Former Ulster coach Matt Williams has likened watching Ireland’s attack to watching paint dry following their 22-13 win over Scotland on Saturday. Ireland bounced back from an opening round defeat to England with a spirited yet error filled win over Scotland with Joe Schmidt’s side running in three tries in a rebound win. The victory […]

7 years ago

“Come on Tadhg, come on!” Commentator Dave McIntyre noted that Ireland were quiet against England in their Six Nations opener last weekend and added that they weren’t often heard on referee Jérôme Garcès microphone, that was, at least, until Sean O’Brien’s introduction. A lot of the noise around the Ireland flanker this week has concerned his […]

7 years ago

Jacob Stockdale crossed for his 13th try in 16 internationals with a brilliant finish to exploit Scotland around the ruck. Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt received some criticism last weekend for being out-coached by England counterpart Eddie Jones but this was a move straight off the training ground and it was executed to perfection. Ireland […]

7 years ago

GAA Director-General Tom Ryan went on the GAA Hour to discuss a number of issues within the association including the All-Ireland senior football championship. Dublin are going for their fifth consecutive championship this year and 10th consecutive Leinster championship and GAA Hour host Colm Parkinson challenged Ryan on why the association were not doing more […]

7 years ago

Thomastown GAA club had their pitch ruined after the surface was damaged overnight by unwelcomed visitors. The club leave their gates open for players to come and have a puck-a-round whenever they want to but their lax rules around entry were taken advantage of on Friday night when the surface was ripped up by a […]

7 years ago

Dublin manager Jim Gavin has made two changes to his side to face Kerry at Austin Stack Park in Tralee this evening. Kilmacud Crokes defender Liam Flatman will start at corner back with Eoin Murchan pushing up into the half-back line and James McCarthy into the midfield with Micahel Darragh MacAuley dropping out of the […]

7 years ago

UFC Lightweight contender Donald Cerrone has said that he is set for an interim title fight with former champion Conor McGregor. Cerrone wrote on his Twitter account that it looks like the two will fight for an interim UFC Lightweight belt this summer once McGregor’s suspension has been served for his part in a post-fight […]

7 years ago

Kerry GAA manager Peter Keane has named David Moran to start at full-forward against Dublin for their National League clash with Dublin on Saturday. Moran was named on the substitutes bench for the Kingdom’s three-point win over Cavan last weekend but will now start at full-forward alongside Paul Geaney and Stephen O’Brien. Meanwhile in the half-forward […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland international Ronan O’Gara has said that Ireland’s opening Six Nations loss to England is not a major concern and that Joe Schmidt’s side have suffered losses in other championship winning years. Ireland were crowned Six Nations Champions in 2014, 2015 and 2018 but went down 32-20 to England last weekend in what was […]

7 years ago

Rhodri Giggs, brother of former Manchester United winger and current Wales manager Ryan, believes his elder sibling will eventually find Paddy Power’s new rewards club ad funny. The advert, directed by Peter Cattaneo, best known for Oscar-nominated film The Full Monty, pokes fun at Giggs’ eight-year long affair with Rhodri’s ex-wife Natasha Giggs. The ad depicts […]

7 years ago

Shamrock Rovers have confirmed the departure of 16-year-old goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu to Manchester City. The news first broke last year after a string of impressive display for the Hoops in the League of Ireland but the move was officially confirmed by the club on Friday with Sporting Director Stephen McPhail wishing the young shotstopper the best […]

7 years ago

The IRFU have confirmed that second-row Devin Toner will miss the next two months with an ankle injury after undergoing surgery earlier this week. Toner was pulled ashore after 57 minutes of last Saturday’s 32-20 loss to England with Connacht lock Quinn Roux replacing him in the starting line-up for this weekend’s trip to Edinburgh […]

