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Tag Archives: Conor Murray
Down the Blind Side, Episode 12
Posted in AIL, Clontarf rugby, Irish Rugby, Old Belvedere, RBS Six Nations, Rugby World Cup, Schools rugby, Terenure Rugby, UCD
Tagged Conor Murray, Foster Horan, Ian Madigan, Jamie Heaslip, Joe Schmidt, Luke Fitzgerald, Matt darcy, Mike Ruddock, Paul Cunningham, Peter O'Mahony, Rhys Ruddock, Sean O'Brien, Willie Anderson
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Healy not looking at lengthy sentence
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
Posted in Brendan Fanning, British and Irish Lions, IRB, IRFU, Irish Rugby, Leinster Rugby, Munster, Munster Rugby, Refereeing, RFU, Rugby, Rugby News, Rugby Opinion, Sports Comment, Ulster, Ulster Rugby
Tagged Cian Healy, Conor Murray, Dan Cole, IRB, Jerome Garces, Leo Cullen, Peter O'Mahony, Tom Court, Tom Youngs
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Best battling to make starting line against Scotland
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
Murray’s progress makes for positive news
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
Kidney leaves O’Leary in the lurch
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
Posted in Irish Rugby, Rugby News, Rugby Opinion, Rugby World Cup
Tagged Conor Murray, Declan Kidney, Eoin Reddan, Isaac Boss, John Hayes, Shane Jennings, Tomas O'Leary
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Good night for McFadden and Boss
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
Posted in Irish Rugby, Rugby World Cup
Tagged Conor Murray, Damian Varley, Darren Cave, Denis Leamy, Donnacha Ryan, Fergus McFadden, Geordan Murphy, Ian Keatley, Ian Whitten, Isaac Boss, John Hayes, Johne Murphy, Kevin McLaughlin, Leo Cullen, Marcus Horan, Mick O'Driscoll, Niall Ronan, Paddy Wallace, Sean Cronin, Tony Buckley
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Stringer struggling to make the ton
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
Posted in Irish Rugby, Munster Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Uncategorized
Tagged Ali Williams, Conor Murray, Declan Kidney, Donnacha Ryan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Eoin Reddan, Isaac Boss, Jerome Kaino, Keith Earls, Leo Cullen, Matt Williams, Paul O'Connell, Peter Stringer, Ronan O'Gara, Trevor Brennan
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Gatland gambles in high stakes game
When Wales beat Ireland in Croke Park in 2008 en route to their first Grand Slam under Warren Gatland, they did it despite not having won in Dublin in eight years, and survived having two players put in the bin. … Continue reading →