Munster forwards coach Alex Codling is not the least surprised that loosehead props Jeremy Loughman and Michael Milne have made the most of their Six Nations chance with Ireland or that Edwin Edogbo also looked right at home in his cameo against Italy. Edogbo and Milne are back with Munster this week as they prepare … Read more
James Ryan extricated himself from a tangle of limbs and words by planting his hand on Henry Pollock’s cheek, using a long lever to facilitate the disengagement. The last two revellers to leave what began as a meatier pile of bodies at a breakdown. It’s commonplace in rugby, a grapple and a chirp, before the … Read more
Edwin Edogbo’s long-overdue Ireland debut on Saturday was marred by disgusting racist abuse suffered by the Munster lock on social media. After several lengthy injury-enforced layoffs, Edogbo made an emotional bow for Ireland in Saturday’s nervy 20-13 victory over Italy. Recommended … Source link
It may have been Valentine’s Day at the Aviva, but there was no love lost in this battle. That’s Amore echoed around the stadium, but its calming influence proved minimal. Ireland were put to the pin of their collar on their way to forging a much-needed victory, although something tells me the better team lost. … Read more
It was a long-awaited special day for Edwin Edogbo on Saturday, as the Munster man finally made his Ireland debut. Edogbo replaced James Ryan with 11 minutes remaining of Ireland’s nervy win over Italy, a moment long in the making for the lock. Recommended … Source link
WHEN YOU WATCHED Ireland’s game plan unfold in Paris, you had to wonder whether it was really so complex that Edwin Edogbo couldn’t have brought a bit of impetus to the matchday 23. The Munster lock came up short of getting a debut against France partly because “there’s an art to be able to get … Read more
Ireland Edwin Edogbo The phrase that usually accompanies the Munster secondrow is ‘force of nature’. Like Leinster’s Joe McCarthy, Edogbo has a natural physical strength that is unusual in Irish players. Injury has plagued him, but he is back in the fold as a player who can put his stamp on a game. Munster coach … Read more
The buck stops with Caelan Doris. His words, Andy Farrell’s too. Not verbatim but in sentiment. The context is a discussion about discipline, penalty counts and the breakdown. The brief back and forth between Ireland captain and head coach is delivered with smiles, and a promise that it would be a topic on the flight … Read more
In Edwin Edogbo The 23-year-old gave Andy Farrell a timely nudge with a couple of tries off the bench in Munster’s defeat to Castres. During that cameo, Edogbo reinforced the qualities he possesses, which include being a good athlete with explosive power housed in a 122kg frame. The first professional from the Cobh Pirates club, … Read more