Canada call back scrumhalfINTERNATIONAL SQUAD NEWS : FORMER CANADIAN scrumhalf Morgan Williams is to come out of retirement for a warm-up fixture against…Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Danny boy the man who makes it happen for Wasps and EnglandDANNY CIPRIANI divides his time between the front and back pages of newspapers. It's rarely of his own volitionSat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Leinster must keep heads in rush hourHeineken Cup: LEINSTER'S HEINEKEN Cup ambition can be measured against their performance at the RDS this eveningSat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Dowling and Tipoki in Munster squadRUGBY HEINEKEN CUP: MUNSTER COACH Tony McGahan has included Ian Dowling and Rua Tipoki in a 25-man squad for Sunday's Heineken…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Blaney approaching his best after ankle injuryCHALLENGE CUP BRISTOL v TOULON: DAVID BLANEY knew how events would unfold but there was nothing he could do about itThu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Harrington looking forward to 'two-day jolly'GOLF: TWO-TIME Major winner Padraig Harrington will walk away from the PGA Grand Slam of Golf tournament that starts today - …Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
St Mary's the early pacesettersALL-IRELAND LEAGUE DIVISION ONE ROUND-UP : ST MARY'S College sit proudly atop the AIB League Division One table after a 31-20…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Castres aim to cast off constraintsPLANET RUGBY : IT'S INSTRUCTIVE to note the thoughts of the French captain and Castres lock Lionel Nallet on the implications…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Vardon Trophy race must go to the wireEUROPEAN TOUR NEWS ROUND-UP: ROBERT KARLSSON will not be able to win the European Tour Order of Merit title at the Portuguese…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Youngsters are given opportunity to impressMAGNERS LEAGUE: LEINSTER COACH Michael Cheika has omitted seven players who started last Sunday's 18-0 defeat by Munster at …Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Villegas wins the battle as Singh wins warCAMILO VILLEGAS won the US Tour Championship but it was Vijay Singh who claimed the FedExCup $10 million (€7 million) bonus for…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
US joker plays a serious gameGOLF RYDER CUP: IN HARPER LEE'S acclaimed novel To Kill A Mockingbird Boo Radley is a misunderstood recluseThu Sept 18 2008 - 01:00
Schoolyard rivalry beginning to take shapeVALHALLA GOLF BLOG: IT WAS difficult to escape the feeling that there were schoolboy overtones to yesterday's first practice…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Hayes is given extra time to recuperateMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS MUNSTER COACH Tony McGahan has made a couple of changes to the squad that beat Edinburgh on the opening …Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Bowe a standout for new club OspreysOSPREYS CARETAKER coach Seán Holley singled out Irish international wing Tommy Bowe and Wales fullback Lee Byrne for special …Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Muldoon ready to lead from the frontCONNACHT v OSPREYS: JOHN MULDOON'S decision to accept the captaincy this season has provided an added resonance to tonight's…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Botha in line to make debut for new-look UlsterMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS: ULSTER COACH Matt Williams is likely to hand World Cup winner BJ (Brendan) Botha a Magners League debut…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Provinces getting down to businessMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS : THE PRESSURE-FREE environment of pre-season blow-outs for the Irish provinces will be replaced this weekend…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Galway to decide on Loughnane next monthTHE GALWAY Hurling Board will make a final decision at a meeting next month on whether manager Ger Loughnane will take charge…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
'Such a compelling show that viewers forgot about Woods'PRESS REACTION: PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON'S qualities, on and off the course, would always endear him to the Irish, but the 36-year…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Relentlessly Sky-blue fairways could do with a clap of thunderTV VIEW: DAVID LIVINGSTONE, I presume? That was the immediate thought when thunderstorms hovered over the Oakland Hills golf…Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Timeline: Pádraig Harrington's US PGA win7.00pm (All times Irish): Pádraig Harrington tees off (three wood) in the final round of the US PGA Championship at Oakland …Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
