England back proposal with top stadiaITALY AND England have used the lure of their iconic football stadia in a bid to land the Rugby World CupThu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Ulster can deny Connacht 'domestic triple crown'MAGNERS LEAGUE: Connacht v Ulster : THIS ONE is about team goalsFri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Cheika will want to be competitive but cautiousMAGNERS LEAGUE : Leinster v Scarlets: FOR THE last home game of the season Leinster arrive at the RDS with most of the bells…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Ireland open Challenge II campaign against ChileMEN’S HOCKEY: IRELAND WILL face Chile, Japan and Poland when they host the international Men’s Champions Challenge II in Dublin…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Tense wait for Quinlan as citing confirmedHEINEKEN CUP NEWS: MUNSTER FLANKER Alan Quinlan has been cited for “acts contrary to good sportsmanship”Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Another ticket headache for Leinster BranchMURRAYFIELD IS set to have a huge Irish contingent if the ticket sales remain in the same hands that originally bought them come…Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Tense wait for Quinlan as citing confirmedHEINEKEN CUP NEWS : MUNSTER FLANKER Alan Quinlan has been cited for “acts contrary to good sportsmanship”Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Sexton the student ready for the big examCHRIS WHITAKER, flanked by Luke Fitzgerald and Jonathan Sexton, put a whole range of issues and generations on the table yesterday…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Fundraising events in place to support the Stuart Mangan AppealPLANET RUGBY: A range of fundraising activities have now been put in place for The Stuart Mangan Appeal in conjunction with …Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Leinster won't spare their Lions for GlasgowMAGNERS LEAGUE PREVIEWS: Leinster v Glasgow: MICHAEL CHEIKA has decided not to cut back on his Lions players for this meeting…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Cardiff travel without the LionsULSTER V CARDIFF BLUES: LEIGH HALFPENNY, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts, Andy Powell, Martyn Williams and Gethin Jenkins have all…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
No sanction for Pembroke despite ineligible playerMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH SENIOR CUP FINAL: THE IRISH Senior Cup final between Pembroke Wanderers and Cookstown at UCD on Sunday has…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Kidney given opportunity to look at fringe playersIRELAND TOUR TO NORTH AMERICA: DECLAN KIDNEY’S ability to pull an Irish team together from a disparate group of players may …Thu Apr 23 2009 - 01:00
Kyriacou enlisted to Ulster's frontrowMAGNERS LEAGUE: ULSTER, WHO face Cardiff Blues tomorrow night in the Magners League, have strengthened their frontrow options…Thu Apr 23 2009 - 01:00
Thomond Park to host play-off finalA BONUS prize for the finalists of this year’s AIB All-Ireland League Division One play-off is a chance to perform at Thomond…Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
McCall lands coaching job at SaracensRUGBY/MANAGERIAL MOVES, LEINSTER TICKETS AND AIL FINALS: FORMER IRISH centre and Ulster coach Mark McCall has been appointed…Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
Outsiders Connacht unlikely to upset oddsEUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP: Northampton v Connacht, Today 3 pm, Franklin's GardensSat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Pembroke off to the perfect startMEN’S HOCKEY EUROPEAN TROPHY: A CONTROLLED performance and some stinging finishing from Alan Sothern gave Dublin team Pembroke…Sat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Pembroke go for EuroHockey gloryMEN’S HOCKEY : THE TOP hockey action in Dublin this weekend is unquestionably at Serpentine Avenue, where Pembroke Wanderers…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Ireland to face Georgia againCHURCHILL CUP : IRELAND WILL reacquaint themselves with Georgia at the Churchill Cup in America in June.Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Cork Con hoping to avoid an upsetAIB CUP FINAL: THE NEUTRALS may fear a mismatch in Dubarry Park tomorrow But that’s to miss the point.Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Connacht will look for positive signsConnacht v Dragons: CONNACHT SEEM destined to be the fourth Irish team in the Magners League again but with next week’s away…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Ulster can target depleted OspreysUlster v Ospreys: OSPREYS ARRIVE in Belfast shorn of many of their big names and with questionable enough clout to cause anxiety…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Pembroke chase victory and goalsMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH LEAGUE: SENSIBLY, THE matches in the final phase of the pool games will all start at the same time this weekend…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Hadden quits Scottish post2010 SIX NATIONS: SCOTLAND HEAD coach Frank Hadden has stepped down from the position with immediate