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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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    England Put Ireland Through Fourth Summer Series Loss
    Share Ireland 9  -  20 England Ireland will go to New Zealand for  the Rugby World Cup without a single win in their four warm up international games, the latest loss against England in the Aviva Stadium this afternoon. The game in an Irish point of view lacked any qaulity in the entire eighty minutes with Declan Kidneys men not registering any points in the entire...
    by at August 27th, 2011 at 09:08 pm
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    Aviva To Stage 2013 European Club Rugby Showpiece Final
    Share The Heinekin Cup The Aviva Stadium in Dublin is to stage the Heineken Cup final in 2013. The Lansdowne Road venue, which reopened in 2010 after massive redevelopment, last staged European rugby’s show-piece occasion in 2003. It was also the scene of Ulster’s memorable win over Colomiers in 1999. Irish provinces have won three of the last four finals with...
    by at June 9th, 2011 at 07:06 pm
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    Irish Teams Handed Mixed Draws In Heineken Cup
    Share Reigning Heineken Cup Champions Leinster have been drawn in Pool 3 of next season’s tournament and will face Bath, Glasgow Warriors and Montpellier as they try to defend the title they won in Cardiff just over a fortnight ago. The draw for the 17th tournament was made today at Twickenham Stadium, where the final will be held next May. In Pool 1 former European...
    by at June 7th, 2011 at 01:06 pm
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    Its Blue Magic In Cardiff As Leinster Snatch Amazing Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat
    Share Leinster 33-22 Northampton Man of the Match, Jonathan Sexton In a breath taking game of rugby, Leinster mounted the greatest blue comeback since Fine Geal’s great election win this year, to beat Northampton and be crowned Heineken European Cup Champions for the second time in the Millennium Stadium. Jonathan Sexton put in a man of the match performance, scoring...
    by at May 21st, 2011 at 07:05 pm
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    Saints G0 Marching 0n
    Share Northampton's Jon Clark scores his second try Northampton 23-7 Perpignan A dominant first-half display from Northampton helped them rip Perpignan apart and set up a Heineken Cup final against Leinster. Ben Foden cruised over early on before Jon Clarke scored a fine try, with Stephen Myler converting both and adding two penalties to make it 20-0. Guilhem Guirado...
    by at May 1st, 2011 at 10:05 pm
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    Massive Boost For Munster As O’Connell Returns To Training
    Share Munster have received a massive boost with the news Ireland second-row Paul O’Connell is on course to return to action before the end of the season. Paul O Connell took full part in training yesterday but details of his return are not yet known It was initially feared the province’s captain would miss the rest of the season after damaging his ankle in...
    by at April 26th, 2011 at 06:04 pm
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