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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
Luke Fitzgerald will be out for four to six months after rupturing a knee ligament in Ireland's 20-20 draw with Australia. Fitzgerald will require surgery and intensive rehabilitation in that time. Seven other changes have been made for the Fiji game since that nail-biting draw, with Jonathan Sex
Last Saturday saw an awesome display of rugby by both sides in the second Test between the Lions and the Springboks in Pretoria. While the quality of play may have been good, many questioned the character of the players on the South African side where eye gouging and shoulder charging seemed to be
The friendly spirit of the Lions’ tour was somewhat marred today by two incidents that occurred during the course of play in the second Lions’ test against the Springboks. Two players were carded for separate incidents involving wing Luke Fitzgerald and Adam Jones. Schalk Burger was caught on t
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
Tommy Bowe (replacing Geordan Murphy) and Mick O'Driscoll (replacing Malcolm O'Kelly) are the only two changes for the Ireland squad that lost out so late on in the 26-21 loss to France two Saturday's ago. In a game where Ronan O'Gara collects his 80th cap, there will be a huge boost for the squa
