Ireland shocked the rugby world at the weekend with a first win over the All Blacks in 111 years and in doing so handed Steve Hansen's men their first defeat of 2016One for the scrapbooks: Munster's Ireland contingent celebrate historyBy the Whiff of Cordite blog Despite having a team entirely composed of players from the unfairly maligned Pro12, Ireland …Continue reading »
It was a weekend of contrasting fortunes for Ireland and Wales, as the former achieved a landmark win and the latter slumped to a dire defeat. With the Barbarians in action too, and Guinness Pro12 and Anglo-Welsh Cup matches to take in, there was plenty to write home about.Magic moment: Conor Murray (left) celebrates at Robbie Henshaw scores the final try. (Photo: Inpho)The Saints Conor Murray and Ireland Are there enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe Ireland’s 40-29 win over New …Continue reading »
Neutrals think Ireland are heading to Chicago in hope rather than expectation, but can Joe Schmidt's team cause a major upset and defeat the All Blacks? Facing off: Ireland will face the Haka in Chicago this weekendBy Alex Shaw The 27-man Ireland squad jetted off to Chicago this week with the most difficult question in rugby …Continue reading »
Former All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter on Racing 92, rats and ‘The Rock’All smiles: Dan Carter has fan during a Racing 92 training session. Photo: Getty ImagesFormer All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter on Racing 92, rats and ‘The Rock’
While the household names will be arriving en masse from the Southern Hemisphere, there will be glut of newer, young bucks set to make a big impression...Star dust: Reiko Ioane is only 19 but is already an Olympian
By Alex Shaw The southern hemisphere’s ‘Big Three’ have named their squads to tour Europe next month and amidst the …Continue reading »
