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Ireland's Women got their Six Nations off to a cracking start as they defeated Italy 19-0! It all came down to a 15 minute scoring blitz in the early part of the second half, and the team can now head to Paris to take on the French. They've never beaten the French in the Six Nations, and came to
The Irish Wheelchair Rugby Team were victorious in the Triple Crown Championships in Bath this month. The four home nations converged in Bath for the annual tournament on a weekend in early December. Having beaten Scotland and Wales on Saturday, then England on Sunday morning they were through
The Bank of Ireland have announced that they will sponsor Leinster in a new four year deal, the deal is valued at around 6 million Euros with an option for the Bank of Ireland to renew when the deal expires in 2011. Commenting on the announcement, Richie Boucher, Chief Executive, Retail Financial
After the disappointment in the Six Nations, there is something to lift the Irish squad. They are now 4th in the latest World Rankings! New Zealand, France and Australia remain at the top, with Ireland sitting just behind them. England have dropped one place to 7th and are now ranked behind
Gonzalo Canale will miss the final game of Italy's must successfull Six Nations campaign on Saturday after injuring a thigh muscle. Canale limped off in Italy's win over Wales after going down under a heavy challenge from Tom Shanklin. They may well be without Bergemasco as well as he faces a
After decades of indifference, soccer-mad Italy is finally falling in love with its rugby team after they managed two Six Nations wins in the same season for the first time. Their 23-20 win over Wales on the weekend -- two weeks after a 37-17 victory against Scotland -- sealed their most successful
It is not known who brough the game of Rugby Union into shame at Murrayfield, was it a Scotland player choking O'Gara (practically a murder offence), or the refusal of O'Sullivan to identify the Scot he believes was responsible. If it occured (and that's a fact the SRU strongly deny), at least on
A young man's game? Nope, England fielded a starting XV against Italy this weejend whose combined age was 34 (just less than an average of 29 years per man). The '99 World Cup final was won by a Wallabies team with 618 caps! This was later beaten by England who beat the All Blacks with a team
Snow & Rugby, isn't a common combination (other than for Henson and Charlotte Church's holidays!), that all changed yesterday as the skippers of Wales, Scotland, France, Ireland, Scotland and Italy indulged in a staged playful snowball battle during the photo opportunities. Wales captain Stephen
The mood is one of quiet confidence in World Cup year but what lies ahead for this Ireland side? Crushing disappointment or the fulfilment of promise? Whisper it softly, but is it the end of 22 years of RBS Six Nations hurt and World Cup glory? If captain Brian O'Driscoll, inspirational lock P
