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Over the last fortnight, Facebook fans of the official Rugby World Cup have been voting on their favourite players to make up the 2011 Rugby World Cup Dream Team. Based on suggestions a shortlist of names for each position was posted daily and saw 160,000 votes being cast. The final 15 is below a
Adrian O'Farrell takes a fascinating look at who might fill the number 13 jersey for the 2012 Six Nations championship. Read the article here...
It has been confirmed that Brian O'Driscoll will undergo surgery on his shoulder that could keep him out for up to six months. The long standing injury to his neck and shoulder mean he is most likely out of Ireland's 2012 RBS 6 Nations as well as most of Leinster's Heineken Cup title defence.
Geordan Murphy will probably make a decision on his retirement from international rugby just before the Six Nations, the 33 year old won his 72nd cap in the World Cup win over Russia. “I haven’t made a concrete decision yet but I’m heading that way,” admitted Murphy when asked if he was con
Despite only making it to the quarter finals with Ireland in New Zealand, Sean O'Brien has been selected as one of the top five players in the tournament. O'Brien who won't turn 25 until February came into the tournament as ERC European Player of the Year and he clearly delivered on his reputatio
Brian O'Driscoll has announced that the 2013 Lions tour to Australia will be his last trip providing he remains injury free and retains form until then. If he can manage to get onto the British and Irish Lions team he will have 18 months of rugby. O'Driscoll admist that he's dreading the thought
Fullback Rob Kearney believes the experience gained from Heineken Cup campaigns have left Ireland well equipped to deal with the pressures of knockout rugby at the World Cup. Irish provinces Munster, Leinster and Ulster have been in the thick of the action for years in Europe's premier club competit
Having starred in a losing Irish side throughout last month's warm-up Tests for the World Cup, Ulster star Andrew Trimble hopes that a strong performance in Sunday’s 62-12 victory over Russia has underlined his claim to a regular first team place. The 26 year old was far from happy at being overlo
Ireland will be likely to attempt to persuade Ronan O'Gara to delay his international retirement after he hinted at it during a recent World Cup interview, saying he would be: Â "done with Ireland in a few weeks" Paul McNaughton, the Ireland team manager has said that Ireland's leading points scor
Donncha O'Callaghan spoke to IrishRugby.ie about the level of support the squad are receivng, the feelings during training in camp and of course that win over Australia... Read more at IrishRugby.ie....
