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A young England side turned up aiming for a Grand Slam, and instead felt the backlash as Ireland put that Wales try behind them in spectacular fashion! The Ireland scrum took apart England and a back row of Sean O'Brien, David Wallace and Jamie Heaslip ripped into the breakdown, carrying with in
It was lost in the 51st minute, with an outrageous try which will be debated, watched and re-watched for many. many years to come - but we'll come back to that in a minute... Setbacks started early for Ireland with Eoin Reddan replaced by Pete Stringer after taking a Lee Byrne clearance full in t
Ireland players have been instructed not to post messages on Twitter before the Six Nations showdown with Wales on Saturday, nor engage with followers for 24 hours afterwards. The decision follows heated exchanges between players and fans after the Scotland game.
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
Brian O'Driscoll is within touching distance of a record that has stood since 1933, the Championship try-scoring record! With a try in the win over Italy, O'Driscoll took his tally to 23. Ian Smith 'The Flying Scotsman' set the record of 24 in just 31 appearances for Scotland at a rate of three t
It wouldn't be the first time a team has come unstuck in Rome, and it wouldn't be the first time Ireland have stuttered to gel on the first game of the Six Nations - but that performance was more of a concern than we've seen in a long time! O'Gara dragged Ireland from the jaws of defeat with a
Brian O'Driscoll, Jonathan Sexton and Jamie Heaslip have all signed contracts that keep them on home soil for at least another 2 years (O'Driscoll and Sexton to 2013, and Heaslip to 2014). It is thought that Heaslip has signed an improved deal in the region of €400,000-€500,000 per year with
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
From a stunning hat-trick on his debut against France in the Six Nations 2000, to leading Leinster to the Heineken Cup, to leading Ireland to a first Grand Slam in 61 years O'Driscoll has had a massive career (and that doesn't even mention his three Lions tours!). O'Driscoll was the only Irishman
Donncha O'Callaghan capped off an amazing year yesterday by marrying his long-term girlfriend Jennifer Harte in Cork. With a winter wonderland surrounding them, vast amounts of salt was scattered around the entrance to St Columba's Chuch to avoid any injury to the pride of Irish rugby in attend
