IN THE space of four days, commentating on the Ireland U20’s win over Scotland that delivered a Triple Crown and second place in their Six Nations championship followed by PBC’s emphatic victory over St Munchin’s in the Munster Schools Senior Cup final, I left Musgrave Park with a profound sense of hope for an ailing … Read more
It didn’t take long for the IRFU’s reported interest in Massimo De Lutiis of the Melbourne Reds to make global headlines. The Telegraph in Australia reported that De Lutiis had been offered a contract to play in Ireland on Monday morning. The report sparked a huge reaction in rugby circles around the globe across the … Read more
Ireland’s chase of Irish-qualified Queensland Reds tighthead prop prospect Massimo De Lutiis looks set to intensify after their interest in the 22-year-old dubbed the “Australia’s strongest” rugby player was made public Down Under on Monday. The IRFU made no official comment when approached by the Irish Examiner for confirmation of the story broken by CodeSports.com, … Read more
The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is to make an official complaint to Gardaí in the coming days in relation to social media accounts based in Ireland linked to the racist abuse of Cobh native and Ireland international rugby player Edwin Edogbo. Last month, Edogbo made his debut for Ireland against Italy in the Six … Read more
Ronan O’Gara: The Farrell factor with players is Ireland’s point of difference Irish Examiner Paris rebound shows Farrell’s influence as strong as ever RTE.ie Rúaidhrí O’Connor: The feel-good is back in Ireland squad, the next step is harnessing it and kicking on The Irish Independent Cheering on England is a dirty business but sometimes it just has to … Read more
By the time Roy Keane was starring for Rockmount in the 1980s, there were soccer teams sprinkled all across the northside of Cork City. Some came and went quickly, others were long-standing institutions, but it was, by some distance, the most popular participation sport in that part of town. In contrast, there was a solitary … Read more
Ronan O’Gara: Jack Crowley has a serious body of work ahead of him. He knows that Irish Examiner Source link
One of the few ever-presents in this championship, the full-back was ever-willing even if the openings were not as clear-cut as they had been against England. Osborne had to work for everything and got his return with the bonus point try. 6 14 – Rob Baloucoune A horror moment when allowing Wales prop, Rhys Carre, … Read more
Ger Burke says PBC’s record-breaking 54-point whitewash of their fierce rivals CBC will be “irrelevant” unless they back it up by claiming the Munster Schools Senior Cup against St Munchin’s. This Pres crew have been marked out as a special generation since lifting international silverware in Spain before Christmas. They have backed that up by … Read more
PBC added another accomplishment to mark themselves out as a special generation by inflicting a record 54-point whitewash on their fierce rivals CBC to sail into a seventh consecutive Munster Schools Senior Cup final. Christians may have been the reigning champions, but Pres have been installed as hot favourites since winning the NextGen Global Schools … Read more