Instonians lifted the silverware last night at a rain sodden Kingspan Stadium, but they were made to work hard for their victory by an impressive Omagh Academicals side. This was Inst’s fifth Junior Cup success – their first as an 1st XV – their last coming in 1994 and maintained their 100 per cent start […]
Prize guys: The Instonians team celebrate their Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup success at the Kingspan Stadium last night Instonians won the Millar McCall Wylie Junior Cup final at a soaked Kingspan Stadium last night thanks to a supreme defensive effort to triumph over Omagh. The Qualifying One leaders, only playing in the junior ranks […]
PROFESSIONAL in everything but name. Professional everywhere but pocket. Long-standing entries into the GAA vernacular but irritating and, let’s be honest, inaccurate too. While it was encouraging to see Gaelic inter-county players stand up for themselves in the wake of Stephen Hunt’s comments, they just aren’t professional. Let us rephrase that — they aren’t just […]
Yokahama added to list of bids to stage RWC 2019 matches In a further boost to preparations for Rugby World Cup 2019, the iconic 72,000-seater stadium in Yokahama has been added to the list of bidders seeking to become venues for rugby’s pinnacle tournament. The late application, which came from Yokahama and the Kanagawa Prefecture, […]
Transformation of the game in two decades has been phenomenal The physicality of the collisions in international rugby is breathtaking but so too the athletic prowess, as demonstrated here by Australia’s Kurtley Beale, who beats team-mate Israel Folau and Ireland’s Rob Kearney to the ball at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. One truth […]
Image: Billy Stickland/INPHO > > https://twitter.com/Inphosports SUNDAY INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST Paul Kimmage was on The Last Word with Matt Cooper this evening talking about the possibility of performance enhancing drug use in Irish rugby. Kimmage had a recent column in the newspaper that described his suspicions about drug use in rugby. The author of Rough Ride […]
THE SIMON LEWIS INTERVIEW WHILE professionalism is now well entrenched in rugby, John Kelly’s role for Munster Rugby has progressed from a decade as a paid player until the Ireland wing’s retirement in 2007 to that of a volunteer, albeit one a chair of a PGC responsible for the recruitment and retention of players as […]
Past winners urge Accies to savour cup final experience Thursday, 11 December 2014 Past winners urge Accies to savour cup final experience thumbnail Having celebrated their semi-final victory over Ballyclare, Omagh Accies current first team squad will be hoping to emulate their 1993 counterparts with a win over Instonians in Tuesday’s Junior Cup decider at […]
Two rival coaches have railed against the decision to play Saturday’s Munster Senior Cup semi-final clash on a secondary pitch at Thomond Park (2pm). UL Bohemian director of rugby Colm Tucker stood side by side with Garryowen’s forwards coach Paul Neville to call upon the game’s administrators to put the tournament back on the pedestal […]