Whirlwind stuff. 80 minutes before Ireland faced off against France, Jordan Larmour was pitched in at No.15 for the injured Rob Kearney. He saw an awful lot of ball and had fans across the country talking. Larmout started off on the right note as he spotted France fullback Thomas Ramos was not covering the back-field. […]
7 years ago
This is really stirring the pot. Nice motivation for Johnny Sexton on the week of a crucial match. Simon Zebo is currently tearing it up for Racing 92 and Donnacha Ryan is still trucking away after playing an integral role in the Parisians reaching last season’s Champions Cup final. Duncan Casey (Grenoble), Dave Foley, Paddy […]
7 years ago
We were expecting the wider Ireland squad to be confirmed today. That has now been pushed back 24 hours. Bad news for two Ireland stars but some positive updates on Andrew Conway and Joey Carbery. The squad for the fourth round of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations was set announced this afternoon. However, minutes before […]
7 years ago
Pitching CJ Stander back into battle just four weeks after he fractured his cheekbone may be a bit of stretch. Heading into the final two rounds of the Guinness Six Nations and Ireland are not the only team coping with injuries in key positions. Scotland’s squad has been ravaged while England must do without Mako […]
7 years ago
Man-bun still intact, Teddy Thomas was in his post-match suit and ready for interviews. The French journalists had not spotted their try-scorer yet and, after Conor Murray departed, we were finished with the Irish player rotation. I approached him with recorder in hand… “Anglais?” Thomas looked up and waggled his right hand, as if to […]
8 years ago
Ireland will probably freshen up their starting XV with a few changes but one change looks set to be enforced. Josh van der Flier limped out of his country’s 15-13 nail-biter against France, after twisting his knee, and he is likely to miss next Saturday’s visit of Italy to Dublin. Following Ireland’s victory, Joe Schmidt […]
8 years ago