YEOWWWWW BAIZ! Head Coach Pat Lam has made four personnel changes to his Connacht side to face Gloucester in the quarter final of the European Challenge Cup. Ireland international and 6 Nations winner Robbie Henshaw returns to the fray and is named at inside centre in a partnership with the competitions top try scorer Danie […]
2015/16 qualification update and Challenge Cup quarter-final previews For immediate release: Monday 30 March 2015 Issued on behalf of EPCR by Mark Jones Qualification for 2015/16 tournaments The six highest-ranked clubs from both the Aviva Premiership and the Top 14 based on their finishing positions in the leagues will book their places in the 2015/16 […]
The time for hedging bets is over, full on and on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Schmidt’s Ireland played safe, smart rugby in dispatching South Africa on Saturday and made a mockery of their underdog status with the bookmakers. The 29-15 scoreline was comprehensive; only once have Ireland bettered that margin of victory against a Springbok side (32-15 in November 2006). The Irish half-backs managed the game beautifully, no better […]