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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
Declan Kidney has added eight players for training this week to the 22-man squad for the France game, with the team and replacements for Sunday's Murrayfield game to be announced tomorrow. Peter Stringer has been overlooked again which limits the opstions at scrumhalf. O'Leary has attracted a lot
Tomás O’Leary had had restricted training this week due to a stuff back and as such hist Munster team-mate Peter Stringer has been called back into the Ireland squad. “Tomás is not ruled out of the game, but we will wait and see how he progresses over the next 48 hours before making any decis
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
Irish supporters (particularly those of a Munster persuasion) will get some consolation at the welcome sight of Eoin Reddan around the fringes of the Wasps scrum in their all-Engish semi-final with Northampton this weekend. "He may be unsung outside the club but he's been very important to us," s
O'Gara will sit out training this week after suffering an ankle injury in Sunday's defeat by France. After scoring all of the points in Croke Park's Test debut his ankle swelled up after the final whistle. He is NOT in doubt for England's visit to Crok on 24th February. AND O'Driscoll (hams
O'Driscoll and Stringer are out, in a huge blow to the Ireland team. O'Driscoll has failed to recover from a Hamstring, and Geordan Murphy will fill his spot, promoting Andrew Trimble back into the squad. Stringer's fractured hand makes him a no-no as well, with Ulster half-back Isacc Boss bac
Shane Horgan will return on the wing against France on Sunday having recovered from a knee injury. O'Sullivan has left two starting places vacant in the 25 man squad, awaiting fitness reports on O'Driscoll and Stringer. If the damage to O'Driscoll's hamstring rules him out for Sunday, Geordan
Pops down the supermarket in a hoodie (O'Driscoll) National fastest schoolboy swimmer (O'Connell) Helps disadvanted children in India (D'Arcy) None of them dress the same (other than on match days), you couldn't find a more different bunch (even in most of the pubs in Ireland!) but throw a
