Wales coach Warren Gatland could field a team containing just eight survivors from the World Cup quarter-final win against Ireland in Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations opener. Gatland has seen preparations for the Dublin clash badly affected by injuries.
ESPN has announced it will televise all 15 games of the RBS Six Nations live from February 5 to March 18. The station will air Ireland’s Six Nations opener against Wales from 1.30am next Monday morning. Ireland’s game against France will air at 6.30am on February 12, a Sunday.
Ireland have been drawn in one of the toughest Euro 2012 groups along with World Champions Spain, Italy and Croatia.
Setanta Sports has confirmed that it will show the first leg of Ireland’s crucial Euro 2012 play-off tie against Estonia live from Tallinn at 6.30am on Saturday, 12 November. The second leg will be shown live from Dublin by ESPN at 6:45am, 16 November.
Ireland’s Euro 2012 destiny rests with a series of qualifiers beginning tonight in Slovakia and Andorra.
Shane Long’s rise to prominence has been rewarded by a massive vote of confidence from Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni.
The 24-year-old won a move to the Barclays Premier League this summer when West Brom snapped him up from npower Championship side Reading in a £4.5million deal.
Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni is confident skipper Robbie Keane will be ready to lead his country into Euro 2012 battle after jetting in from America.
Irish rugby fans around Australia will miss out on seeing the crucial Rugby World Cup warm-up clashes against France and England as no rights deal has been sealed for the fixtures.
Ireland’s rugby coach Declan Kidney refused to be cheered by a vastly improved second-half performance in last weekend’s 19-12 defeat by France.
Giovanni Trapattoni is keeping his fingers crossed over skipper Robbie Keane after an injury scare ahead of the Euro 2012 qualifier in Macedonia. The game will be shown live on Setanta Sports from 5:25am AEST on Sunday. England’s tie against Switzerland will also be shown live, from 1:15am. Keane sat out the final stages of [...]
