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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
A good percentage of supporters won't have seen Munster's 19-9 Magners League final win over Leinster as a good thing, but really it is a great thing for Irish rugby. Despite relying on foreigners to open the scoring their were strong performances from your Munstermen looking for a place in the I
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
The first test between the Lions and the Springboks showed that there is likely to be a very high level of intensity when these two great teams take each other on once again. The first encounter was described by the Lions’ coaching staff as a “bruising” one. From the spectators’ point o
Ryan Jones certainly does not seem to have benefited from the luck usually ascribed to his Irish team mates. The back row player recently joined the British and Irish Lions on their tour of South Africa in Cape Town. He was called up to replace an injured Stephen Ferris. It turns out that this wa
