HE TURNED 34 last week but the competitiveness still courses through Eoin Reddan’s veins each week as prepares for battle. For the best part of a decade the Irish scrum-half scene was basically Peter Stringer… and whoever had gear with them to sit on the bench but the national team had three strong options during Read more about ‘He has come along very quickly’ – Reddan happy to have extra competition from Luke McGrath[…]

Connacht Source: James Crombie/INPHO Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO Source: James Crombie/INPHO Munster Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Ulster Source: Presseye/Russell Pritchard/INPHO Rory Best gets in the neck from a rebound. Source: Presseye/Russell Pritchard/INPHO Source: Presseye/Russell Pritchard/INPHO Leinster Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO   Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO 2023 vision: Tales of a Read more about In pics: Four provinces ramp up preparations for a big European weekend[…]

MUNSTER’S ANTHONY FOLEY has refused to rule props Dave Kilcoyne and James Cronin out of Sunday’s Champions Cup meeting with Clermont, while he is hopeful that Robin Copeland will recover to add ball-carrying dynamism to his squad. Kilcoyne was helped off at Thomond Park last weekend after suffering a knee injury, making him a major Read more about Changes on the cards for Munster before return leg with Clermont[…]

Conor McManus lifts the Football League Division 2 trophy in April Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Patrick Murray, the son of a Monaghan footballer, starts his first NFL game Source: AP/Press Association Images Click Here: Cruzeiro soccer tracksuitMcManus is voted Ireland’s Player of the Match in the International Rules series Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO While Darren Hughes scores a goal Read more about Bowe’s tries and promotion to Division 1 – Monaghan’s 2014 sporting highlights[…]

Leinster 21 – 11 Connacht Source: PRO12 Rugby/YouTube Click Here: malaysia rugby shirtsGlasgow 21 – 18 Munster Source: PRO12 Rugby/YouTube Ospreys 31 – 20 Ulster Source: PRO12 Rugby/YouTube You can watch the rest of the games here. Originally published at 20.05 Hendrick’s Olympic silver and Christy Ring glory – Kildare’s 2014 sporting highlightsWelsh rugby international Read more about Flashback: How Leinster beat Connacht and where it all went wrong for Munster[…]

But what about [insert your county here]? Don’t worry, we’ll be producing a series of articles that will cover every county in Ireland – even yours – over the next few weeks. See the ones we’ve already covered here. 1. Portlaoise made it eight Laois SFC titles in-a-row with an 11 point win over Arlse Killeen Read more about Portlaoise’s 8-in-a-row and five Allstars – Laois’s 2014 sporting highlights[…]

LEINSTER HAVE CONFIRMED that Jamie Heaslip’s shoulder injury is not as bad as first feared, with the number eight likely to return for the Champions Cup clash against Castres on 17 January. Heaslip was replaced after 27 minutes of Leinster’s win over Ulster on Saturday afternoon, his first in-game injury since December 2010. However, the Read more about Heaslip injury relief for Leinster as Marty Moore gets set for comeback[…]

MAYBE WE’VE JUST seen one too many stout ads on TV, but when it snows in Ireland it’s hard to escape thinking about the brilliantly black and white appearance it gives this wintry land. Munster managed to get out and in from training yesterday before the white stuff began to tumble down. Never the less, Read more about Cool hand Paulie out to ‘pull something from the fire’ against Saracens[…]

SAM BURGESS LOOKS set to pull on an England rugby union shirt for the first time at Cork’s Musgrave Park. The 26-year-old, who debuted for Bath in November after eight seasons in rugby league, has been named in a 24-man England Saxons squad to face the Ireland Wolfhounds on Friday, 30 January. Despite starting just Read more about Cork will play host to Sam Burgess, Chris Ashton and the England Saxons next week[…]

ONE OF THE most interesting aspects of the first edition of the Champions Cup has been Racing Métro’s emergence as contenders. The Top 14 club qualified for their first-ever quarter-final in Europe’s top-tier competition as first seeds after winning five of their six pool games. Last weekend’s 32-8 win away to a strong Northampton Saints Read more about Analysis: Ronan O’Gara’s defence lifting Racing to new heights[…]