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No Triple Crown for Ireland and Scotland avoid the Wooden Spoon with a worthy performance, thus ensuring France got a fifth Six Nations tournament win and still a chance of a Grand Slam with England to play. Parks kicked a penalty in the sixth-minute after O'Connell was penalised for not rolling
An improvement, and less of a nightmare than Paris - Ireland remain on course fot he Triple Crown, and maybe even the tournament if France take their eyes of the ball. In a soggy Twickenham Ireland got it just about right! The line-out fired, and the scrum looked improved. Sexton came off not ear
Following the opener on Saturday against Italy, Ireland have added 11 players to the squad from those who played at Croke on Saturday for the game against France. O'Connell came off during the Italy game after taking a blow to the eye, but is expected to train this week. Trimble came off with a t
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
Pairing Paddy Wallace and Peter Stringer at halfback is one of the more interesting decisions during Kidney's time so far as Ireland coach. Wallace has spent most of his rugby at inside centre for both Ulster and Ireland in recent seasons and will partner Stringer with 91 caps. This should give S
Paul O’Connell is to lead the Irish and British Lions in their third and final test against the Springboks this weekend and he is determined to finish the tour on a high note. Despite the fact that the Lions are no longer able to clinch a title victory – they believe that they have something eve
Ronan O'Gara won the Rugby Writers' Player of the Year on Monday. With two European Cups under his belt and the kind of career that shines out above most other the players O'Gara could stop playing tomorrow and still be an Irish legend - he won't though - there's the small matter of a game against D
Declan Kidney has hinted that O'Driscoll might not be the captain going forward. As lump down the rankings in the 6 Nations and the World Cup means that Ireland need a good November series against Canada, New Zealand and Argentina - before the cut-off date of 1st December, as the IRB are set to u
The changes will be run on Saturday when the Six Nations is decided, although the Ireland v England game will do little to affect the final result with only France or Wales eligible to win. In the absence of Brian O'Driscoll, Ronan O'Gara will captain a side, which will once again include Geordan
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,
