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Hingis ace of the pack

WE HAVE been down this path before. There is always a youngest

Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00

Clontarf aiming to shake off Dolphin

THE battle of Clontarf is how Dolphin will look at Saturday's AIL Division Two came at Castle Avenue

Wed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00

Pressure off as St Mary's sit comfortably in second

WHEN St Mary's looked at the players they had available to them at the beginning of the season and realised that they had lost…

Mon Mar 24 1997 - 00:00

That quiet confidence is preparing to explode

WITH one bound she was free. Catherina McKiernan was a champion. It was December 1994 at Alnwich Castle in Northumberland

Sat Mar 22 1997 - 00:00

Injuries hit Clontarf

CLONTARF, breathing down the neck of Division Two leaders Dolphin, are forced into a number of changes for their league game …

Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00

Well kicks Academy to their first Ulster cup

BELFAST ACADEMY had arrived at Ravenhill in the hope of making history for their school Never before had they won outright the…

Tue Mar 18 1997 - 00:00

Glenanne look set to shade Senior final from Rovers

WHILE Three Rock Rovers decided to avail of their right to reschedule Saturday's league match against St Brendan's/Phoenix Park…

Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00

St Mary's make hard work of it

HOW deeply disconcerting St Mary's can be

Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00

Rivals hope Pembroke slip

WHETHER the results of two league matches tomorrow will ultimately prove important will hinge on whether Pembroke slip up in …

Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00

Cunningham keeps his place

BECTIVE RANGERS make a number of shifts to the team that beat Wanderers 16-3 last weekend

Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00

St Mary's almost let victory slip away

OVER 60 points scored but very little to illustrate the brave new world of professional rugby

Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00

Pembroke now in control

PEMBROKE will take some catching now

Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00

Hourigan at last has a contender

MICHAEL HOURIGAN is on his way somewhere. He doesn't know where. "Patrick something," he says. "Patrick Gee-something

Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00

Pembroke take on title rivals

THE LEAGUE champions, Pembroke, and Three Rock Rovers, who meet tomorrow, will want to make the most of Avoca's slip up mid-week…

Fri Mar 07 1997 - 00:00

Wesley prove too strong

AN exceptionally strong Wesley College had a little too much finesse for a Mount Temple side in the Leinster Schoolboys' Minor…

Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00

Newpark prove too hot for Kilkenny

IT could only happen in schools' hockey

Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00

Landsdowne welcome Elwood back to face Ballymena

LANSDOWNE welcome back Ireland's Eric Elwood, who limped off the pitch at Lansdowne Road during England's record win a fortnight…

Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00

Smith makes quite a splash in Galway

MICHELLE SMITH made quite a splash in Galway

Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00

Record for Kelleher

CORK'S Lee Kelleher added to her growing reputation yesterday at the Leisureland international meet in Galway when she broke …

Sat Mar 01 1997 - 00:00

RTE seek Twickenham deal

RTE have yet to hammer out a deal to secure the rights to screen Ireland's Five Nations Championship match next year against …

Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00

Shannon shift gears to run past Wesley

SHANNON finished this match going up the gears, Old Wesley running out of petrol

Mon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00

On the starting blocks

HER head is into the wind on George's Quay and below the ankle length coat runners sit on her feet like comic book tug boats

Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00

Field of big dreams

IN former years we had promises, lot of promises. Yesterday, we were given no promises, lots of no promises

Wed Feb 19 1997 - 00:00

After that drubbing the new anthem at Lansdowne is God save the green

IT PASSED without a whistle without even a boo or a hoot or a fire cracker

Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00

Newspaper suggests that England "got rid of" Miller

THE English print media yesterday predicted a less than rosy future for the Irish team following Saturday's record defeat

Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00

Irish under 21 prove fortune favours the brave

RARELY does tenacity pay off so handsomely. The murmur of the crowd had dulled to a whisper

Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00

The man who brought the smile back to Irish rugby

REMEMBER the last time anybody smiled after a rugby international involving Ireland? Remember the last occasion people were able…

Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00

"The best front jumper in the world game"

IN 1993, Rugby World magazine put Marlin Johnson and Martin Bayfield on their front cover

Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00

A wing with a prayer for a little privacy

"NO I don't really want to do it," says Denis Hickie. "I mean, it was just a rugby match. I've had a lot of phone calls

Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00

Blackrock bring back Beggy

BLACKROCK'S under-par performance against Terenure in their last All-Ireland League home game has resulted in a number of changes…

Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00

Faithful cheer Danoli home

IS this not what racing is about? Is this not why 18,000 people snaked their way to Leopardstown? Where else do grown men whelp…

Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00

Search goes on for that winning banker

THE exchange usually went like this.

Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00

Jordan exhibits young guns

IT will be a difficult year for Eddie Jordan's team this season

Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00

A stroll for Terenure

TERENURE'S Niall Hogan leapt in the air and punched the air soccer style

Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00

Top two go on a goal spree

NOT MUCH to be said about Avoca's 9-0 win over St Brendan's/Phoenix Park except welcome back Phillip Sarratt.

Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00

Crimes of the father

DADS ARE undervalued. Dads can ruin their children's lives. When they are good, they are very, very good

Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00

Buoyant Bective

A LARGELY injury-free Bective squad prepare to meet a similarly fit Dolphin team in the top match of the Division Two programme…

Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00

Basking in the warmth of the selectors' faith

IN school, Conor O'Shea's idol was Gavin Hastings

Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00

Blackrock pull away in final quarter

BLACKROCK captain Mike Brewer was last into the changing rooms on Saturday at a well attended Stradbrook

Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00

In the fast lane for success

The swimmer

Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00

Cunningham returns to Bective line-up

WITH Division Four still on a winter break and Divisions Two and Three badly hit by flu, many team selections for the weekend…

Wed Jan 08 1997 - 00:00

Risks worthy of the Coste

NOT surprisingly, the Italian management were jubilant, although understated, about Ireland in the aftermath

Mon Jan 06 1997 - 00:00

Whelan abandons logic for optimism

PAT WHELAN sat up straight, all buckled and belted up like a three-star general, and spoke without a waver in his voice about…

Mon Jan 06 1997 - 00:00

Fighting fit in race for credibility

VICTOR COSTELLO's entry point into Irish rugby was Blackrock College. They bred him

Sat Jan 04 1997 - 00:00

Swan, a nice guy in a tough game

HE pulls up his sleeves and shows you what being a champion jockey is like from end

Tue Dec 24 1996 - 00:00

Elwood stings like the wind

A BITING wind running through the spooky and largely empty corridors of rugby's HQ did little to take the heat out of a stinging…

Mon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00

On track for greatness

DONOVAN BAILEY is a believer

Sat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00

Clontarf forced to make changes

CLONTARF make a number of changes to the team that defeated Malone last week in Division Two of the All-Ireland League for the…

Wed Dec 18 1996 - 00:00

Late collapse by Belvedere

WITH 12 minutes remaining it looked like Old Belvedere had done enough and were riding their luck

Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00

Wanderers go with Barlow

WANDERERS and Greystones have one change each to their teams for next weekend's AIL Division Two clash at Lansdowne Road.

Wed Dec 11 1996 - 00:00
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