AUCKLAND CAME FROM behind to snap Canterbury’s domination of provincial rugby in New Zealand with a 40-33 victory in a gripping 100-minute Mitre 10 Cup final in Auckland on Saturday. The score was tied at 26-all at the end of regulation time. With 20 minutes added to break the deadlock, Auckland hit the front for…
WILL ADDISON IS the new man in the hot seat. A new face around Carton House, this his first real taste of match week in and around the bubble. Granted he made his Ireland debut in Chicago on Saturday, but the intensity — the stakes — have gone up a couple of notches already. This…
MANY RUGBY FANS would say that the All Blacks have always had the edge over their opponents because of the calibre of players in their team. However, their advantage starts even before the first whistle is blown. Why? The haka – or in the world of neurophysiology, the ultimate ‘ON’ switch for the central nervous…
England 37Australia 18 ENGLAND ENDED THE year with a 37-18 win over Australia at Twickenham this afternoon. Victory gave England their sixth win in a row over the Wallabies under former Australia boss Eddie Jones. It also meant they had won three of their four November internationals, with the lone loss an agonising 16-15 defeat…
WHEN HE WATCHED Brumbies team-mate Christian Leali’ifano return from his abbreviated stay with Ulster last season, odds are Henry Speight wasn’t thinking he’d be doing the same thing just under a year later. And yet here he is, into the last month of his brief sojourn to Ireland with its northern province as an injury…
CASTRES SCRUM-HALF Rory Kockott has escaped with a three-week ban despite an independent disciplinary hearing finding him guilty of making contact with the eye area of Munster’s Chris Cloete. Kockott was cited by the match citing commissioner after the incident in the 21st minute of Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup clash between the sides at the…
Sean Farrell reports from the Sportsground MUNSTER HEAD COACH Johann van Graan could only laugh as he added PS after PS to what initially seemed like it would be a short injury update. “It’s only really Mur and Alby that didn’t (pick up a knock),” said the South African with a chuckle. Good news for…
St Michael’s College: 52 Kilkenny College: 10 Sean Farrell reports from Donnybrook PERENNIAL CHALLENGERS ST Michael’s raced into the second round of this year’s Leinster Schools Senior Cup, fueled by powerful loosehead Jack Boyle. The prop grabbed a try in each half and offered a constant source of gainline for his school, while out-half Christopher…
Click Here: custom product design NEW ZEALAND CENTRE Malakai Fekitoa will join Wasps from Top 14 side Toulon at the end of the season, the English Premiership club announced today. Fekitoa has scored eight tries in 24 games for the All Blacks, including two at the 2015 World Cup, when New Zealand retained the trophy….
St Mary’s College 5Terenure College 13 Ryan Bailey reports from Donnybrook THIS GAME IS unlikely to feature in the end-of-year highlights reel, as the opening contest of the 2019 Leinster Senior Schools Cup produced a fractured, error-strewn battle between two rivals, rather than serve up the sort of thrilling rugby this competion has become accustomed…