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Having won the RBS Six Nations Player of the Championship 2010, Tommy Bowe has now been awarded Bord Gáis Energy IRUPA Players' Player of the Year award. Bowe also won this award in 2008! Andrew Trimble picked up try of the year for his try against Bath in the Heineken Cup, Leinster's John Fogar
82 times capped Girvan Dempsey will retire at the end of Leinster's play-off campaign, having made 174 appearances for his province since his debut in 96. In that time he has won the Celtic League and Magners League titles as well as the Heineken Cup. Dempsey will be inducted into the Irish Rugby
Reading between the lines whilst watching the line-up's come out for the autumn tests, you can be pretty sure that a few players have played their last games for Ireland: Mal O'Kelly, Bernard Jackman, Alan Quinlan and Girvan Dempsey More will come as the young talent builds in Cronin, Toner, O
Girvan Dempsey has failed his fitness test to be ready for tomorrows game against Scotland, and will be replaced by Geordan Murphy. IRELAND TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Scotland, 2008 RBS 6 Nations, Croke Park, Saturday, February 23, kick-off 5pm local time): 15 - Gerodan Murphy (Leicester Tiger
As reported previously, Brian O'Driscoll will face a fitness test tomorrow for his tightened calf. Girvan Dempsey has joined O'Driscoll in the treatment room after taking a knock to his hip in training - Geordan Murphy (initially dropped) is on stand-by. Dempsey will also undergo a fitness test t
Bodies weren't the only thing bruised in a World Cup exit that saw Webb Ellis trophy contenders - Ireland slip to seventh in the rankings. Reputations and pride were hurt too. Now Ireland's Call will ring out again as the boys in green try to restore the faith. Last year saw heartbreak against Fr
Geordan Murphy, the Leicester fullback who looked like he might walk away from Irish Rugby last week has been recalled for the biggest match in four years for Ireland. This will be his first start in a World Cup and a must-win match against Argentina. Girvan Dempsey took a blow to the collarbone
Girvan Dempsey's injury has made way for Geordan Murphy to get his first World Cup start against Argentina on Sunday. Eddie O'Sullivan hasn't hit the panic button after two disappointing performances though. Denis Hickie is also in for Andrew Trimble. The pack should be left largely unchanged,
It's a relief to all of us that Friday night's performance came now and not in the middle of the World-Cup campaign in France, and it has proved a sobering reality for Girvan Dempsey. "We were predictable and one-dimensional. We have to ask more questions of the opposition," he said. "But
