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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
Rory Best (Ulster hooker and captain) will make a return for Ireland in the Six Nations after what looked like a serious ankle injury. The scan has revealed that best has sprained ankle ligaments and is likely to be out of rugby for three to four weeks, before returning in time for the tournament
Rory Best looks likely to miss out on a place when O'Sullivan announces his Ireland's Six Nations squad 2008 on January 14th. Best sustained severe ankle ligament damage in Ulster's 29-0 defeat to Leicester last Wednesday.
There has been some tough competition for this squad, with some 45 players in contention for a place in the side. This years squad includes eight uncapped players, who John O'Sullivan will be hoping can impress on the international stage. Kate O'Loughlin, Niamh Briggs, Helen Brosnan, Am
Do you remember the day you witnessed God Save the Queen played inside the GAA headquarters, followed by Amhrán na bhFiann? It was a moment that moved many and went far beyond the rugby field. A crowd of 82,000 were there to see this symbolic game, O'Driscoll kept his cool, but many including
The Ireland coach opens up for the first time about what went wrong at the World Cup and why he is still the right man for the job. Â Read the interview with the Times Online here
Could beating the World Champions at Twickenham earlier this month, with just three days to prepare the side (and give them a night off in the pub), be enough to put O'Sullivan back in the running to coach the Lions in South Africa next year?
Commenting on the Genesis Report, Brian O'Driscoll said: "I have 100 per cent faith in the system that Eddie puts together and, if this report has brought a few things to light that maybe he didn't know about, well, that has to be a good thing. You [the coach] are not always going to hear everyth
We reported on the "Genesis Report" some days ago, the management consultants report on the reasons behind the early bath in France and where they insisted that there were no truths in the rumours of unrest and dispute in the Ireland camp. The feeling among many (Limerick Leader and Belfast T
That's the Women's Six Nations, as they play all their home games on Friday nights at Templeville Road.John O'Sullivan believes this will prove to be beneficial: "For a lot of reasons moving the Women's games to Friday nights will be a positive thing. The girls will have to take more time off work
John Kelly who scored two tries on his international debut in March 2002, won 17 caps and scored 40 points for Ireland will hang uphis boots this year. Kelly is Munster's second most capped player, and joint second top try scorer in both the Heineken Cup and the Magners League.
