Donnacha Ryan
# donnacha-ryan - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
No doubt about it now as Chris Robshaw revealed as 1st Lions stand-by
Lions forwards coach Graham Rowntree said Craig Gilroy and Donnacha Ryan had both been close to selection.
# donnacha-ryan - Sunday 19 May, 2013
“If the Lions called Donnacha Ryan up tomorrow, he could play”
Ireland coach Les Kiss says the Munster lock has been rested from summer tour duty but would be ready to play Australia.
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 29 March, 2013
They taught me about rugby on a Subbuteo table – Donnacha Ryan
The Munster lock recalls his early days on the rugby pitch and bulking up for hurling.
# donnacha-ryan - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
5 Irish players make it onto the Wallabies’ Lions Team of the Week
Luke Marshall and Brian O’Driscoll in the centre? We like those apples.
# donnacha-ryan - Monday 11 March, 2013
France fightback ends promising night on a dampener for Jamie Heaslip
Ireland lock Donnacha Ryan admitted he was ‘bemused’ by a late decision to penalise the Irish scrum.
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 1 March, 2013
‘There’s a lot of head maggots going on’ – Donnacha Ryan on Ireland’s fall
“You can feel sorry for yourself or go outside that door and test your mettle,” the Munster lock told us.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Kidney 100% standing by his decision to appoint Heaslip as captain
The Irish coach and lock Donnacha Ryan spoke in defence of the under fire Irish skipper.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Double blow as Sexton, McCarthy ruled out of Ireland’s trip to Scotland
Team manager Mick Kearney confirmed the injury news at a press briefing this afternoon.
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 8 February, 2013
Beating England in hurling was the dream but Ryan will settle for rugby
The Irish lock believes the lineout can give his team a solid platform to attack the visitors.
# donnacha-ryan - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Starting role for Ryan as he seeks to finish Welsh dominance
The Munster man and Mike McCarthy start their first Six Nations game together at the Millennium Stadium today.
# donnacha-ryan - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
Slideshow: 6 Irish players that made the ‘A’ grade on Wolfhounds duty
Some big names plyed their trade with the A team for years before making the international breakthrough.
# donnacha-ryan - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Rob Penney: ‘Compelling’ Munster still a work in progress
The coach also urged Warren Gatland to consider selecting David Kilcoyne for the British and Irish Lions this summer.
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 14 December, 2012
Heineken Cup: 3 things to look out for this weekend
European dreams could be shattered for three of Ireland’s four representatives.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Heineken Cup: Du Preez wants sluggish Munster to get out of third gear
The lineout gambit worked a treat. If Munster can fix their scrum a follow-up victory awaits.
# donnacha-ryan - Saturday 8 December, 2012
As it happened: Munster v Saracens, Heineken Cup
Rob Penney’s men welcomed a Sarries team to Thomond Park that were previously unbeaten in Pool 1.
Biarritz win was better than Quins but we want more – McCarthy
The Connacht lock believes a return victory next week in France is a distinct possibility.
# donnacha-ryan - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Ecstatic Gilroy set for 6 Nations role after grabbing opportunity with both hands
Donnacha Ryan picked up the official man of the match award for an excellent outing at lock.
#IreARG: How Ireland’s match-winners rated today
A host of Irish players put in fantastic shifts at Lansdowne Road as Declan Kidney’s side won 46-24.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 22 November, 2012
November tests: McCarthy plans to replicate Bok-bashing form
‘Annoying, frustrating counter-ruckers’. Are you sure you’ve never played Argentina before Mike?
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 16 November, 2012
Return of the Mike: Second row McCarthy beefs up the bench for Fiji clash
The Connacht lock will be hoping to build on a man-of-the-match outing against the Springboks last week.
# donnacha-ryan - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
Poll: Who would you pick as Ireland captain?
Who’s man enough for the job?
# donnacha-ryan - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
Guinness Series: Ryan hoping to knock the stuffing from the Springboks
The Munster forward believes he has been bred for rugby challenges that sides like South Africa are sure to pose.