effectFri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Hurling bust misses the cutWE’RE BESIDE ourselves trying to think of an appropriate analogyThu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Munster wheel out the heavy artilleryRUGBY NEWS: CAST YOUR eyes over this group and weep might have been the thoughts of Munster coach Tony McGahan as he released…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Henson to miss Munster clashGAVIN HENSON is out of the Ospreys’ Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster on Sunday week after he was diagnosed with ligament…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Leinster not ready to rule out Van der LindeRUGBY NEWS: LEINSTER HAVE not yet ruled out their South African World Cup winning prop CJ van der Linde from their pivotal meeting…Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Cookstown set up final with PembrokeMEN’S HOCKEY: COOKSTOWN WILL meet Dublin’s Pembroke Wanderers in the Irish Senior Cup final scheduled for April 26thMon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
Cork slip up in race for the play-offsLEAGUE ROUND-UP : A RESURGENT Blackrock College clipped the wings of AIB All-Ireland League champions, Cork Constitution to …Mon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
Interesting times for PembrokeMEN'S HOCKEY: PEMBROKE WANDERERS have an interesting weekend aheadFri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Dunne weighs options as wounds healBOXING: BERNARD DUNNE is unlikely to step into the ring for at least three months for the first defence of his WBA super bantamweight…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
Lee sharpens up on way to winBOXING: BERNARD DUNNE’S promoter and manager, Brian Peters, kept reminding people at the O2 arena that Saturday’s bill was a…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Dunne raises game in savage battleBOXING: FOR THE 9,037 spectators who decided Dublin was the weekend venue, not Cardiff, their reward was a savage battle of …Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Dunne's defining moment at handBOXING : THROW A stick in the ground floor suite of the old Berkeley Court Hotel yesterday and you would have hit a world champion…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Pembroke clash excitesMEN’S HOCKEY: THERE IS going to be a Leinster team in the Irish Senior Cup final and with any luck, an Ulster team too – the…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Dunne is raring to goBOXING NEWS : BERNARD DUNNE is fighting Ricardo Cordoba for the WBA World Super Bantamweight title on Saturday night, largely…Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Jones puts emphasis on kickingSIX NATIONS: WELSH SECONDROW Ian Gough believes it always comes down to the front fives, and winger Shane Williams expects to…Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Gleghorne to captain Ulster in CorkMEN’S HOCKEY INTERPROVINCIAL SERIES MARK GLEGHORNE has been made captain of the Ulster team to play in the interprovincial tournament…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Clarke makes no changes for clash against ScotlandUNDER-20 SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Scotland v Ireland IRELAND UNDER-20 coach Allen Clarke has retained the same starting side…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Munster will be wary of BarnesHEINEKEN CUP : IT IS injudicious for teams to comment on refereesTue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
Sothern helps seal victory for PembrokeMEN'S HOCKEY: NOT OFTEN do you score a hat-trick and end up on the losing sideMon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Ireland regroup and go throughTENNIS DAVIS CUP : AFTER A shaky opening on Friday, when the first round of matches were interrupted by Algerian rain, Ireland…Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Williams looking for improvementMAGNERS LEAGUE: Ulster v Glasgow Warriors MATT WILLIAMS has named a powerful Ulster frontrow in Justin Fitzpatrick, captain …Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Munster should have the firepower to see off DragonsMAGNERS LEAGUE : Newport Gwent Dragons v Munster: MUNSTER’S REPUTATION around Rodney Parade is of a team that specialises in…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Maguire back to bolster RoversMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH LEAGUE: THREE ROCK Rovers have Phelie Maguire back for their meeting with Banbridge in the Irish Hockey League…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
Irish sights set on promotionTENNIS DAVIS CUP: THE CLAY courts at the National Tennis Centre at DCU were given significant use over the past few weeks as…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
Boxer issues apology for being absent from eventsHAVING DODGED the waiting press yesterday morning at Dublin airport on his return from New York, Olympic boxer Kenny Egan issued…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Absent Egan the talk of the stadiumBOXING : AS MUCH bemused as embarrassed, officials were at a loss to explain why Olympic silver medallist Ken Egan, the flag…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
