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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU…back again and today with Prop Adam Finlay HOW LONG HAVE YOU PLAYED FOR ANTRIM? This is my third season now…I think! MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT? Has to be one of the McCambley Cup games two seasons ago, definite good vibes around the whole team. MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT? Definitely never done anything embarrassing..model […]
YOU app pays tribute to Joost van der Westhuizen He’s widely regarded as one of South Africa’s best rugby players ever – and now leading SA magazine YOU pays tribute to Joost van der Westhuizen in a special iPad app about his life. The enriched digital magazine in five chapters provides gripping reading material, video […]
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