IRELAND HEAD COACH Joe Schmidt has made two changes to his starting team to face Italy on Saturday [KO 2.25pm Irish time], with Donnacha Ryan and Cian Healy coming into the XV. There is one further change to the matchday squad as Craig Gilroy comes onto the bench in place of Tommy Bowe. Healy came…
Read more‘I’m the referee, not your coach’: Italy’s ruck tactic had England perplexed and behind at half-time
EDDIE JONES DEMANDED his players to ‘take Italy to the cleaners’ a fortnight ago, but Conor O’Shea has greatly complicated matters for the reigning Six Nations champions. The Azzurri have employed a two-year-old tactic from the Waikato Chiefs which sees them opt not to engage in certain rucks and so leave them able to operate…
Read moreGeorge North returns as Wales make just one change for Murrayfield trip
WALES WILL WELCOME back George North for their Six Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield, the Northampton Saints winger replacing Alex Cuthbert in the only change to Rob Howley’s side. North was withdrawn from Wales’ last fixture – an agonising 21-16 loss to England in Cardiff – on the day of the game, having failed to…
Read moreIreland’s Six Nations title hopes sink after frustrating defeat in Cardiff
Wales 22 Ireland 9 Murray Kinsella reports from the Principality Stadium MADNESS WAS PROMISED in Cardiff under the Friday night lights, and Wales and Ireland conspired to deliver a frenetic, chaotic and brutal affair that has almost certainly ended Joe Schmidt’s Six Nations hopes with one round left to play. George North was a key…
Read moreGarryowen tumble down the table as 1A leaders Lansdowne lose
ULSTER BANK LEAGUEDivision 1A round-up Dublin University 9-3 Garryowen College Park Garryowen’s Neil Cronin (file pic). Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO GARRYOWEN WERE THE big losers in Ulster Bank League Division 1A this weekend, falling from fifth to eighth place courtesy of a 19-3 defeat at Dublin University. Only seven points now cover the bottom six sides…
Read moreWe’ve got the last two tickets around for Ireland v England to give away
IT’S NOT QUITE the Grand Slam decider we may have imagined, but Saturday’s Ireland-England game is still the hottest ticket in town. Joe Schmidt’s side are under pressure to finish a tough campaign with a victory while Eddie Jones will hope to mastermind an historic clean sweep for the second year on the trot. We’ve…
Read moreLeinster and Munster both facing tricky European routes
THERE’S LITTLE DOUBT about the standout tie in the Champions Cup round-of-16 on Easter weekend. Click Here: Luis Suarez Jersey Sale Munster hosting Toulouse at Thomond Park really should involve a sold-out crowd lighting up Limerick but, sadly, it will be behind closed doors instead. Even still, it promises to be a European epic on…
Read more‘I’m impressed by the whole team’: Wasps and Young wary of much-improved Leinster
IT’S ONLY TUESDAY, but already Leinster and Wasps are on the charm offensive ahead of Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium. Both camps have been building each other up over the last few days as we edge closer to the eagerly-anticipated clash, and Dai Young has continued that trend by waxing lyrical about…
Read moreA pair of Impact Wrestling departures
PWinsider reports that Kevin Matthews, as well as production team member Keith Mitchell, have left the company. Matthews, aka KM, finished with the company after his contract expired on March 4th. He turned down bookings for the most recent TV taping, instead putting his attention into WrestlePro. As for Mitchell, he has moved to All…
Read moreLilian Garcia on suffering from body dysmorphic disorder
View this post on Instagram For years I suffered with body image and body dismorphia. No matter how small I got, I would always perceive myself as having some kind of flaw where I would be ashamed of my body. (And for sure I would NEVER be able to post a photo like this.) That…
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