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    Rugby League Ireland Receives Irish Sports Council Recognition
    Share The Executive Committee of Rugby League Ireland (RLI) are today delighted to announce their application to be recognised as a National Sporting Body by the Irish Sports Council (ISC) has been approved. Following the completion of the application process by RLI which was started in 2009 the ISC approved the application at a meeting of their council on the 1st...
    by at November 10th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
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    Auckland Awesomeness Clinches A Black and Blue Final
    Share New Zealand will face France in the final of the Rugby World Cup after beating archrival Australia 20-6 in a semifinal this morning, drawing a giant step closer to ending a 24-year quest for its second world title. The All Blacks relieved the anxiety of a nation starved of World Cup success since 1987 by physically dominating Australia from the moment Wallabies...
    by at October 16th, 2011 at 11:10 am
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    Irish Dreams In Ashes As Dragons Burn Brightly
    Share Wales 22 – 10 Ireland After heroic displays against Australia and Italy in the pool stages, many were brave to say that the Irish jinx in the world cup was gone and the monkey was finally off the Irish backs, but its same old, same old as Ireland produced a horror show against Wales and have been dumped out of the Rugby World Cup at the hands of a Welsh side...
    by at October 8th, 2011 at 08:10 am
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    No Slippery Banana Skin As Ireland Top Pool C
    Share Ireland 36 – 6 Italy   Keith Earls flys over the line for his second try late on It was the one match on the minds of everyone in the rugby world this week and the final invitation to the last 8 party has been sent to the Emerald Isle as Ireland carved out an incredibly physical win over Italy this morning in what was Nick Mallet’s last game incharge...
    by at October 2nd, 2011 at 11:10 am
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    Comon Sense Prevails As O’Gara Gets Starting Role At 10 For Azzuri Clash
    Share Ronan O Gara was man of the match against Russia last week and starts this week ahead of the off form Sexton The Ireland team to play Italy in the final Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Italy this Sunday shows eight changes and one positional switch to the starting side that played Russia in the last game. Tommy Bowe comes onto the right wing in place of Fergus...
    by at September 30th, 2011 at 01:09 am
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    Ireland Remain On Course To Top Pool Following Russian Crushing
    Share Man of the match Ronan O Gara has now given Declan Kidney a selection headache for the 10 shirt Ireland 62  -  12 Russia Ronan O’Gara staked a starting claim as second-string Ireland boosted their World Cup spirits further with a crushing 62-12 victory over Russia. Ireland were without nine front-liners for this training run in Rotorua, including record-breaking...
    by at September 25th, 2011 at 08:09 pm
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    Kidney Rings In The Changes For Russia Clash
    Share Fergus McFadden (middle) makes his first Rugby World Cup start on Sunday The Ireland team and replacements for the Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Russia in Rotorua International Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 6.00 pm local time/6:00am Irish time) has been announced and shows ten changes, one of which is a positional switch, to the starting XV from Ireland’s...
    by at September 23rd, 2011 at 06:09 pm
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    Irish Wizards Of Oz Are Better Than Everage
    Share Ireland 15 – 6 Australia It is one of those days where I am chuffed to be wrong. All week people had asked me who I thought would win, hands down I said Australia for sure, as did everyone else for that matter. Ireland were quite simply written off. But they always say ‘write off Ireland at your peril’ The Irish rugby team this morning quite simply...
    by at September 17th, 2011 at 02:09 pm
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    Shamrock Shambles As Eagles Prey On Woeful Irish
    Share USA  10  -  22  Ireland Tommy Bowe made up for a very poor first half with two trys Ireland have won their opening game in pool C of the Rugby World Cup 2011 against Eddie O’Sullivan’s US Eagles, but it’s not the win for Ireland that will make the headlines, it’s the dreadful performance Ireland put in, in a game where there were horror...
    by at September 11th, 2011 at 08:09 am
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    Hosts Open World Cup With Simplest of Ease
    Share New Zealand 41  -  10  Tonga In previous encounters Tonga have been on the wrong end of some pretty  awful scores,  the sides first met in the world cup back in 1999, when New Zealand were 45-9 winners, Tonga also lost in 2000 by an incredible score of 102-0 and in the 2003 world cup they lost 91-7.   Sonny Bill Williams was on top form today As the hosts...
    by at September 9th, 2011 at 01:09 pm
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