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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
It was a rusty performance for Ireland in their opening game against Italy after winning all five games last season to complete the Grand Slam. A win to celebrate John Hayes 100th cap, and 50th successive appearance in the tournament was nice, but it was less than convincing! O'Gara had been r
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
John Hayes is currently recognized as one of the biggest names in Irish rugby. This is not only as a result of his great skill but also his sheer size. It was announced today that the South Africans will have to look forward to the challenge of taking him on as he flies to join the British and Irish
The following players have signed on to continue playing their club rugby for Munster: Paul O'Connell (until end of 2011/12 season) Denis Leamy (until end of 2011/12 season) John Hayes (until end of 2009/10 season) David Wallace (until end of 2009/10 season)
