Declan Kidney has hinted that O’Driscoll might not be the captain going forward.
As lump down the rankings in the 6 Nations and the World Cup means that Ireland need a good November series against Canada, New Zealand and Argentina - before the cut-off date of 1st December, as the IRB are set to use the [...]
An extended 45 man squad has been named for the Ireland training camp, by Declan Kidney. The squad includes the players who toured New Zealand and Australia and 11 players from the Churchill Cup Squad.
Gordon D’Arcy, Andrew Trimble and Leo Cullen all make welcome returns to the squad after missing out recently through injury.
Declan Kidney [...]
A resounding win over the Barbarians has left a feel-good factor in the Ireland camp, and they are itching for a crack at the All Blacks and Australia.
At 33 Malcolm O’Kelly isn’t the youngest in the squad by far, but recently spoke about how much he was still enjoying his rugby and two tries against [...]
Still on the journey to qualification for the IRB Sevens World Cup, Ireland put in a dominant performance in Sopot at this weekend’s stage of qualifying.
Winning 24-0 over hosts Poland proved that Ireland were back on the road after their narrow defeat to Wales in the first stage two weeks ago. Winning all four of [...]
(Ireland won on try count 4-3)
Ireland will probably disappointed having let a half time lead of 17-8 slip, but their four tries versus the French three means that they have secured their highest ever position in the 2007/08 FIRA AER Women’s European Championship - 3rd!
Ireland ladies have lost out in the Semi-Finals of the 2008 FIRA-AER European Championship to England, the reigning Six Nations champions. Trailing 12-3 at the half time mark, they put in a brave performance to lose 22-11.
They will now face France in a 3rd/4th place play-off, whilst England are widely expected to go on to [...]
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 [...]
The Irish ladies got off to a flying start beating Spain 41-7 with 5 Tries, in their tier A game at the 2008 FIRA-AER Women’s European Championship, and will now face England (Six Nations champions).
Scorers: Ireland: Tries: Orla Brennan, Jeannette Feighery 2, Grace Davitt 2, Jo O’Sullivan, Gillian Bourke; Cons: Grace Davitt 3
Spain: Try: Barbara [...]
After taking charge for the fourth time Ian McGeechan is determined to restore some faith in the squad. He said:
‘The Lions tour is so unique that you have to do things differently to anything you else you do simply because you are preparing for three Test matches in something like four weeks.
‘Sharing rooms is one [...]
Not unexpected news by any means, but at least now the appointment has been confirmed.
McGeechan is part of an elite group of people who have coached and played for the British and Irish Lions, and even within this elite group he has a pretty fantastic record!
Two tours as a player:
1974 - South Africa - four [...]