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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
Paul O'Connell is Ireland's biggest concern ahead of the game against Italy in Pool D on Sunday. The Lions captain picked up a hamstring injury in his superb performance against Australia last week. Whoever loses the Pool D clash faces a trip home, but that won't force the Ireland management's ha
Having starred in a losing Irish side throughout last month's warm-up Tests for the World Cup, Ulster star Andrew Trimble hopes that a strong performance in Sunday’s 62-12 victory over Russia has underlined his claim to a regular first team place. The 26 year old was far from happy at being overlo
Ireland have reported "no major injury concerns" ahead of preparation for next week's Six Nations clash against Wales. Kidney has added 12 players to the squad on top of the 22 match-day squad for the Scotland game a week ago. O'Leary is recalled along with Munster team-mates Donnacha Ryan, Mick
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
The Barbarians are famed for their have-a-go rugby but the last half hour at Thomond Park proved to raise the spirits of Irish Rugby. Kidney will now know more about a lot of players on the fringes, Trimble, Muldoon and Cronin all put in solid performances and Tuohy, Duffy and Wallace will have d
Having won the RBS Six Nations Player of the Championship 2010, Tommy Bowe has now been awarded Bord Gáis Energy IRUPA Players' Player of the Year award. Bowe also won this award in 2008! Andrew Trimble picked up try of the year for his try against Bath in the Heineken Cup, Leinster's John Fogar
The new National World Cup Development programme will show itself on Saturday when Ulster meet Magners League leaders Leinster, Ulster will be without three Internationals for the game! Paddy Wallace is not allowed to play, Stephen Ferris is (from the bench!), Andrew Trimble is while nobody is qu
Andrew Trimble will also miss out on the summer tour after requiring rehabilitation on a leg injury. This leaves (in the absence of Trimble AND D'Arcy) Brian O'Driscoll as the only recognised centre. Munster's Ian Dowling has been called up, along with Leinster rookie Luke Fitzgerald to assist.
That sublime pass again that lead to Bowe's try... Murphy with the offload, O'Gara's high risk moment of genius to Trimble, onto Bowe and a dash for the try line!!
The first major casualty of the campaign is Gordon D'Arcy who broke his arm during the 16-11 victory over Italy. A stress fracture of the forearm, will mean the end of Gordon D'Arcy's Six Nations campaign and an operation on Monday. It's likely that Trimble will line-up alongside O'Driscoll no