IRELAND CAPTAIN: NO DECISIONIRELAND coach Declan Kidney won't make any decision immediately on his captain under the new regime, preferring to wait until…Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Kidney sets modest targetsIreland coach Declan Kidney broached a number of topics pertaining to the season ahead as he outlined his aspirations, both short…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Dublin made to wait as quarters drawnALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: KERRY WILL return to Croke Park in six days' time for a quarter-final clash with Galway…Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Dublin made to wait as quarters drawnALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : KERRY WILL return to Croke Park in six days' time for a quarter-final clash with …Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Midfield battle will be pivotalWexford v Down: (Saturday, Croke Park 2pm) - THE PRIMARY focus in trying to discern a winner alights on the mental as much as…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Fermanagh can turn it aroundFermanagh v Kildare: (Sunaday, Croke Park 2pm) FERMANAGH SHOULDN'T be in the position of having to play this match, instead …Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Kidney adds sprinkling of youth to seasoned groupRUGBY: DECLAN KIDNEY'S first squad as Ireland head coach has a familiar look, comprising as it does players who toured Australia…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
RTÉ to provide over 1,500 hours of coverageOLYMPIC GAMES TV SCHEDULE: RTÉ WILL provide more than 1,500 hours of coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics across television…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Clarke hopes to revisit past gloryTOUR SCENE NEWS ROUND-UP: IRELAND'S MOST recent Challenge Tour winner, Michael McGeady (above), will lead a 21 strong local …Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Clarkie and Kearnsey give it to Kiwis in the vernacularTV VIEW: IF YOU'RE Sione Lauaki look away nowMon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Gibbes to coach Leinster packRUGBY NEWS: LEINSTER have announced the appointment of the former All Black Jono Gibbes as forwards coach on a two-year deal…Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
Auntie Beeb rises to occasion despite wind and windbagsTV VIEW BBC's coverage of the British Open Championship represents a kind of Utopia for golfing enthusiastsMon Jul 21 2008 - 01:00
Montauban first up for Munster at Thomond fortressEUROPEAN CUP: IT IS entirely appropriate that the defending champions, Munster, will open the 2008-2009 Heineken Cup with their…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Padraig shines in the darkIRISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: PADRAIG HARRINGTON endured the worst of the weather on Wednesday and when he teed off at 5Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Galway hold key regarding Leinster optionKILKENNY'S EMPHATIC 19-point victory over Wexford in last Sunday's Leinster senior hurling championship final has inevitably …Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Canty could be back for Cork's next assignmentCHAMPIONSHIP 2008 NEWS: CORK CAPTAIN Graham Canty has been given "a sporting chance" of being fit for an All-Ireland football…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Clinical Saxons exploit their opportunitiesCHURCHILL CUP Ireland A 12 England Saxons 34 : IT WOULD be possible to cavil with the final margin on the scoreboard based primarily…Mon Jun 16 2008 - 01:00
Second string struggle to find fluencyIreland A 46 USA 9 : In searching out the positives from an Irish perspective in last night's Churchill Cup clash it was down…Thu Jun 12 2008 - 01:00
Elwood faces crucial game against NZRUGBY ROUND-UP IRELAND UNDER-20 coach Eric Elwood has made several alterations to the team beaten 17-9 by Argentina for tonight…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Solo-running Dunphy gives this armchair fan itchy fingersTV VIEW: THE COMPOSITION of the majority of teams suggested a lack of innovation, the novel having been sacrificed on the altar…Mon Jun 09 2008 - 01:00
Bradley reflects on job well doneAS THE Ireland squad split into two groups yesterday, with the Southern Hemisphere-bound senior players heading for London and…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Horgan hails 'a performance of energy and belief 'SHANE HORGAN insisted Ireland can face the two-Test summer tour to New Zealand and Australia with "confidence and belief" following…Wed May 28 2008 - 01:00
Ireland benefit from expansive approachIreland 39 Barbarians 14: THERE WERE many aspects to admire in Ireland's comprehensive victory but the result and the game was…Wed May 28 2008 - 01:00
Chance for fringe players to impress Irish management In GloucesterIRELAND v BARBARIANS PREVIEW: THERE IS an obvious similarity between the teams ahead of this friendly; both are composite sides…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Fitzgerald moves to the centreRUGBY IRELAND V BARBARIANS: DENIED the services of the Munster players, interim coach Michael Bradley's Ireland team to play…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
McNaughton named as Ireland managerRUGBY NEWS: PAUL McNAUGHTON has been named as Ireland rugby team manager, the first appointment in the new national management…Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
