“Nobody stops him from two yards out.” Following Connacht’s 20-19 defeat to Ulster, seeing two players from the rival team managed to pick up the spirits of Bundee Aki. The Connacht centre put in a fine effort, like many of his teammates, but they left themselves with too much to do, going into the second […]

2 years ago

Sometimes in rugby, the things that make sense are the things that never happen. On this occasion, it feels positively different. The British & Irish Lions have a new-look logo and are set to go from Warren Gatland to Andy Farrell for their head coach role. Now, they are lining up with two huge leagues […]

2 years ago

He’ll learn him yet. Munster’s players, staff, coaches and fans are living it up in Cape Town after ending a long wait for silverware. John Hodnett was the match-winner and man-of-the-match, and he has clearly been taking a leaf out of the Paddy Patterson playbook. Munster claimed their first title since 2011 after they defeated […]

3 years ago

STORMERS 14-19 MUNSTER Munster have ended 12 years of trophy-less hurt with a stunning URC Final win in Cape Town, over Stormers. Our full Munster player ratings are littered with lads who left everything out there. Manie Libbok opened the scoring for Stormers after intercepting a rash Antoine Frisch offload attempt. He raced free and […]

3 years ago

LEINSTER 15-16 MUNSTER Jack Crowley was the coolest man in Dublin as he slotted a late, late drop goal to stun Leinster in the United Rugby Championship semi-finals. It was rich reward for Munster and Crowley held his nerve to dash Leinster’s dreams of URC glory. Leinster had beaten Munster 10 out of the previous […]

3 years ago

“I think Dupont is going to be the best player of all time.” There was a 2:1 Munster to Leinster split on the House of Rugby panel, this week, but we simply had to start with Connacht ending Ulster’s title dreams. Paul O’Connell and Johnny Sexton also weighed in on rugby’s best player now, and […]

3 years ago