THE SIMON LEWIS INTERVIEW WHILE professionalism is now well entrenched in rugby, John Kelly’s role for Munster Rugby has progressed from a decade as a paid player until the Ireland wing’s retirement in 2007 to that of a volunteer, albeit one a chair of a PGC responsible for the recruitment and retention of players as […]
Big hitter: England centre Brad Barritt sustained a heavy blow to the head in a collision with Quade Cooper Photo: PA Injuries during autumn series underline problem as a former IRB doctor warns that commercial incentives means players are under pressure to play A sharp intake of breath reverberated around Twickenham immediately after that dull […]
Grave warning: UK Anti-Doping chief Andy Parkinson is concerned about the availability of drugs online Photo: GETTY IMAGES Britain’s outgoing anti-doping tsar claims the biggest risk to sport is the use of performance-enhancing substances by those looking to secure their first professional contract The availability of drugs on the internet is fuelling a growing culture […]
FIJI SEVENS HEAD coach Ben Ryan published a number of intriguing tweets yesterday evening highlighting a technique which he believes has the game “in crisis”. The former England Sevens boss has an issue with the rucking technique that, depending on where one is from, is referred to as a crocodile roll, tin opener, can opener, […]
Brian O’Driscoll is the latest sports personality to be honoured by Queen’s University Belfast One of Ireland’s greatest ever rugby players has received an honorary degree from Queen’s University Belfast. Former Ireland, and British and Irish Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll was given an honorary doctorate for services to sport. O’Driscoll was capped 133 times for […]
Paul Jenkins – coach of the Invictus Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby team and South Wales Pirates – has been rewarded for his career as a Wheelchair Rugby Coach. A former Welsh Guards Instructor, Jenkins had a motorbike crash after he left the military, leaving him tetraplegic. In 1990 he took up wheelchair rugby and quickly […]
Munster Rugby are please to announce a new three year partnership with Marks & Spencer, the major multinational retailer with 17 stores in Ireland, four of which are in Munster. The partnership will see Marks & Spencer become sponsors of Munster’s Community Rugby programme. The Marks & Spencer Munster Community Rugby programme is the very […]
10 December 2014; Special Olympics Leinster are one of Leinster Rugby’s charity partners for 2014/15 and as part of the association they nominated Daniel Dunne as a mascot for the Champions Cup game against Harlequins this Saturday in the Aviva Stadium. Leinster Rugby players Martin Moore and Dominic Ryan surprised Daniel Dunne (11) from Ballinamere […]
Scores Sequence First Half Scores penalty for malone on hinch 22, 3-0 to malone (Josh Pentland TBC) Jack McMurtry try, converted by Josh Pentland (10-0 to Malone) Stephen McAuley try for Hinch converted by Reaney 10-7 34 mins played The First Trust Senior Cup half time score was Malone 10 Hinch 7 Second Half Scores Try […]
World Rugby has announced the match official appointments for the RBS Six Nations 2015, which gets underway in February. Appointments were made by the World Rugby Match Official Selection Committee at its meeting in Dublin last week and follow a detailed review of recent performances during the November internationals. The championship opener between Wales and […]