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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 Matchday number 1 for Ireland in this years RBS Six Nations Championship and already the boys in green have no chance of winning a grandslam or at the very least a tripple crown after ill discipline and woeful defending handed Wales victory in Dublin this afternoon. Rewind the clock four...
    by at February 5th, 2012 at 09:02 pm
  • 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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    Ireland Spoil England’s Grandslam
    Share FT: Ireland 24 – 8 England ENGLAND’S Grand Slam ambitions disintegrated in the face of a rousing Ireland performance that left the visitors shell-shocked. Youthful exuberance proved such a strength for England en route to Dublin in this year’s Six Nations Championship. O'Driscoll got this try in the second half after having been denied in the first...
    by at March 20th, 2011 at 12:03 am
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    Sexton and Trimble Named In Ireland Team To Play England
    Share The Ireland team to play England in the final game of the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Aviva Stadium on Saturday has been named. Sexton and Trimble are in the starting side while Paddy Wallace is on the bench There are two changes in personnel in the backline and also a positional switch. Keith Earls moves to fullback in place of Luke Fitzgerald. Andrew Trimble...
    by at March 16th, 2011 at 01:03 pm
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    O’Leary Out Of Ireland Squad For England Showdown
    Share Ireland will again be without Tomas O’Leary for their final RBS 6 Nations match against Grand Slam hopefuls England in Dublin on Saturday after the scrum-half suffered an eye injury in training. The Munster man was hit by the strap of a sled during a speed training exercise during a supplementary fitness session. He was left with blood in his eye which has...
    by at March 16th, 2011 at 11:03 am
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    Woeful Ref Decision Costs Ireland Victory In Cardiff
    Share Wales 19  -  13 Ireland Ireland’s remaining hopes of a triple crown but more importantly a 6 nations championship are over following a defeat in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Over the last number of weeks its been the amount of penalties given away by the boys in green that has cost them, but this time it was an un-forgiveable decision from referee Jonathan...
    by at March 12th, 2011 at 07:03 pm
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    Italia Carpe Diem As Azurri Shock The Rugby World With Historic Win Over France
    Share Italy pulled off the biggest shock in recent Six Nations memory as they beat France 22-21 at the Stadio Flaminio. Mirco Bergamasco’s stunning long-range penalty in the last five minutes put the Italians ahead, and the Azzurri managed to hold on to complete the greatest win in their history. Reigning Six Nations champions France will only have themselves to...
    by at March 12th, 2011 at 06:03 pm
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    O’Gara Amongst 3 Changes For Scottish Clash
    Share The Ireland team to play Scotland in the first RBS 6 Nations Championship game at Murrayfield, Edinburgh has been named. There are three changes to the side from the team’s last outing and all of those changes are in the backline. Tommy Bowe has recovered from his knee injury that ruled him out of the first two games of the championship and is named on the right...
    by at February 23rd, 2011 at 03:02 pm
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    Brave Irish Fall Short Of Victory Against France
    Share Ireland 22  -  25 France Questions will now be asked of Ireland coach Declan Kidney and his tactics and selections, as he saw his Ireland side lose 25-22 in the first home Six Nations game in the Aviva Stadium. It was a very brave performance and an entertaining game no doubt but it was the selections of certain players and the amount of time it took Kidney to...
    by at February 13th, 2011 at 06:02 pm