A list of people and techniques that have been game changers. For the generations that witnessed their achievements it must have seemed as if they were defying gravity, rewriting rules, bucking trends that were unbuckable. A unique moment that became the norm. After last Saturday, when Ireland beat Australia, we have another couple of names […]
The only problem with being a trailblazer is that everyone starts copying you, and what was once unique suddenly become run of the mill. The more it happens, the less you end up liking it. I am thinking beards, tattoo sleeves and Justin Bieber singing. But there is also something in rugby that has got […]
No less than having the offices in Dublin, there’s little doubt that five Irish Heineken Cup wins in a seven-year period (2006 to 2012) did not go down well in the upper echelons of England and French club rugby, and one of the spin-offs of the Anglo-French European coup was to assert their dual pre-eminence. […]
The Lions star has not featured for his country since last November’s defeat to New Zealand, missing the Six Nations with a troublesome groin injury and sitting out the summer tour in order to correct the problem. He travelled to Philadelphia to correct that problem and now feels on top of his game thanks to […]
IRFU performance director keeps cards close to chest as reform looms The former Australia hooker is four months into his five-year contract with the union and this week gave his first media interviews since his unveiling back in April. His was a notable presence on the summer tour to Argentina and, since then, his appearances […]
Whatever you think of Sale’s Danny Cipriani and his Barclays Premier League lifestyle he can run a backline Well, this is the season when the Irish provinces get theirs. They apparently play in a Mickey Mouse League and they play their second teams in 75pc of games, only rolling their superstars out when they play […]
COMITTED TO QUALITY FOR OVER 150 YEARS The Irwin family have been involved in milling of food since 1847. In those days oats were processed for consumption following the Irish potato famine. After World War 2 we started to mill local grain as part of the successful changes that transformed local subsistence farmers into producers […]
Pic. IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora© www.Inpho.ie “IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora has announced that Irish Rugby will be introducing a Men’s Sevens Programme this season as part of the IRFU’s expanded Player Development Pathway. ‘We don’t want to place any extra burden on any of the provincial teams so primarily it will be academy, […]