WHEN NAMING HIS team for this weekend’s Championship decider, Warren Gatland took the opportunity to have a swipe at the Six Nations fixture scheduling. Wales, Ireland and England are level on points heading in to the final weekend of the Championship with Gatland’s men needing a big win to set a points difference target for Read more about ‘One team has had an easy run’: Gatland criticises 15 years of Six Nations fixtures[…]

THE CHIEFS HAVE been one of the most intelligent rugby teams in the world in recent years and continue to test the limits of the game in attack and defence. The superb James Lowe has been centrally involved in the Chiefs’ clever tactic. Source: Photosport/Anthony Au-Yeung/INPHO Under the guidance of head coach Dave Rennie, assistants Read more about Analysis: Intelligent Chiefs push the boundaries by refusing the ruck[…]

WHEN WE TALK about Ireland’s greatest sport stars the same people always get mentioned. But BOD, King Henry, Padraig Harrington and Roy Keane get plenty of praise so this evening we decided to pay tribute to some lesser celebrated sportspeople, cult heroes or just all-round legends who make us chuffed to be Irish sports fans. Read more about ‘Crash ball to Kevin Maggs’ and the Ginger Pele: 8 cult heroes who make us happy to be Irish[…]

LAST WEEKEND WE discussed some of the prominent trends in Super Rugby as the competition reaches its halfway stage but we omitted one major talking point: Crusaders wing Nemani Nadolo is a freight train! The Fijian wrecking ball is very quick, exceptionally powerful and has an excellent ability to free his hands in contact. These Read more about There’s a Fijian behemoth devastating Super Rugby who needs an army to take him to ground[…]

FORMER IRISH U20 hooker Davy McGregor is tougher that you. In fact, he’s tougher than pretty much anyone we’ve come across. Now playing for Heriots in Scotland, McGregor took part in their exhibition game with Barbarians last night when he got his head caught in a tackle. Click Here: carlow gaa jerseys The result was Read more about Irish rugby player suffers one of the worst injuries we’ve ever seen (GRAPHIC)[…]

KEIGHLEY COUGARS SAY they will honour the contract of former player Danny Jones. The Welsh rugby league international died on 3 May as a result of a hereditary heart condition, having collapsed during the Cougars’ League 1 match against London Skolars. A post-mortem later revealed that Jones, who was 29, had hereditary heart disease which Read more about Rugby league club to honour contract of player who died earlier this month[…]

Emerging Ireland 25 Emerging Italy 0 NORTHAMPTON-BOUND NUMBER 10 JJ Hanrahan was the creative force behind Ireland’s impressive first half flurry in today’s Tbilisi Cup opener. The Kerry native assisted all three tries in the opening 27 minutes, including a brilliant cross-field kick to Andrew Conway and a break from his own half half to Read more about JJ Hanrahan assists three tries as Ireland come out on top against Italy[…]

New Japan Pro Wrestling will be traveling to the United Kingdom for one show on August 31. The show will be held at The Copper Box Arena, a multi-sport venue used for the 2012 Summer Olympics, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Hackney Wick, London. The arena hosts around 7,000 seats and considering Read more about NJPW announces August 31 show in London, England[…]

IT’S BEEN A strange kind of pre-season. While rugby has taken a month off, training hasn’t. Ian Madigan doesn’t mind though, the routine of a few weeks without a rugby ball has been a break from the norm, when the weekly intensity of matches takes as much out of the mind as it does the Read more about Ian Madigan: ‘I’ve always had the view that I’m competing against myself’[…]

TRY-SCORING MACHINE Waisake Naholo makes his All Blacks debut on Friday against Argentina with celebrated centurions Richie McCaw and Dan Carter making their final appearance before their home crowd. The inclusion of Fijian flyer Naholo for the opening Rugby Championship Test is one of six changes to the All Blacks squad that scrambled to a 25-16 Read more about Richie McCaw and Dan Carter named to start in final game for All Blacks on home soil[…]