All posts tagged "Munster"
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoOld pros who say it like it is
HIGHLIGHTS of the latest round of Champions League football ran for 80 minutes on BBC1 last Wednesday. Contrast that to the...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoDarge: We’re all set for Toulon challenge
■By BRYN PALMER Hopeful: Rory Darge in action for Glasgow PICTURES: Getty Images SCOTLAND flanker Rory Darge believes Glasgow’s 2023 Challenge...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 5 months agoJapan League One 2024/25 Season Preview
The fourth edition of Japan Rugby League One kicks off next week, with the tournament opening with the clash between Mie...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoCastres vs Munster – Champions Cup Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Munster, fresh from a resounding victory last week, will travel to France to take on Castres...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoRonan O’Gara would ‘bite hands off’ for top Test coach role – but not Wales job
Ronan O’Gara says there are international jobs he would “bite people’s hands off for” as he underlined a burning desire to...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoChampions Cup Team of the Week: Jordie Barrett has perfect Leinster start
By Charlie Elliott The opening weekend of Champions Cup action did not disappoint, with the best of Europe and South Africa...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoTommy Freeman is happy to have a crack at centre
By Paul Rees Tommy Freeman has started all of England’s internationals this year on the wing but fancies having a crack...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWe’re not afraid to get into a dog-fight, says van Graan
By MARK STEVENS WHEN Johann van Graan took charge of Bath in the summer of 2022, the South African made no...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoFin Smith and Alex Mitchell get back in the old routine
By Adam Hathaway Northampton Saints...... 38pt Tries: Dingwall 3, Mayanavanua 8, Augustus 43 62; Langdon 49, Pollock 74 Conversions: Smith 4,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoStade Francais’ two reds clear the way for Munster to take control
By Kevin Fallon Munster .............33pts Tries: Abrahams 16, Daly 30, Kendellen 50, Farrell 55, Coombes 79 Conversions: Crowley 16, 30, 51,...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 months agoMorgan returns to boost Ospreys
Preview Ospreys v Lions By BEN JAYCOCK Today. 3.15pm WINGER Keelan Giles brings up a century of Ospreys appearances today as...
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Features
/ 5 months agoSailing around the Med for a year is next for me – Tyler Ardron
My Life in Rugby TYLER ARDRON THE CANADA FORWARD, CURRENTLY AT CASTRES, WHO PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR OSPREYS AND THE CHIEFS In...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoBest Champions Cup matchups of the weekend
The Investec Champions Cup kicks off this weekend, with the best of the Premiership, Top 14 and URC battling it out...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSaints are looking to kick-start campaign
By PAUL REES Raring to go: Fraser Dingwall in action for Northampton PICTURES: Getty Images Ulster have signed Northampton No.8 Juarno...
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/ 5 months agoJoe Schmidt gets the Aussies bouncing
By Peter Jackson For far too long yesterday, Joe Schmidt threatened to send his protege off on Lions’ business accompanied by...
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/ 5 months agoWe can’t compete with the big dogs, admits Steve Diamond
By Paul Rees Steve Diamond will be putting young players on long-term contracts to protect Newcastle from the greater spending power...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoZebre stun Ospreys to climb off the bottom
By Simon Thomas Zebre..................22pts Tries: Gesi 6, 25, Trulla 43 Conversions: Da Re 7, 44 Penalty: Da Re 57 Ospreys............. 17pts...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoMunster end their losing run
By Kevin Fallon Munster........... 17 Lions................. 10 Munster captain Jack O’Donoghue hopes they can build on this win heading into the...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoEdinburgh keep Benetton at bay
By Tom Wilson Edinburgh........50 Benetton..........33 Edinburgh survived an enthralling Augustin Creevy-inspired Benetton comeback in the second half to finish on the...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoMy body is telling me to quit, says Rob Evans
By Peter Jackson - The man truly in the know Wales are about to be hit by another loss despite spending...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoStade are heading in right direction Racing
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN IS there an early winter equivalent to the idiom about solitary swallows and the impending arrival of...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoIreland hand Gus McCarthy and Cormac Izuchukwu debuts against Fiji
Uncapped duo Gus McCarthy and Cormac Izuchukwu have been named in Ireland’s starting XV for Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series match against...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 5 months agoBattling Argentina make it tough for Ireland
By Brendan Gallagher Ireland...............22pts Tries: Crowley 3, Hansen 5, McCarthy 31 Conversions: Crowley 3, 32 Drop goal: Crowley 21 Argentina .........19pts...
