One statistic will define Ireland’s opener against France on Thursday, and the whole tournament – The Irish Times
“I think there was no rucks on any.” Noel McNamara knew his calling card. During a recent Champions…
Sam Prendergast to start at 10 for Six Nations opener – The Irish Times
Ireland (v France) Jamie Osborne; Tommy O’Brien, Garry Ringrose, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale; Sam Prendergast, Jamison Gibson-Park; Jeremy…
Cian Prendergast in line to join brother Sam in Ireland side to play France – The Irish Times
The Prendergast brothers, Cian and Sam, could be in line to start together in an Ireland team for…
Respect to Lomu and McCaw, but Antoine Dupont is the greatest of all time – The Irish Times
A few weeks back, I wrote about the benefit to Ireland of Ciarán Frawley’s move to Connacht next…
France prop Uini Atonio forced to retire from rugby after suffering heart attack – The Irish Times
France and La Rochelle tighthead prop Uini Atonio suffered a heart attack and will retire from rugby with…
Antoine Dupont bears no ill will towards Ireland pair over knee injury – The Irish Times
France captain Antoine Dupont has said he bears no ill will for the incident that his coach, Fabien…
Fabien Galthié leaves Penaud, Alldritt and Fickou out of Six Nations squad – The Irish Times
At face value, the headline-grabbing news that the experienced trio of Damian Penaud (59 caps), Gaël Fickou (98…
Ireland’s 50% win rate at Autumn Nations is not where Andy Farrell wants or needs to be – The Irish Times
Monday’s world rankings told Ireland what they already knew: that two wins from four matches in the Autumn…
Wallabies complete winless tour with defeat in Paris – The Irish Times
France 48 Australia 33 France beat Australia in a see-saw match at the Stade de France to end…
Lood de Jager red card was fully justified. World Rugby should say as much – The Irish Times
The location was Stade de France, Paris, about 9.50pm local time last Saturday. Had my eyes just deceived…
Fourteen-man South Africa dig deep to humble France – The Irish Times
World champions South Africa recovered from 14-6 down and the sending-off of powerhouse lock Lood de Jager to…
Italy stun Wallabies with Australian influence to the fore – The Irish Times
Italy 26 Australia 19 Italy upset Australia with a come-from-behind 26-19 victory on Saturday with the son of…