O’Connell set to assume Irish captaincy as he clears another fitness hurdle
Declan Fitzpatrick is back in Belfast, meaning Michael Bent is in line for matchday 23 inclusion.
# donnacha-ryan - Saturday 6 October, 2012
As it happened: Leinster v Munster, RaboDirect PRO12
Both sides were looking to get back to winning ways and there was a plethora of tries in the first 10 minutes.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 20 September, 2012
‘Who are these guys?’ Declan Kidney set to name 30-man Ireland training squad
The Ireland coach will show his hand ahead of the November Series when the IRFU announce the chosen ones.
# donnacha-ryan - Monday 25 June, 2012
Summer Tour Diary: Five month break for the Irish rugby team but who will be back?
Ireland will be boosted by the return of the likes of Tommy Bowe and Paul O’Connell but others look to have played their last Test match.
# donnacha-ryan - Monday 18 June, 2012
Can the real Ireland please stand up?
Ireland’s performance against the All Blacks in Christchurch was impressive, but was it, like many of the side’s best results in recent years, merely a flash in the pan?
Dan Tuohy: Ireland will go out with all guns blazing against the All Blacks
The Ulster lock believes Chris Henry, his provincial colleague, would ‘do the job’ if he is selected to replace Jamie Heaslip in the back row.
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 15 June, 2012
Summer Tour Diary: Restart for Christchurch as Ireland talk up second chances
A tour of the earthquake-hit city puts things into perspective for Kevin McLaughlin and his teammates ahead of All Blacks battle.
# donnacha-ryan - Monday 11 June, 2012
Summer Tour Diary: Kiwi press believe Irish ‘mob’ are ripe for crushing
New Zealanders expect some bite and struggle from their prey while Euro 2012 woes do little to lift team morale.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Sweeping changes in Irish team to face All Blacks
Declan Kidney has thrown convention to the wind as he shakes up the Ireland backline and hands out two new caps.
# donnacha-ryan - Monday 14 May, 2012
Innocent: Mike McCarthy free to tour New Zealand
The ‘eye-gouging’ complaint against the Connacht second row was not upheld by the Pro12 disciplinary committee.
# donnacha-ryan - Friday 11 May, 2012
RaboDirect Pro12 semi-final preview: Ospreys v Munster
“We seem to have a knack of beating Munster,” says Ospreys coach Steve Tandy ahead of this evening’s knock-out clash.
# donnacha-ryan - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
O’Callaghan backing another ‘special day’ at Twickenham
“The tingles that you got from your first cap don’t change,” according to the veteran Munster man.
# donnacha-ryan - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Two Irish on 6 Nations Player of the Tournament shortlist
Jonathan Sexton and Donnacha Ryan will enter the final weekend of this year’s tournament hopeful of claiming a major accolade.
# donnacha-ryan - Monday 12 March, 2012
Injury update: Best, O’Brien, Ryan all expected to be fit by Saturday
Ireland have nothing more than a couple of bumps and bruises to worry about ahead of Saturday’s trip to Twickenham.
# donnacha-ryan - Wednesday 7 March, 2012
Scotland encounter is far from meaningless, insists Kidney
The Ireland coach also admitted Donnacha Ryan was unlucky not to have featured more prominently until now.
# donnacha-ryan - Sunday 12 February, 2012
The sporting tweets of the week
This week, Alberto Contador reacts to news of his ban, Serena Williams goes a bit mental with her keyboard and Donnacha Ryan gets a facial.
# donnacha-ryan - Thursday 9 February, 2012
Back to the start as Kidney prepares to name team for France
Keith Earls looks set to be the only change when Declan Kidney names his team for Saturday’s trip to the Stade de France later this afternoon.
# donnacha-ryan - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
Game over: Bradley Davies banned for the rest of the Six Nations
The Welsh lock has been hit with a seven-week ban for his “tip tackle” on Ireland’s Donnacha Ryan.
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