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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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    Goochie Goochie Goo No Match For Awesome Boys In Blue
    Share Dublin 1-12  -  1-11 Kerry   AudioPlayer.embed("pod_audio_1", {soundFile: "http%3A%2F%2Fsportspeak.eu%2Fmedia%2Fpodcast_2011_09_19_01.mp3"}); Its been 16 very long and painful years in the making but Dublin have been crowned All Ireland Senior Football Champions for the first time since 1995. Incredibly Dublins hero is goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton,...
    by at September 18th, 2011 at 05:09 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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    Republic of Ireland Remain Un-Beaten But At A Real Cost
    Share Republic of Ireland 0 – 0 Slovakia The Republic of Ireland have drawn their crucial Euro 2012 group B qualifier with Slovakia at the Aviva Stadium this evening. Irelands upfront partnership failed this evening Tonights game in terms of viewing was dire to be at and im sure for people watching at home dire to watch on the television. The first half was an entire...
    by at September 2nd, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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    Giovanni’s Gamble On Long Depends On Form Holding Up
    Share Ireland boss Giovanni Trappatoni has gone with form in the selection for the crucial match against the Slovaks at Landsdowne Road tomorrow night by picking West Bromwich Albion front man Shane Long to partner skipper Robbie Keane of LA Galaxy as the strike-force- leaving Kevin Doyle on the bench. Keane, Long, Shay Given & John O’Shea have all moved clubs...
    by at September 1st, 2011 at 03:09 pm
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    City Win Spurs United On To Spank The Arse
    Share Manchester is in the ascendancy after an incredible start to the premiership by both the blue & red halves of the city. The blues had humbled Spurs with a 5-1 battering down the lane and went top of the table after Edin Dzeko netted four in the rout of Redknapp’s raggletag team. City’s top spot seemed assured with United set to face the other North...
    by at August 28th, 2011 at 07:08 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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    Super Hoops Draw Spurs In Europa League
    Share Pat Sullivan celebrates his stunning goal with his team mates last night After last nights breath taking 3-2 agg win overPartizan Belgrade in the second lef of the Europa League qualifying play off, Shamrock Rovers have been drawn with English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in the group stages of the competition. The south Dublin side, the first ever Irish...
    by at August 26th, 2011 at 03:08 pm