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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
Ryan Jones certainly does not seem to have benefited from the luck usually ascribed to his Irish team mates. The back row player recently joined the British and Irish Lions on their tour of South Africa in Cape Town. He was called up to replace an injured Stephen Ferris. It turns out that this wa
Tom Shanklin is said to have been absolutely delighted with his inclusion in the British and Irish Lions squad that is set to take on South Africa this year. But today his hopes were dashed due to a dislocated shoulder during a game between Cardiff and Newport. The Wales center has reportedly bee
The 2009 Six Nations tournament continues to provide unequivocal entertainment for rugby fans. For the first time in more than sixty years, it seems as if the Irish team might have the best chance at winning this. This is not only true of the senior team, as the under – 21 team is also making
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
There has to be - with the triple crown at stake!! Warren Gatland's return to Ireland with his new flying Wales side is bound to stir up some noise at Croke Park. If history is anything to go by Wales have only won one of the last eight encounters (in 2005 when they went on to win the Grand Slam
Self belief is growing in the Ireland camp, but it's also there for Wales - could Wales' trip to Dublin really be "the match of the tournament". Eddie O'Sullivan believes so! "Because of the direction we're going and because of our own growing confidence, we could have a cracking game on our hands,
A first win at Twickenham in 20 years, finished off an impressive fightback from the Welsh to defeat England. It really was a game of two halves with England domination the first half and going in 16-6 at half-time. The second half was a different story with James Hook kicking Wales to within
It's become a talking point since Gatland's arrival in the Welsh camp, that Wales have adopted an All-Blacks style approach to selection, where if you play your rugby outside the country you put your place in the national squad at risk (with Dwayne Peel and Michael Owen doing just that!). But O'D