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/ 6 months agoTry bragging rights on the line for Otley’s Crossland
■ By BEN JAYCOCK Over the moon: Otley’s Eddie Crossland EDDIE Crossland is enjoying a try-scoring battle with his cousin Josh...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoIreland vs All Blacks Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports This weekend, rugby action kicks off with a bang as Ireland takes on New Zealand at...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoFinlay Bealham and Ronan Kelleher start for Ireland against New Zealand
Front-row forwards Finlay Bealham and Ronan Kelleher will start Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series opener against New Zealand in Dublin. Prop Bealham...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoRowntree’s old charges fall short in a thriller
■By BEN JAYCOCK Munster ........... 24pts Tries: Haley 35, Penalty 40, Hodnett 50, Farrell 60, Conversion: Butler 60 New Zealand ...38pts...
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Features
/ 6 months agoI’ll stick with La Rochelle -O’Gara
NEWS EXTRA RONAN O’Gara has ruled himself out of the running to replace Graham Rowntree as Munster head coach. Munster announced...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoCaelan Doris proud to take over as Ireland captain
Leinster back row Caelan Doris will captain Ireland for the autumn internationals against New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia in Dublin...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoSharks take Munster apart
■ By JOHN FALLON Sharks..............41 Munster.......... 24 A SHARKS side laden with Springboks was too powerful for Munster but head coach...
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/ 6 months agoSnyman back to add his weight for Boks
LEINSTER lock RG Snyman is one of four returning World Cup winners in the South Africa squad for their autumn internationals...
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Features
/ 6 months agoTo play in two World Cups was a dream
MY LIFEIN RUGBY DAVID SISI THE FORMER ITALY, ZEBRE, BATH, LONDON SCOTTISH, LEEDS, LONDON IRISH & ENGLAND U20 LOOSE FORWARD RUGBY...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoScarlets vs Zebre Parma – United Rugby Championship Match Preview
It is another Friday night game for the Scarlets as they welcome Zebre Parma to Llanelli. We are entering the final...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 6 months agoAn enormous honour – Caelan Doris to captain Ireland in Autumn Internationals
Caelan Doris will captain Ireland in an Autumn Nations Series that begins against New Zealand on November 8. Back-row forward Doris...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoSnyman shows who’s boss
Connacht ........ 12 Leinster ...........33 ■ By JOHN FALLON RG SNYMAN again showed his class as an understrength Leinster side proved...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoMunster facing tough test
Stormers ........ 34 Munster .......... 19 ■ By KEVIN FALLON MUNSTER have a huge game on their hands next week against...
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Features
/ 6 months agoYoung Guns – Max Clein
Young Guns Max Clein is enjoying learning from his childhood hero Sean Cronin at Munster and hopes to emulate the Ireland...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoLeinster turn on the style in front of 80,000 at Croke Park
By Kevin Fallon Leinster .............26pts Tries: Lowe 6, Doris 11, Keenan 15, Snyman 40 Conversions: Frawley 7, 12, 15 Munster ...............
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Features
/ 7 months agoPlaying out in France was brutal -it really was
MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRIAN MULLEN THE FORMER LONDON IRISH & CLERMONT FLY-HALF NOWADAYS it is a trend: players moving across the...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoCattle wants to make Mennaye Field a fortress
By CHRIS COLLYER CORNISH Pirates have their sights set on the development of new players and making Mennaye Field a formidable...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoOspreys can do nothing to stop Munster taking charge
■By JOHN FALLON Munster ...........23pts Tries: McCarthy 1, Farrell 26, Nash 40, O’Donoghue 64. Penalty: Crowley 9 Ospreys .............. 0pts IRISH...
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/ 7 months agoBreen called up to captain Ireland
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Canada v Ireland Saturday October 5. Kick-off 11.45pm MUNSTER centre Enya Breen was named captain of Ireland...
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Features
/ 7 months agoDYLANHICKS
YOUNG GUNS MUNSTER & IRELAND U20 FLY-HALF Tyro Munster fly-half Dylan Hicks is hoping to continue progressing through Ireland’s successful age-grade...
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/ 7 months agoStade get back into winning routine
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WHEN does a bad start become a crisis? For Stade Francais it was the morning after last...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoMartin Offiah backing his boy to hit the heights
By Ross Heppenstall Tyler Offiah has been backed to make his senior debut for Bath this season – by his try-scoring...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoZebre stun Munster with almighty comeback win
By James Lyons Zebre, beaten in all 20 previous games by Munster, pulled off one of the biggest shocks in URC...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoGlasgow Warriors get back in the groove
By Luke Jarmyn Glasgow ......... 42 Benetton.......... 10 Captain Kyle Steyn scored two tries as champions Glasgow bounced back from last...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoSouth African influence on European Rugby
By Peter Ryan South Africa is a phenomenal rugby nation that is at the top of its game right now. Talent...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoFraser Dingwall: England will stay on track
By Paul Rees Fraser Dingwall is confident the shock loss of two coaches this summer will not derail England who have...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 7 months agoAlex Nankivell the difference as Munster win a thriller
By John Fallon Munster ...........35pts Tries: Nankivell 29, Haley 32, Hodnett 45, Coombes 60, Daly 70 Conversions: Burns 29, 33, 46,...
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