Rugby referees have seen their authority undermined by video replays. Get rid of them and allow the man in the middle to decide Needless: There was a farcical moment at Twickenham when Nigel Owens stopped Beauden Barrett from taking a conversion to belatedly consult the TMO over a try he had already awarded Photo: ACTION IMAGES […]
Referee Nigel Owens It seems that the attitude and the way fans treat players, referees, and their opposing supporters is drastically different to what one might think initially when the general etiquette comes to mind; ‘A barbarian’s game played by gentlemen’ or the rule of respect that is taught globally from as young as mini’s […]
Ireland’s Jamie Heaslip is tackled by Duane Vermeulen of South Africa during their clash at the Aviva. Photo: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE The Number Eight The Number 8 does not have a specific name and is simply referred to as the number eight. In the scrum, he sits at the far back between the locks […]
The air is becoming a little thin on rugby’s moral high ground. First the Welsh decide to heckle their own kicker, then Twickenham Man decides to drown out the New Zealand haka with his tuneless rendering of ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – an Oklahoma slave anthem that has about as much as in common with […]
Michael Moynihan In the aftermath you may have missed it, but the remarks bear revisiting. Paul O’Connell, speaking before Ireland played South Africa last weekend, had an observation or two about physical presence. “There is no doubt about it, the physical part of the game is suited to the South Africans,” said O’Connell. “There is […]
Image: Donall Farmer/INPHO see more at :- https://twitter.com/Inphosports THE BIG DIFFERENCE between northern and southern hemisphere rugby isn’t so much what’s seen on the field of play, but more the appetite for broadening the game’s appeal. Stephen Ferris was on RTE’s Against The Head on Monday night and it came up that he hadn’t come […]
It’s every parent’s nightmare. I remember as if it were yesterday, that autumn afternoon 11 years ago when my son’s school phoned me at work to tell me my child had been injured and hospitalised for a second time while playing rugby. I was sickened, upset, anxious and angry. School should be a safe place […]
This season’s Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup was launched by participating captains, while the first round draw was at Kingspan Stadium this afternoon. In March, Michael Lagan became the 37th Methodist College captain to lead his team to victory in the Danske Bank Schools’ Cup, so his successor, Saul Herdman, will be hoping to claim […]
1st fixtures are 10th of January. The Danske Bank Ulster Schools’ Cup 1st round draw is: Banbridge Academy v Antrim Grammar School or Strabane Academy Friends’ School, Lisburn v Portadown College Limavady Grammar School v Wellington College Regent House v Royal School Dungannon Cambridge House Grammar School v Grosvenor Grammar School Carrickfergus Grammar School v […]