Jack Kyle goes on one of his many trademark runs in an Ireland shirt His first cap came in January 1947 on a team that included Karl Mullen, JC Daly, Barney Mullan and Bill McKay to name but a few in at the start of a golden generation and golden period for Irish rugby. I […]
THE KIERAN SHANNON INTERVIEW The great Jack Kyle passed yesterday, aged 88, but what a full life he lived and he knew it. “You should look on the past with gratitude, the present with enthusiasm and try to look on the future with confidence,” he’d once been told — that’s how he was still thinking […]
Versatile Ulster back Stuart Olding wants to be seen as an inside-centre. Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE see more at :- https://twitter.com/sportsfile Ulster utility back eyes consistent run at No 12 after impressing Schmidt in Georgia cameo As he descended the stairs of the Shelbourne Hotel, a human necklace seemed to shield every elegant fitting in […]
Ulster Bank rugby ambassador Alan Quinlan, Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss and previous award winner Mick McGrath launched the 2014/15 Ulster Bank League Awards in Clontarf today. © Morgan Treacy/www.Inpho.ie see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss lined out today in Clontarf Rugby Club as Ulster Bank, Official Community Rugby Partner to […]
We take a look at the issue of offloading and ask ‘when is the right time to offload?’ THERE’S BEEN QUITE a bit of discussion around Simon Zebo’s offload attempt in the build-up to Nick Phipps’ try for Australia against Ireland on Saturday evening in Dublin. The Irish player in question means it’s arguably been […]
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 […]
Image: Donall Farmer/INPHO see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports THE BIG DIFFERENCE between northern and southern hemisphere rugby isn’t so much what’s seen on the field of play, but more the appetite for broadening the game’s appeal. Stephen Ferris was on RTE’s Against The Head on Monday night and it came up that he hadn’t come […]
It’s every parent’s nightmare. I remember as if it were yesterday, that autumn afternoon 11 years ago when my son’s school phoned me at work to tell me my child had been injured and hospitalised for a second time while playing rugby. I was sickened, upset, anxious and angry. School should be a safe place […]
Accies win away to GrosvenorOmagh 46 – Grosvenor 14 A dominant second half performance which saw the visitors score 29 unanswered points allowed Omagh to take a bonus point win and do the double over a tough Grosvenor outfit in Qualifying League Two on Saturday. A hat –trick of tries by winger Neil Brown led […]