Need You Dead by Peter James (Macmillan, £20.00) www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Need-You-Dead-Roy-Grace-Peter-James Peter has had a phenomenal year, receiving the coveted Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger Award, an award to mark sustained excellence a significant contribution to crime writing. He stormed the charts with 3 titles in the Sunday Times Bestseller lists within a month, […]
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Guinness PRO12 Play-Offs: All You Need to Know GLASGOW WARRIORS v ULSTER Friday 22 May at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow 7.45pm. Broadcast live on Sky Sports, BBCALBA, BBCNI and TG4 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 73rd competition game) Assistant Referees: John Lacey, Dudley Phillips (both IRFU) Citing Commissioner: Gwyn Bowden (WRU) TMO: Seamus Flannery (IRFU) MUNSTER […]
The Championship structure is unfair and hopelessly outdated, club players are treated disgracefully, and excessive demands are being placed on county footballers, suggests Paddy Heaney. And the GAA’s solution to these deep-rooted and age-old problems? The leadership wants to bring the All-Ireland finals forward by one or two weeks. (They’re still not sure). As remedies […]
FIJI SEVENS HEAD coach Ben Ryan published a number of intriguing tweets yesterday evening highlighting a technique which he believes has the game “in crisis”. The former England Sevens boss has an issue with the rucking technique that, depending on where one is from, is referred to as a crocodile roll, tin opener, can opener, […]
Ireland’s Jamie Heaslip is tackled by Duane Vermeulen of South Africa during their clash at the Aviva. Photo: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE The Number Eight The Number 8 does not have a specific name and is simply referred to as the number eight. In the scrum, he sits at the far back between the locks […]
After a round of games that saw four home wins, with two of those victors also picking up try bonus points, the same four teams Ospreys, Leinster, Munster and Glasgow Warriors still occupy the RaboDirect PRO12 Play-Off Zone. Elsewhere in the table Scarlets were the biggest movers with their 22-12 win over Welsh rivals Newport […]
The two week break for European competition has seen the RaboDirect PRO12 teams return with an impressive record having performed well in both Cup competitions. Edinburgh, Leinster, and Scarlets top three of the Heineken Cup pools, with Ospreys sharing the lead in a fourth, whilst Newport Gwent Dragons head their pool in the Amlin Challenge […]