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Sunday’s World Cup clash between Ireland and Italy turned into a war of words yesterday, sparked by Italian coach Nick Mallett writing off the Irish scrum. In retaliation, Ireland full-back Rob Kearney called on the team to take the Italian remarks “personally”. Italy must beat Ireland to r
Fullback Rob Kearney believes the experience gained from Heineken Cup campaigns have left Ireland well equipped to deal with the pressures of knockout rugby at the World Cup. Irish provinces Munster, Leinster and Ulster have been in the thick of the action for years in Europe's premier club competit
David Wallace has been left out of Declan Kidney's squad for the warm up game against France tomorrow, Wallace has a hamstring injury but is expected to be fit for the England game on 27th August. Shane Jennings will be his replacement. O'Driscoll will return after missing the last two defeats ag
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
Stephen Ferris will miss the rest of this years Six Nations after aggravating a problem he picked up in his knee joint during Ulster's victory over Aironi in January. Sean O'Brien has established himself in the No. 6 shirt producing huge displays since Ferris' absence. On a more positive note,
Irish stars Cian Healy and Jamie Heaslip have tackled fans on twitter over their negative tweets telling Ireland's record try-scorer, Brian O'Driscoll that he should "Go gracefully". One tweeter said: "we still have good memories of how good you were many years ago" and that he should "go gracef
Rob Kearney is almost certainly not going to play any further part in the 2011 Six Nations campaign as rehabilitation on his long-term knee injusy continues. He had keyhole surgery this morning but even with the good progression he has made, a comeback for the finale against England seems unrea
Voted for by his fellow players, Tommy Bowe has been named 2008 IRUPA Players' Player of the Year. During the ceremony at UCD's O'Reilly Hall, Kearney was also honoured for IRUPA Try of the Year against Scotland at Croke Park. Tommy Bowe said: "After missing out on selection for the World Cup
Shane Williams skill showed on the day, as Wales powered to a deserved victory over Ireland in what had been billed as match of the tournament- but never managed to reach the boiling point of expectation. Initial Reactions are on the money when they say it was a deserved win by the in form Welsh,
