Luke Fitzgerald has been ruled out of the game on Saturday against New Zealand, he has been carrying and ankle injury and not reached the required level of fitness.
Paddy Wallace moves off the bench and into centre, while Geordan Murphy gets his space on the bench.
“While obviously disappointed for Luke, I was delighted to get [...]
NEW ZEALAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Ireland, Saturday, June 7, Westpac Stadium, Wellington, kick-off 7.35pm local time/8.35am Irish time (live Sky Sports 1)):
15 - Mils Muliaina (Waikato)
14 - Anthony Tuitavake (North Harbour)
13 - Conrad Smith (Wellington)
12 - Ma’a Nonu (Wellington)
11 - Sitiveni Sivivatu (Waikato)
10 - Dan Carter (Canterbury)
9 - Andy Ellis (Canterbury)
1 - Neemia Tialata [...]
Ireland have naturally assumed the role of underdogs for Saturday’s Test against New Zealand, but that doesn’t meann they think they can’t win!
Ireland have never beeten the All-Blacks in their previous 20 encounters with their best peformance a 10-10 draw at Landsdowne in Jauary 1973
Alan Quinlan says:
‘The mentality has certainly changed in Irish rugby,’ he [...]
An experienced Ireland side will face the All Blacks this weekend. O’Driscoll returns to centre alongside Luke Fitzgerald so we can see the much awaited new centre pairing we expected to see against the Barbarians.
With Munster now back available after the Barbarians game, seven of the pack are Munster based with only Jamie Heaslip sneaking [...]
Graham Henry has announced six uncapped players in the New Zealand squad for their Tests against Ireland, England and the Tri-Nations series.
NEW ZEALAND Squad (Test matches v Ireland and England; Tri Nations Series):
John Afoa (Auckland),
Anthony Boric (North Harbour),
Dan Carter (Canterbury),
Stephen Donald (Waikato),
Andy Ellis (Canterbury),
Andrew Hore (Taranaki),
Richard Kahui (Waikato),
Jerome Kaino (Auckland),
Sione Lauaki (Waikato),
Brendon Leonard (Waikato),
Richie McCaw [...]
Shane Horgan lead from the front as stand-in captain grabbing two tries as Ireland secured a comfortable win over the Baa Baa’s at Kingsholm.
IRELAND 39 BARBARIANS 14, Kingsholm, Gloucester (Att: 10,800)
Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Tommy Bowe, Shane Horgan 2, Jamie Heaslip 2; Cons: Paddy Wallace 4; Pens: Paddy Wallace 2
Barbarians: Tries: Craig Newby, Pedrie Wannenburg; Cons: [...]
This is the warm up for the summer tour, the only thing really missing is the Munster boys for this long awaited clash tonight. This will mean game time for some of the more senior players and a chance to stake their claim on the plane to Down Under for some of the youngsters.
It’s a [...]
The summer tour warm-up game will see a few new faces with several internationals on duty for Munster at the weekend in the Heineken Cup final.
Bob Casey makes a return to the second row to play alongside the experienced Malcolm O’Kelly. Harlequins prop Mike Ross will make his senior Ireland debut (although this is a [...]
The 30-man squad will take on Ireland, Belgium and England in coming weeks. The squad includes several England players who didn’t make it into the England summer tour (Balshaw and Vainikolo for starters!).
The squad includes Munster prop Federico Pucciariello, and former Leinster prop Ollie le Roux. Recently departed second row from Ulster, Justin Harrison gets [...]
37 Players are named in the squad for the warm-up game against Barbarians on Tuesday May 27th. This number is due to the amount of players unavailable from Munster due to the Heineken Cup Final the previous weekend.
Once the Munster players return, and after the Barbarians game this squad will be reduced to 30 players [...]