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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,
Ireland got off to a flying start with two tries in the first half coming from Marie Barrett and Joy Neville to make it it 10-3. Wales clawed back with two penalties from Non Evans and Louise Rickard's converted try left Ireland 6 points down at the interval (10-16). Evans scored again in the sec
 Would you want to take on Paul O'Connell.... Wales will tomorrow and boy will they know about it! The Lock will hopefully provide some strength to a struggling line-out! Losing two full backs has probably caused the biggest confusion, with both Murphy (who had that fantastic last game) and Demp
Ireland's hopes of retaining the Under-20 championship are over after they were beaten 11-6 by Wales. Two penalty kicks from Martin Dufficy in the first half were all Ireland could mange, while Wales scored an unconverted try through Lloyd Philips allowing Ireland to go in a point a head at half
As Ireland's Ladies go into their toughest few weeks with games against Wales and England coming up they feel they have more to give. Having won two from three recently (and running the French close in the process) they are very happy!
The International Rugby Board will discuss plans to stage a one-off match between the Six Nations and Tri-Nations champions when the governing body meets with rugby union's leading nations in Hong Kong on Sunday.
We commented recently on Geordan Murphy's man of the match performance against Scotland, playing in his normal club role - he caught up with IrishRugby.ie recently to discuss amongst other things: His preferred position in the team. On his contribution to Rob Kearney's try. On the upcoming
Tommy Bowe (replacing Geordan Murphy) and Mick O'Driscoll (replacing Malcolm O'Kelly) are the only two changes for the Ireland squad that lost out so late on in the 26-21 loss to France two Saturday's ago. In a game where Ronan O'Gara collects his 80th cap, there will be a huge boost for the squa
England will probably win again with their depth and talent (at the ladies level at least!), and when the Irish ladies travel to London they're likely to face grand-slam contenders who they've never beaten. That will be the last thing on the ladies minds when they take on Scotland and Wales at ho
