Ballyclare Rugby Club and Ladies Hockey Club held a fabulous evening of Catwalk & Cocktails recently. Clothes were modelled by over 25 rugby and hockey players, showing the clothes by Joli and shoes by Bonita, both based in Ballyclare. Guests were also entertained by Luke Armstrong, from Dan’s @the Corners, who demonstrated the tips behind […]
We take a look at the issue of offloading and ask ‘when is the right time to offload?’ THERE’S BEEN QUITE a bit of discussion around Simon Zebo’s offload attempt in the build-up to Nick Phipps’ try for Australia against Ireland on Saturday evening in Dublin. The Irish player in question means it’s arguably been […]
Alan Quinlan: It didn’t matter that a Test match was on the line, concussion protocols had to be followed After the game on Saturday, I got a Tweet from Peter Robinson, father of the schoolboy Benjamin Robinson who died on the side of a rugby pitch in January 2011. Since his son’s death, Peter has […]
RTÉ pundit George Hook was forced to eat a lot of humble pie last night after Ireland’s epic victory over South Africa in the Aviva. The notoriously grumpy Corkman was scathing about the Ireland team before the match, giving Joe Schmidt’s men absolutely no chance of a win against the in-form Springboks. As the game […]