Tag Archives: Conor Murray

Healy not looking at lengthy sentence

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

One thing we’ve learned from ugly optics on the rugby field is that what you see is not always what you get. So the seemingly awful stamp of Cian Healy on the ankle of Dan Cole was actually not as … Continue reading →

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Best battling to make starting line against Scotland

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Rory Best is the latest casualty in Camp Ireland, and his doubt for Saturday heaps more pressure on Declan Kidney in a sequence that gets worse with each passing day. Damian Varley has been called in to the squad as … Continue reading →

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Murray’s progress makes for positive news

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

  Four years ago in the World Cup Eoin Reddan jumped from third choice to first as Eddie O’Sullivan tried to plug holes in his sinking ship. It was hard on Isaac Boss, who had been in second place, but … Continue reading →

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Kidney leaves O’Leary in the lurch

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

  By a distance the biggest call of Declan Kidney’s World Cup squad, to be announced at lunchtime today, is the omission of Tomas O’Leary. Shane Jennings also came up short with his late run to get onto the back … Continue reading →

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Good night for McFadden and Boss

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

Ratings on Ireland v Connacht 15 Geordan Murphy: keen and very active which is probably better news for Leicester than Ireland at this stage 14/13/12 Johne Murphy/Darren Cave/Ian Keatley (replaced by Ian Whitten): not in RWC plans 11 Fergus McFadden: … Continue reading →

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Stringer struggling to make the ton

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

This is where it gets difficult. This is the point where the idea of being part of the international squad is not necessarily as attractive as we all presume. This is the staging post where there are those who are … Continue reading →

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No World Cup hat trick for Horgan

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Shane Horgan’s prospects of making it to a third World Cup sank when the preliminary training squad of 43 was announced earlier today. Horgan was ruled out on the basis of a knee injury which was operated on shortly after … Continue reading →

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Kidney postpones the pain as long as he can

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

The derby finish to the season may have presented Irish rugby in a very positive light but it hasn’t done much to clear the muddied waters for Declan Kidney. This is a good thing. Kidney’s mantra borrows from the Spanish … Continue reading →

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