Irish Rugby
# irish-rugby - Monday 29 April, 2013
Isa Nacewa: Schmidt will bind 4 provinces together
Richie Murphy insists he hasn’t talked to the new Ireland boss about following him out the door at Leinster.
# irish-rugby - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Schmidt critical of the system, not O’Connell
The Leinster coach spoke out about last week’s incident on The Late Late Show last night.
Check out this brilliant tribute to Connacht’s outgoing coach Eric Elwood
Johnny O’Connor, Gavin Duffy and Tiernan O’Hallornan pay tribute to the man who is soon to be replaced by Pat Lam.
# irish-rugby - Friday 19 April, 2013
Brian O’Driscoll thinks Henry Shefflin is Ireland’s greatest ever athlete
And 5 other things we learned from his latest Lions Q and A.
# irish-rugby - Monday 15 April, 2013
Joe Schmidt open to hearing what IRFU have to say on vacant Ireland job
The Leinster chief hinted he’s interested in talking to Irish rugby chiefs.
# irish-rugby - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
‘I’ve had mixed times with him’ — Ronan O’Gara’s typically frank farewell to old boss ‘Deccie’
“I was omitted from the squad a couple of weeks ago and that’s really, really disappointing,” said O’Gara in Cork today.
# irish-rugby - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Opinion: ’09 will never be forgotten, but it’s about time we moved on
The sacking of Declan Kidney paves the way for the IRFU to restructure its coaching hierarchy.
Highs and lows: 11 games that defined Declan Kidney’s Ireland
From the heady days of 2009 to this year’s turgid campaign, Kidney’s term in charge of Ireland has been a rollercoaster ride.
Poll: Who should replace Declan Kidney as Ireland coach?
As the IRFU announce their decision to part company with Kidney, we ask who you think should replace him.
In pictures: Declan Kidney’s tenure as Ireland coach
We’ll always have Cardiff.
# irish-rugby - Friday 22 March, 2013
Ireland’s Grand Slam-winning women were on the Late Late while we were all watching the football
Here’s the pictures to prove it.
# irish-rugby - Thursday 21 March, 2013
I didn’t wake up on Sunday, see them lose and capitalise on that – McKenzie on Ireland
The Australian revealed in a newspaper column, however, that he hopes to be in a new coaching job by August.
# irish-rugby - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Declan Kidney’s Pros and Cons list ahead of crunch IRFU meeting
After almost five years at the helm, the Cork native may have coached his last Ireland game.
# irish-rugby - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
Healy and O’Brien may be Ireland’s only Lions starters – Shane Byrne
The former Ireland and Lions hooker believes Jamie Heaslip is in for a nervy time ahead of Warren Gatland’s squad selection.
Curse of the O2 Irish Rugby advert
Every Ireland player featured in the mobile phone company’s advertisement met with adversity in the Six Nations.
# irish-rugby - Monday 18 March, 2013
O’Driscoll and Murray on 6 Nations Player of the Championship shortlist
There are four Welshmen [champions] and four players from France [sixth] included.
Troubles mount for Irish rugby as Jackson and Gilroy need jump-start
“You’ve got to be starting something”
Ireland’s injured XV: A line-up of woe and 6 Nations disasters
18 Irish players that have been knocked by injury or suspensions.
# irish-rugby - Sunday 17 March, 2013
The 8 signs you’re a Munster Rugby fan
PJ’s, All Blacks and blagging your way into away games.
‘Bit of a mixed bag’ – Captain Heaslip reflects on Irish capitulation
Ireland finished the Six Nations campaign with just one win from five matches.
# irish-rugby - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Report: Injuries mount as Italy deliver knock-out blow to Ireland’s 6 Nations
Head coach Declan Kidney will be under huge pressure to vacate his role.
As it happened: Italy v Ireland, 6 Nations
National pride, and Lions selection chances, were at stake in Rome.
‘Substantial difference between finishing 3rd and bottom of the pile’ – Declan Kidney
The Ireland head coach has warned that Italy will be going full gas in Rome this afternoon.
# irish-rugby - Friday 15 March, 2013
The 8 signs you’re a Connacht Rugby fan
The Wesht’s Awake, and so on…
# irish-rugby - Thursday 14 March, 2013
‘The whole squad is 100% behind the management’ – Jamie Heaslip
The Ireland captain has highlighted Alessandro Zanni as the Italian danger man.
Opinion: Dam breaks as Ireland finally bemoan injuries
They said they would not talk about them but [media] people kept digging away.
Update: O’Driscoll named in starting line-up to face Italy, Sexton injured
The Leinster outhalf was named in the starting XV and replaced in the space of 90 minutes.
Campaign to retain Declan Kidney for 2015 World Cup gathers momentum
A positive spin on Ireland’s prospects is emerging from the team camp ahead of the Six Nations finale.
The 8 signs you’re a Leinster Rugby fan
It’s not all frappuccinos and alpaca-wool scarves.
‘Rugby people of Ireland’ – Rala O’Reilly fails in late bid to land Pope job
He would’ve had our vote.
# irish-rugby - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Confrontation is what rugby is all about – Rory Best relishing Italian slog
The Ulster hooker feels Italy had a stranglehold on England’s scrum at Twickenham last week.
‘Onus is on players to close these games out’ – Mike McCarthy on 2nd half woes
The Connacht forward made his first start as lock when he was 30 but swiftly became an integral part of the Ireland XV.
Sean O’Brien on wooden spoons, concussions and short man syndrome
“Obviously, with our genetics, we’re not a big race.” Has O’Brien looked in a mirror lately?
# irish-rugby - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
O’Driscoll set for 125th Ireland cap after steaming through training
The Ireland centre took a full part in training today and found some time to meet with young supporters.
‘A lot of guys haven’t really experienced what winning for their country feels like’
Rob Kearney is desperate for Ireland to finish their campaign on a high and admits he needs to impress the Lions selectors.
‘I kind of got him perfectly’ – Sean O’Brien on bulldozing Yoann Huget
The Tullow Tank is hoping to dish out similar punishment against Italy this weekend.
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.
# irish-rugby - Monday 11 March, 2013
O’Driscoll and Marshall concussion doubts for Italy match
The Irish backline against Italy in Rome will be unrecognisable from the one that started against Wales in February.
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.


























































