A serious knee injury to Irish fullback Rob Kearney has compounded Ireland’s misery in the wake of their unceremonious 33-10 hammering in Paris on Saturday night, a defeat which ended their hopes of defending their Grand Slam crown.
The Leinster star injured medial ligaments in his right knee and may now miss Ireland’s next game away [...]
Unless you’ve got the ESPN HD package, you won’t be watching this year’s Six Nations live from the comfort of your own home.
ESPN won the rights to this year’s championship from Setanta Sports, and the channel have have revealed that they will be showing all 15 tournament games live – but on their High Definition [...]
Irish Schoolboys have scored an impressive win over their Australian counterparts in Cork.
The Irish triumphed 15-0 over the Australian under 19 side in their ‘capped International’ at the Cork Institute of Technology.
It was apparent right from the start that the Irish were not going to bow to their vaunted opponents with what was the bones of [...]
Jonathan Sexton kicked Ireland to a commanding 15-10 victory over South Africa as the Grand Slam winners concluded an unbeaten year by toppling the world champions at Croke Park.
Sexton, playing only his second Test, kicked five penalties in another composed display that fully justified his selection ahead of veteran Ronan O’Gara.
O’Gara, dropped for the first [...]
By Duncan Bech
Ireland coach Declan Kidney today revealed Jonathan Sexton’s Test debut offered compelling grounds to axe Ronan O’Gara for the first time since 2003.
Sexton’s outstanding display against Fiji last weekend has enabled him to seize the number 10 jersey for Saturday’s clash with world champions South Africa at Croke Park. [The game can be [...]
Irish-Australian sporting clashes in recent years have been undermined by acrimony.
The International Rules series has been white-anted by fundamentalists on both sides, by Australian ambivalence on the one hand and by Irish hysteria on the other.
The affection with which the Wallabies were once welcomed to Ireland – so evident during the 1991 Rugby World Cup [...]
The Australian Schoolboys take on their Irish counterparts next weekend at Donnybrook seeking to go one better than their senior counterparts.
Coach Rob Nowlan’s 28-strong squad has departed Australia for their month-long tour with capped Schoolboy “internationals” against Ireland, Wales and England, the jewels in the seven-match schedule.
Tour captain Liam Gill has warned Australia’s opponents his [...]
by Irish Echo Staff
Ireland 20 Australia 20
Brian O’Driscoll insisted Ireland’s courage enabled them to salvage a dramatic 20-20 draw with Australia at Croke Park on Sunday.
O’Driscoll capped his 100th Test appearance by scoring the match-saving try with a minute to go as the Wallabies finally wilted before Ireland’s late onslaught.
Australia saw their Grand Slam hopes [...]
As he prepares for his first visit to Croke Park, Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is mindful of Ireland’s achievements this year.
“I don’t know if the challenge of facing Ireland will be that different to England,” he said on his arrival in Dublin.
“The first 20 minutes will be full on as they’ll come out very passionate [...]
Australia captain Rocky Elsom is relishing the chance of a return to Dublin for next weekend’s clash with Ireland so soon after inspiring Leinster to Heineken Cup glory.
Elsom was voted European player of the year last season during his sabbatical at Leinster before returning down under in June to resume his international career.
Now Australia captain, [...]