7 years ago

Bellator MMA have announced a one-year deal with Sky Sports that will see the mixed martial promotion show all US fights on the Bellator MMA 2019 tour, as well those in London and Dublin, exclusively on the British broadcaster. Bellator 216 will be the first event to be shown on Sky Sports with the event broadcast […]

7 years ago

“Wrighty punched Brucey square on the chin!” Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole recalled a tunnel fight between former teammate and United captain Steve Bruce and former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright. United and Arsenal had the fiercest rivalry in English football towards the end of the twentieth century and tempers often flared when […]

7 years ago

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made four changes to his side to play Ireland on Saturday with wing Sean Maitland, prop Simon Berghan, back-row Josh Strauss and lock Jonny Gray all brought into the starting side. Scotland opened their campaign with a 33-20 win over Italy in Murrayfield last weekend and will look for their […]

7 years ago

Ireland will head to Murrayfield this weekend looking to bounce back from a disappointing 32-20 defeat to England last weekend. Schmidt’s side were outgunned by a dominant England side with Ireland suffering their first defeat to the English at Lansdowne Road since 2013 and their first ever home loss under Joe Schmidt. The Ireland head […]

7 years ago

I remember going to a JD Sports meet and greet with Katie Taylor last year. Taylor was in Dundrum for a quick interview with one of her primary sponsors JD Sports and I wanted to get a sense of who Katie Taylor’s fans were and so I watched as dozens of young girls went up […]

7 years ago

Premier League clubs Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal have teamed up with Intel Sports to bring the company’s True View feature to the respective club’s matches. True View re-creates the action on the pitch and presents play from an ideal vantage point or player’s perspective using multi-angle views of a play, laser wall and be the player capabilities. […]

7 years ago

Ireland will head to Murrayfield this weekend looking to bounce back from a disappointing 32-20 defeat to England on Saturday. Schmidt’s side were outgunned by a dominant England side with Ireland suffering their first defeat to the English at Lansdowne Road since 2013 and their first ever home loss under Joe Schmidt. Ireland will try […]

7 years ago

UFC welterweight contender Darren Till has paid his respects to Dubliner Darragh Lawless following his passing over the weekend. Till said in a post on his Instagram account that he had met Lawless when he had visited Dublin as part of Gymshark’s #LiftTheCity campaign. The Liverpudlian said he found Lawless to be funny and pleasant […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara has said that he would stick with Robbie Henshaw at full-back for Ireland’s trip to Murrayfield to play Scotland this weekend. Henshaw struggled in his return from a hamstring injury and there have been calls for him to be moved from full-back with a host of alternatives available to Ireland […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland winger Andrew Trimble has said that England played like ‘Ireland when Ireland have a chip on their shoulder’ following their 32-20 win over Joe Schmidt’s side at Lansdowne Road on Saturday. England were by some distance the better side in Dublin and outmatched an Irish side that had lost just one game […]

7 years ago

There’s nothing embarrassing about an embarrassment of riches. Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt dropped longtime full-back Rob Kearney from the national squad recently after a poor showing against the Scarlets for Leinster, and after years of sticking with the former Lions full-back with Ireland, he has now opened the door to a whole range of possibilities […]

7 years ago

Ireland captain Rory Best has said that he has absolutely no doubt that his side would respond to their 32-20 loss to England on Saturday when they head to head Edinburgh to play Scotland at Murrayfield next weekend. Ireland were comprehensively beaten by Eddie Jones’ side in what was just the hosts second loss since […]

7 years ago

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt lamented the loss of Keith Earls after a bruising 32-20 loss to England on Saturday. Earls was on the receiving end of some very heavy collisions with England flanker Tom Curry sin binned for a late hit on the Ireland winger in the first-half before he was clattered by second-row […]

7 years ago

Ireland number eight CJ Stander has said that Leinster flanker Sean O’Brien should be ready to go if he’s selected to play against England this weekend. O’Brien had a superb 55-minute run against Wasps earlier this month in what served as his return from a broken arm against Argentina during the November internationals. The Lions […]

