IRELAND WILL FACE AUSTRALIA in a World Cup warm-up Test next year, shortly before the tournament begins Down Under. The Wallabies have announced that the fixture will take place on Saturday, September 18 at the GIO Stadium in Canberra. The match will be Ireland’s first ever Test in Canberra. The Wallabies have played five Tests at the … Read more
Leicester Tigers head coach Geoff Parling has apologised after he used foul language and pushed TNT Sports’ Irish presenter Craig Doyle over a segment where the broadcaster’s producer Liam MacDevitt attempted a conversion while players were warming up. Parling was not happy with the interference at Villa Park before Saturday’s Premiership Rugby clash with Gloucester, … Read more
LEICESTER TIGERS BOSS Geoff Parling says he was protecting his players when he was involved in a heated exchange with TV presenters ahead of their Prem match with Gloucester at Villa Park on Saturday. Footage showed TNT Sports’ Craig Doyle inviting Liam MacDevitt to attempt a conversion, saying it was an initiation as a new … Read more
Bulls 34 Munster 31 MUNSTER WERE EDGED 34-31 by the Bulls in an intense United Rugby Championship arm-wrestle at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Ireland out-half Jack Crowley impressed upon his return from international duty, but two missed conversions proved costly in a three-point defeat. Munster outscored the Bulls by five tries to four, but the … Read more
Leinster 36 Scarlets 19 Daire Walsh reports from Aviva Stadium United Rugby Championship / YouTube IT WASN’T THEIR most polished performance of the campaign to date, but Leinster ultimately moved up to third in the United Rugby Championship table with a bonus point triumph over Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium this evening. Along with welcoming … Read more
Coming in the wake of a vintage Six Nations, last weekend seemed a little anticlimactic, in the United Rugby Championship (URC) anyway, if not so much the All-Ireland League (AIL). Coming amid Ireland’s World Cup football qualifier(s), next weekend’s URC matches are unlikely to dominate the sporting firmament either, yet these will heavily affect the … Read more
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has hit out at the decision to start second-choice goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for the EFL Cup final against Manchester City on Sunday. The Gunners’ search for a first major trophy under Mikel Arteta since the 2020 FA Cup final faced a significant setback following a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Man City in … Read more
An Irish rugby player who has never played a game of American football has suddenly become one of the most sought-after prospects in US college recruiting. Oluwanifemi ‘Neff’ Giwa, a 6-foot-7, 295-pound, 20-year-old from Cashel in Tipperary, has seen his life turned upside down in the space of just two weeks after a short clip … Read more
Manchester United are reportedly planning to strengthen their left-back position in the summer transfer window and have drawn up a four-man shortlist. The club believe Luke Shaw requires genuine competition, with Arsenal youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly identified as a potential option. Lewis-Skelly enjoyed a breakthrough 2024-25 campaign, making 42 appearances and establishing himself as a regular … Read more
Shakhtar Donetsk and Lech Poznan will conclude their battle for a Conference League quarter-final place on Thursday when they meet in the second leg of their round-of-16 tie in Krakow. Lech Poznan stay on home soil, given their opponents inability to host games in Ukraine, with a mountain to climb after a 3-1 home defeat … Read more