Ireland fullback Hugo Keenan could be back in the Leinster squad as early as this week for their United Rugby Championship (URC) match against Glasgow on Saturday in Scotstoun Stadium (kick-off 5.30pm). Keenan (broken thumb), along with prop Andrew Porter (calf) and flanker Ryan Baird (leg fracture), missed the Six Nations championship and Ireland’s Triple … Read more
A few weeks back, I wrote about the benefit to Ireland of Ciarán Frawley’s move to Connacht next season. More outhalves wearing the 10 jersey can only be a positive. Less stockpiling of genuinely good players. Now, less than a week out from the Six Nations opener in Paris, Michael Milne’s decision last April to … Read more
France captain Antoine Dupont has said he bears no ill will for the incident that his coach, Fabien Galthié, described as “reprehensible” during last season’s 27-42 Six Nations Championship win over Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. Dupont was speaking as both teams prepare for Thursday week’s Six Nations opener between the countries at the Stade … Read more
ELAINE Porter asked “How do I bottle the feeling of the past month” while sharing cute snaps of her and husband Andrew’s first few days as parents. She gave birth to their first child sometime earlier this month. 6 Elaine shared this photo of her breastfeeding their son while still in the maternity hospitalCredit: @elainecporter … Read more
Andrew Porter has dismissed suggestions of foul play and explained that Antoine Dupont’s knee injury in last Saturday’s game against Ireland was simply an accident. The Irish prop also sent a well-wishing message on Instagram to the French captain who limped off the pitch in Aviva Stadium. Porter was reacting to French coach Fabien Galthié, … Read more
Despite up to 10 players in the current Irish squad being aged in their 30s, age profile is no great concern for head of athletic performance, Aled Walters. Walters, who joined the Irish set-up last August, came from from England Rugby where he had been their head of strength & conditioning since 2023. Prior to … Read more
It was another Six Nations clash, another win for Simon Easterby’s Ireland yesterday when they defeated Scotland 32-18 in Edinburgh, launching themselves four points clear at the top of the Six Nations standings. While coming into this tournament there was much uncertainty about both an ageing Ireland sides’ performances last season and how Simon Easterby … Read more
Leinster boss Leo Cullen has revealed a pre-planned tactic that paid dividends in his side’s United Rugby Championship victory over Munster. It was rather one-sided on Friday evening in Limerick as Leinster ran in four tries to Munster’s one in a rather emphatic 28-7 Irish inter-pro derby. While Leinster opted to rest many frontline players … Read more