7 years ago

Munster fly-half Joey Carbery has said that he is still on good terms with Johnny Sexton after last month’s heated interprovincial derby at Thomond Park. The Leinster fly-half and reigning World Player of the Year rag dolled his former teammate to the ground during the game and said afterwards that those type of situations are […]

7 years ago

Manchester United look like they may be about to offload midfielder Marouane Fellaini with an unnamed Chinese club reportedly interested in the Belgian international. Fellaini has become somewhat of a peripheral figure at Old Trafford since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s arrival at the club with the Norwegian opting for the midfield trio of Nemanja Matic, Paul […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester United winger Memphis Depay has said that he is open to leaving Lyon for a bigger club. Depay, who moved to Lyon from United in 2017,  signed a four-and-a-half year deal with the French club, however, a clause in his contract allowed the Old Trafford club to install a buy-back clause upon his departure […]

7 years ago

Ireland women’s head coach Adam Griggs has named his side for their Six Nations opener with England in Donnybrook on Friday night. Munster number eight Ciara Griffin will captain the side from the back-row alongside Wasps flanker Claire Molloy and Leinster blindside Juliet Short while hooker Leah Lyons, props Laura Feely and Fiona Reidy and locks Aoife […]

7 years ago

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reiterated that his club are all about winning trophies after Tottenham Hotspur’s manager Mauricio Pochettino said that trophies only build ego. Spurs loss to Crystal Palace on Sunday ended the club’s FA Cup run just days after they were knocked out of the League Cup by Chelsea and […]

7 years ago

England assistant coach John Mitchell has said that ‘Ireland will try bore the shit out of England’ during their Six Nations opener at the Lansdowne Road on Saturday. Ireland will open their Six Nations campaign against England in Dublin this weekend with Joe Schmidt’s charges aiming for their third consecutive Six Nations championship. Ireland have […]

7 years ago

Barry Murphy and Andrew Trimble have selected their Ireland team to play England this weekend as Joe Schmidt’s side kick-off their Six Nations campaign against the Red Rose on Saturday. Ireland are aiming for their third consecutive Six Nations championship and have won three of the last five tournaments. Schmidt’s side lost just one game […]

7 years ago

England head coach Eddie Jones has hailed Ireland as the ‘best team in the world’ ahead of this weekend’s Six Nations. Ireland will open their Six Nations campaign against England at the Aviva Stadium this weekend with Joe Schmidt’s charges aiming for their third consecutive Six Nations championship. Ireland have won three of the last […]

7 years ago

New RTE GAA host Joanne Cantwell challenged longtime pundit Joe Brolly on the first episode of Sunday League last night over the use of the offensive mark. The offensive mark was one of the four proposed experimental rule changes for Gaelic Football alongside changes to the sideline kick, kick out and the introduction of the sin […]

7 years ago

Dublin GAA manager Jim Gavin has not ruled out a possible return to intercounty football for St. Vincent’s forward Diarmuid Connolly. Connolly, a five-time All-Ireland winner, left the Dublin senior football panel last year after he was left on the peripheries of their National League campaign. He spent last summer in America with Donegal Boston in […]

7 years ago

Roy Keane looks set to reunite with former manager Martin O’Neill at Nottingham Forest. Keane and O’Neill spent five years together with the Republic of Ireland before their departure from the national side late last year after just one win from their last 10 matches in charge. Roy Keane is at #nffc training ground this […]

7 years ago

Ireland underage international Dan Crowley scored his third goal of the season for Eredivisie side Willem II in their 1-0 win over FC Utretcht on Sunday. Crowley struck just after the half-time break with a brilliant finish as he continues to enjoy a fine season with Willem after a brief loan spell with SC Cambuur […]

7 years ago

Former Republic of Ireland international Tony Cascarino has said that watching Millwall fans fight Everton supporters and sing derogatory chants about Pakistani people made his stomach turn. Everton fan Jay Burns’ had his cheek slashed in a brawl outside Surrey Quays station before their FA Cup fourth round clash at The Den with a section of […]

