Family values, through it all and good business sense unity & togetherness has driven the powerful and exciting growth of the standard of rugby being played at grassroots rugby clubs and schools across Ulster. An incredible amount of knowledge about the game. They are not finished there, the knowledge is continuing to be amassed because […]
Gareth Steenson was lauded for his remarkable role in Exeter’s 27-19 victory over Saracens at Sandy Park. The fly-half kicked nine penalties from nine attempts to give Exeter their notable success, which lifted them to second place in the Aviva Premiership. The Exeter assistant coach, Ali Hepher, said: “There is no one I’d rather have […]
Chris Farrell is from Fivemiletown, a village in south Tyrone and a short distance from the border with Fermanagh, he played centre half for a local team. Bernard Jackman has tipped Grenoble’s former Ulster centre Chris Farrell as a dark horse for Joe Schmidt’s Ireland World Cup squad. Jackman, Farrell’s head coach at Grenoble, has […]
WHEN FORMER IRELAND flanker Neil Best explains how he selects his targets, he almost sounds like a military sniper. And back in the autumn of 2006 there was probably no harder hitter in world rugby than the bulldozer from Belfast. The fiery flanker is famous for levelling opponents with either bone-liquefying hits or huge haymakers […]
The Eagles won 17-0 on a miserable evening at the Sportsground in Galway. Connacht Eagles 17 Leinster ‘A’ 0 NATHAN WHITE MADE his return from an arm injury in the Connacht Eagles’ 17-0 win over Leinster ‘A’ on a miserable evening in Galway. White wore extensive bandaging after a blow to the face. Source: James […]
Patience with the scrum is running out: it’s time for reform or bust, Robert Kitson David Paice of London Irish pops up at a scrum during his side’s 28-26 defeat of Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership on Sunday. Photograph: Patrick Khachfe/JMP/REX Chatting to a renowned former prop forward the other day it did not take […]
The club’s chairman has warned the RFU that there will be casualties unless extra money comes into the Championship Iain Grieve, captain of Plymouth Albion, at the start of the season. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images Plymouth Albion have little more than a week to raise £250,000 or go into administration and be relegated from the […]
By John Kelly Former international referee Alain Rolland feels technology in rugby has gone too far. Rolland, who refereed the 2007 World Cup final and infamously sent off Wales’ Sam Warburton in the semi-final against France four years later, is in favour of a challenge system that will be trialled in South Africa’s Varsity Cup […]
THOMAS PINK CREATES UNIQUE PAPER INSTALLATION AND SHOWCASES MICHAEL CAINE INSPIRED AUTUMN/WINTER 2015 COLLECTION AT LONDON COLLECTIONS: MEN -RUGBY STAR THOM EVANS JOINS MODEL LINE-UP- On Saturday 10th January 2015, Thomas Pink, the leading Jermyn St shirt maker, unveiled its London inspired Autumn/Winter 15 Collection at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, as part of London […]
Rugby’s most prestigious prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, has arrived in Italy as part of the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour. The Trophy Tour is visiting 15 countries over 12 months as part of a celebration of Rugby in the lead up to Rugby World Cup 2015. During 2014 the Trophy visited Japan, Australia, Fiji, […]