinster and Irish swimming were asked to step down from their positions on the executive of the …Thu Nov 06 1997 - 00:00
Kirk is forced to settle for bronzeBelfast light heavyweight Steven Kirk was stopped in his quest for a silver or gold medal in the second round of his World Championship…Sat Oct 25 1997 - 01:00
French flair proves bestJean Pierre Rives, the French Barbarians captain, looked unflappableThu Oct 16 1997 - 01:00
Leinster make it easy for ToulouseThe inescapable fact is that Leinster offered Toulouse three easy tries: the first within 30 seconds of the start and the second…Mon Oct 13 1997 - 01:00
Leinster players attackedTwo Leinster rugby players narrowly escaped serious injury in France on Saturday night following their game against Toulouse …Mon Oct 13 1997 - 01:00
Leinster's learning curveThe arrival of Angus McKeen to the front row along with starting places for both second row Hubie Kos and flanker Stephen Rooney…Sat Oct 11 1997 - 01:00
Pembroke like the look of the drawLeinster's leading side, Pembroke, face a pleasing enough match in the 47-team Nissan Irish Senior Cup first round on November…Fri Oct 10 1997 - 01:00
Injury forces Corkery out of All Blacks tieIreland coach Brian Ashton has been dealt an injury blow ahead of next month's Test match against New Zealand in DublinThu Oct 09 1997 - 01:00
Hanna hat-trick is decisive for PembrokeTwo important things happened this weekendMon Oct 06 1997 - 01:00
Leinster save the best till lastThe scoreline suggests that there was nothing in this match to make Leinster feel uncomfortableMon Oct 06 1997 - 01:00
New deal ensures rugby on RTEA new deal between the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the national broadcaster, RTE, ensures that all international rugby…Sat Oct 04 1997 - 01:00
Corinthians' spirit to deflate TrinityIn recent years the Leinster Senior League has opened upFri Oct 03 1997 - 01:00
De Bruin to speak at OCI conferenceOlympic swimming gold medallist Michelle de Bruin and International Olympic Committee vice-president Anita DeFrantz will speak…Thu Oct 02 1997 - 01:00
TCD win battle of the studentsWhile Dublin University found reason to celebrate yesterday with a win over their old sparring partners, University College Dublin…Mon Sept 29 1997 - 01:00
Outclassed Leinster fail to take second biteAlthough two things happened which shaped the game at Welford Road, in truth, little Leinster could offer would have silenced…Mon Sept 29 1997 - 01:00
On The SidelinesLet's hope there are no Junior football matches scheduled in Kerry or Mayo for Monday nextSat Sept 27 1997 - 01:00
Leinster will face savage fightbackLeinster coach Mike Ruddock is hopeful that Victor Costello's dislocated finger will stand the rigours of what will probably …Sat Sept 27 1997 - 01:00
Athletics body celebrates 75thTurbulent beginnings but no animosity these days between the National Athletics and Cultural Association of Ireland (NACAI) and…Mon Sept 22 1997 - 01:00
On The SidelinesChoice words at Longchamp last Sunday from American jockey Cash Asmussen, has heightened the enmity between himself and French…Sat Sept 20 1997 - 01:00
Big wigs pile in for the final pushBig fight night in Lausanne. Tennis idol, Gabriela Sabatini, stands in the car-park sipping her bottled waterFri Sept 05 1997 - 01:00
Leinster left with much room to improveBase camp has been reached by Leinster, but the summit is still a long way offMon Sept 01 1997 - 01:00
Munster injuries still a problemThe injury problem to the Munster rugby team's two loose head props, Gavin Walsh and Ian Murray, was not resolved after a training…Fri Aug 29 1997 - 01:00
Leinster forced to make three changes to teamLeinster have made three changes in the team to face Connacht in their final game in the interprovincial campaign at Donnybrook…Thu Aug 28 1997 - 01:00
De Bruin's medal haul her answer to criticsA silver medal in the European Championships 200 metres butterfly which brought Michelle Smith de Bruin's final total to four…Mon Aug 25 1997 - 01:00
Smith pulls out of 200IMMichelle Smith De Bruin has decided not to race in what would have been her fourth event of the European Championships in Seville…Sat Aug 23 1997 - 01:00
Silver lining in defeat for Smith"At the end of the day I lost to someone who was Olympic champion in this event in 1992Fri Aug 22 1997 - 01:00
Reasons to be cheerful: Part IISmoother yesterday. It all went much smoother yesterday. We were at the press conference. She was thereThu Aug 21 1997 - 01:00
Smith powers away to claim a bonus goldEven from the vantage point that Michelle Smith de Bruin now occupies atop her stack of European and Olympic medals, the 200 …Thu Aug 21 1997 - 01:00
Michelle claims a second gold in 200m freestyleMichelle Smith de Bruin made another large splash in the San Pablo pool yesterday by claiming the 200m freestyle gold medalThu Aug 21 1997 - 01:00
Press conference furore follows winLittle respite for Ireland's European ChampionWed Aug 20 1997 - 01:00
Smith wins gold and looks set for moreAnything less would not have been satisfactoryWed Aug 20 1997 - 01:00