7 years ago

Sheffield United striker Billy Sharp rescued a point for his side after scoring two equalisers in the Blades’ 2-2 draw with Norwich City on Saturday. Sharp canceled out Onel Hernandez opener and then Teemu Pukki’s second goal to send the game back to Bramall Lane but the 32-year-old also found time to pay tribute to […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland scrum-half Peter Stringer has picked Leinster flanker Josh van der Flier to start ahead of club teammate Sean O’Brien for Ireland’s Six Nations opener against England next weekend. Ireland will kick off their Six Nations defence against the English at Lansdowne Road with Joe Schmidt’s side looking to win their third consecutive championship […]

7 years ago

The Bristol Bears hit back against Premiership leaders Exeter with an excellent set-piece move that saw Ireland international Ian Madigan put winger Ryan Edwards through a hole to score. Bristol have won just four games this season but pushed the league leading Chiefs to the brink with Rob Baxter’s side leaving the Ashton Gate Stadium with […]

7 years ago

Liam Sheehan, younger brother of Kerry midfielder Bryan Sheehan, has nailed a point from the sideline to give the Dubai Celts a one-point win over Oryx Na hEireann in the final of the Middle East games in Oman, UAE. Sheehan sliced a beautiful shot with the outside of his foot to give Dubai Celts the extra-time win and […]

7 years ago

Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard starred in the Red Devils’ 3-1 win over Arsenal on Friday night but unfortunately could not repeat his heroics on the set of Soccer AM on Saturday morning. Lingard scored United’s second goal in their FA Cup fourth round win over the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium but missed from […]

7 years ago

Dublin Gaelic Football manager Jim Gavin has named his team for the All-Ireland national league opener with Monaghan on Sunday. Gavin has retained nine players from the Dublin side that defeated Tyrone in last year’s All-Ireland final with Ciaran Kilkenny, James McCarthy, Jack McCaffrey, Philly McMahon, Cian O’Sullivan and Stephen Cluxton all making way. The […]

7 years ago

Czech tennis player Petra Kvitová has said that she didn’t know if she’d be able to hold a tennis racquet again after her Australian Open final loss to new world number one Naomi Osaka. Kvitová lost 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 to Osaka in the final which marked her first major final since winning Wimbledon in 2014. The […]

7 years ago

Undefeated IBF super bantamweight champion TJ Doheny has blasted Irish super bantamweight Tyrone McCullagh for saying that he’d ‘gladly embarrass him’ if the two were to meet in the ring. Doheny, 32, recently defended his super bantamweight strap with a TKO victory over Ryohei Takahashi in New York earlier this month and has now turned his attention towards […]

7 years ago

Republic of Ireland winger Callum O’Dowda scored a very nice goal in Bristol City’s 2-1 win over Bolton Wanderers on Friday. Mark Beevers opened the scoring for the Wanderers after just six minutes before O’Dowda equalised with a brilliant individual goal after taking down a cross pitch pass, turning his defender and firing the ball […]

7 years ago

New Kerry manager Peter Keane has named his first side as Kingdom boss with Michael Geaney, Paul Geaney and James O’Donoghue all set to start against Tyrone on Sunday. Peter Keane’s first ⁦@Kerry_Official⁩ team v ⁦@TyroneGAALive⁩ pic.twitter.com/vD9cPRo7Y3 — Sylvester Hennessy (@Slyone1069) January 25, 2019 Keane has also welcomed forward Tommy Walsh back to the squad […]

7 years ago

Alexis Sanchez scored his first Manchester United goal since October with a delightful finish after a brilliant ball from Romelu Lukaku. Sanchez gave United the lead just after the half hour mark in their FA Cup fourth round tie with Arsenal before winger Jesse Lingard extended the visitors advantage two minutes later when he finished […]

7 years ago