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    Ireland Fail In Six Nations Quest On Opening Weekend
    Share Ireland 21  -  23 Wales Leigh Halfpenny and Jamie Robberts Happy With The Win Match-day number 1 for Ireland in this years RBS Six Nations Championship and already the boys in green have no chance of winning a grand-slam or at the very least a tripple crown after ill discipline and woeful defending handed Wales victory in Dublin this afternoon. Rewind the clock...
    by at February 5th, 2012 at 09:02 pm
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    Ireland Vs Wales Preview
    Share The Rugby World Cup may well be over and done with and a distany memory for most, but for Declan Kidney and his Ireland side the memory of another failed world cup campaign will still be very much set into their minds along with thoughts of what could have been had they pulled their fingers out in the quarter finals. Now four months on Ireland have the perfect opportunity...
    by at February 3rd, 2012 at 04:02 pm
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    O’Connell Named As Irish Captain
    Share Paul O’Connell will lead Ireland into the 2012 RBS Six Nations Championship after being named as Captain by Ireland Coach Declan Kidney. O’Connell replaces Brian O’Driscoll as team captain as he continues his rehabilitation from surgery on a trapped nerve in his shoulder and has been ruled out of the RBS Six Nations Championship. The Ireland squad began preparations...
    by at December 30th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
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    Thomond Park Chosen As Rugby League World Cup Venue
    Share Shannon Development and the Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau are delighted to announce that Limerick has been named as a host venue for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. After submitting a strong bid, Limerick beat off stiff competition from rival applications across Europe to stage matches in the 14-nation tournament in two years’ time. The RFL...
    by at November 28th, 2011 at 09:11 am
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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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