1. Ireland Ciarán Frawley’s last-gasp drop goal sealed a stunning win for Ireland in Durban, ensuring South Africa had failed to win a series against Ireland...
As a colleague pointed out, it was a mad auld game and one in which the Irish captain Caelan Doris was binned in the second half....
After the seventh Test of 2024, Jack Crowley gets to rest. Marseilles, Dublin, London, Pretoria and finally Kings Park in Durban represent the playing postcards of...
There’s a temptation to refer to the Ireland squad’s internal dialogue this week as soul searching but it’s probably more prosaic. Last week’s 27-20 defeat to...
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell’s first Test review was blunt in tone following the 27-20 defeat to South Africa in Pretoria. The performance fell below accepted...
Simon Easterby was the bearer of good news at Northwood School in Durban on Wednesday confirming that Ireland’s lengthy injury list had dissipated with just hooker...
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Two finches come to rest on a chandelier in an annexe to the lobby area of the Beverly Hills hotel in Umhlanga Rocks in Durban where...
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It was déjà vu at the South Africa media briefing as national laws adviser Jaco Peyper answered questions in Durban just as he did last Monday...
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Ireland have called up Connacht hooker Dave Heffernan and Ulster scrumhalf Nathan Doak to replace Dan Sheehan and Craig Casey ahead of Saturday’s second Test against...
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Dan Sheehan is facing an extended period on the sidelines after sustaining a knee injury in Ireland’s 27-20 loss to South Africa at Loftus Versfeld on...
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Question is, how many television zappers burned themselves out this past weekend? Anna Woolhouse talked of the plethora of rugby matches on Sky Sports but, truth...
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Ireland are likely to be without Dan Sheehan who suffered a knee injury during Ireland’s 27-20 defeat to South Africa at Loftus Versfeld, while centre Robbie...