EUREKA! Declan Kidney finally got the new high-tempo Irish game clicking at the final hurdle of the Six Nations. The ball-in-hand game failed to click against Italy and though it…
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Ireland v England and France – kick off times confirmed
The IRFU have today confirmed the kick off times for the Guinness Summer Series games against France and England in Aviva Stadium in August. Ireland will play four games in…
Mike Ross agrees new Ireland contract
Leinster’s Mike Ross is the latest international to commit his future to playing in Ireland. The prop has penned a deal to keep him firmly rooted until the end of…
Keith Earls – The Irish speedster
Keith Earls endures a personal nightmare every other weekend. He hates flying. The big planes that transport Ireland are manageable, but the small, cramped ones that take Munster to various…
Get to know Jonathan Sexton
The Ireland fly-half turns off his poker face to chat to Bea Asprey… RUGBY WORLD: Who’s your room-mate in the Ireland camp? Jonathan Sexton: Eoin Reddan, a good friend from…
Ireland 24 England 8 – the video highlights
Ireland (14) 24 Tries: Bowe, O’Driscoll Con: Sexton Pens: Sexton 4 England (3) 8 Tries: Thompson Pens: Flood Click here to watch the highlights – UK only Ireland: Earls; Bowe, B O’Driscoll, D’Arcy,…
Ireland 24 England 8 – The Rugby World ratings
Keith Earls – 77 Fully justified Declan Kidney’s decision to leave our Luke Fitzgerald with an accomplished performance. England failed to put him under any pressure Tommy Bowe – 84…
Video of the Day – Martin Johnson’s stand in 2003
There is only one video of the day we could show today. The time when England refused to budge on the pitch at Lansdowne Road in 2003, striking a huge…
Cian Healy – a man of many talents
Cian Healy has unveiled his latest works of art to help launch Adidas’s new all Adidas campaign. The Leinster and Ireland prop, who enjoys painting when he’s not on the…
England team v Ireland – Banahan for Tindall
BATH wing Matt Banahan has been picked in the England centres for the trip to Ireland after Mike Tindall accepted the inevitable and dropped out of the game with an…