Category Archives: Australia

O’Connor favourite to succeed Schmidt

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Leicester Tigers coach Matt O’Connor is now favourite to succeed Joe Schmidt in Leinster. Schmidt’s move to Lansdowne Road will be confirmed by the IRFU tomorrow, and O’Connor is in pole position to take over in time for pre-season training … Continue reading →

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Lions to kick off in Ireland

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

  Punters in Ireland will be able to get a close-up look at the Lions before they head Down Under thanks to Carton House being chosen for the pre-tour camp.   The tourists will begin arriving in Kildare on 19 … Continue reading →

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O’Driscoll Open to One More Season

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Brian O’Driscoll may well continue with Leinster and Ireland for another season, despite widespread opinion that the Lions tour to Australia is shaping up as his last act on a rugby field. I understand from sources close to the former … Continue reading →

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Shorts

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

MCKENZIE TOO HOT TO TROT When you see odds of 1/2 lobbed on someone’s head you don’t so much infer a hot favourite as a race that’s already been run. And the winner is Ewen McKenzie? Eh, not so fast … Continue reading →

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Shorts

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

NEXT STEP FOR KIDNEY Just as one door is about to close, another one opens. And the good news for Declan Kidney is that his next gig may be a 10 minute spin from his gaff in Ballincollig. UCC, where … Continue reading →

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The Best and Worst of a Terrific Tournament

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

  At the end of a terrific tournament here are my bests and worsts.    Best Team: The Awlblex  Worst Team: Fiji  Best Match:  The best was kept till last. What a contest: when the stakes were at their highest … Continue reading →

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Strange goings on in Auckland

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

  There’s something not right about this. It’s 8.30 on an Auckland Sunday morning where it has yet to rain. By the time I’ve finished this that may have changed. And by then hopefully the following has changed as well: … Continue reading →

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Make or break time for Kidney and Ireland

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

    The last time we were in the Crowne Plaza in Auckland it was the Lions tour in 2005. And the memory is clear of going across the road to the Convention Centre where the NZ rugby union made … Continue reading →

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Gaffney has a job to do before he goes

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

  Alan Gaffney’s long association with Irish rugby will come to an end whenever our World Cup campaign is done and dusted. He will return then to Sydney, by which stage another job may have presented itself to a man … Continue reading →

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