
There wasn’t even a debate before Conor Murray’s latest award was announced
2016 was good. 2017 was even better.
8 years ago
Patrick McCarry
Pat McCarry has been working in journalism since 2003 and, before coming to JOE, has written for outlets such as The Guardian, Sunday Tribune, Press Association, Irish Independent, The42 and more. He has been covering sport extensively since 2009, with particular focus on rugby, football and golf.

There wasn’t even a debate before Conor Murray’s latest award was announced
2016 was good. 2017 was even better.
8 years ago

Top rugby nutritionist tells us just what players CAN and CAN’T eat on Christmas Day
Spoil-sports
8 years ago

Donncha O’Callaghan is getting some slagging for dramatic reaction to slap
“That’s either dazed Donncha O’Callaghan or he’s taken a dive”
8 years ago

‘Look, you don’t have to keep bluffing the papers with these ridiculous offers from billionaires in France’
Killer line from Dave Kilcoyne
8 years ago

Three Ireland stars make BBC rugby team of the year
Jacob Stockdale’s late charge was not enough
8 years ago

Iain Henderson’s contract stall as confusing to him as to us
What’s the bloody hold up?
8 years ago

‘You’d swear CJ grew up in Moyross, with me now. He’s a pure Munster man’ – Keith Earls
Limerick to the core
8 years ago

James Horwill on the moment Paul O’Connell played on against him with a broken arm
“Sometimes it’s about proving to yourself that it didn’t happen.”
8 years ago

Jared Payne situation a scary example of how quickly rugby moves on
This is beyond worrying now
8 years ago

Tiernan O’Halloran’s recollections of his early days at Connacht are a real eye-opener
Crazy to see how far they’ve come
8 years ago

Mini Ireland camp sees Joe Schmidt give us a glimpse of Six Nations plans
Interesting to see who was and was not there
8 years ago

IRFU central contract is exactly what Rob Kearney deserves
Will take him up to World Cup 2019
8 years ago

WATCH: The jarring impact on Chris Cloete that has seen Manu Tuilagi cited
Absolutely levelled him
8 years ago

Six Nations reward surely coming for new, improved Ian Keatley
Showed serious balls on Sunday
8 years ago

Something is not adding up about the latest CJ Stander link to France
A huge wage offer has been reported
8 years ago

When Munster needed heroes, CJ Stander and Peter O’Mahony stood up
What a war. What a win.
8 years ago

ANALYSIS: As 25-minute cameos go, Dan Leavy’s was absolutely stunning
Some bloody impact
8 years ago

Irish rugby’s top earners after latest round of contract agreements
Many of these salaries will kick in next June
8 years ago

Billy Joe Saunders just couldn’t help himself in his latest, impressive victory
The Canadian crowd didn’t like it
8 years ago

Inevitable happens as Premier League’s two meanest defenders finally meet
Was bound to happen
8 years ago

Sean O’Brien decision needs to be made after very worrying sight
No way of avoiding this, unfortunately
8 years ago

Two Leinster stars were simply incredible in one hell of a comeback victory
What a slog
8 years ago

Cian Healy was incredibly lucky to avoid a red card for his reckless act
Lucky boy
8 years ago

The frustrating reason CJ Stander’s lucrative, new contract has not been announced
Sources close to the player have been annoyed by this
8 years ago

Lengthy delay to Galway final highlights struggle of club footballers
“It just shows the blatant disregard for the club player”
8 years ago

Jacob Stockdale delivers perfect response to Kyle Sinckler stupidity
Pure stupid
8 years ago

Cian Healy on the diet and work-out tweaks that revived his fortunes
Some man
8 years ago

Leinster get third contract boost in a week as Rhys Ruddock signs up
Deal was done last month
8 years ago

IRFU has a new number one priority after brilliant Tadhg Furlong news
It’s all happening now
8 years ago

Improved IRFU offer to Peter O’Mahony sees sense prevail
That’s more like it
8 years ago

Far too many rugby players are making the same mistake when it comes to tackling
It’s so simply fixed
8 years ago

Let’s bring Katie Taylor home and show the world how big women’s boxing can be
She could headline an amazing
8 years ago

Robbie Henshaw comments about Leinster’s defence shows this team are genuine contenders
Great comments
9 years ago

Ireland’s 2018 Six Nations referees confirmed and we’ve got a pretty good deal
That’ll do it
9 years ago

Tadhg Furlong going about contract business in his own way
Some man for one man
9 years ago

Jessica McCaskill makes bold prediction and claims to know Katie Taylor’s biggest weakness
“Don’t blink!”
9 years ago

Awful news for Rhys Ruddock as hamstring injury set to rule him out for lengthy period
He could miss the entire Six Nations
9 years ago

Garry Ringrose signs new contract but Leinster are footing the bill
One down, several to go
9 years ago

Katie Taylor gets fascinating offer ahead of first title defence
“Women’s boxing needs a big fight like that”
9 years ago

Tiernan O’Halloran’s reason for picking Connacht over Galway was perfectly understandable
What could have been
9 years ago

Jerry Flannery identifies what Rory Best’s eventual replacement needs to do
Makes a lot of sense
9 years ago

Never underestimate the power of emotional blackmail in rugby
A great way of holding onto your favourite rugby players
9 years ago

Tony Ferguson surgery means Conor McGregor set for Las Vegas return
Back to Sin City
9 years ago

David De Gea explains why he rarely roars at his defenders
Coolness and class
9 years ago

Ronan O’Gara on juggling new Crusaders job and Six Nations commitment
Long-haul
9 years ago

Michael Conlan handles awkward American interview like a champ
Still making a name for himself
9 years ago

Rangers get slaughtered for bizarre manager statement
It definitely backfired
9 years ago

Jerry Flannery and Kevin McLaughlin on The Hard Yards
Both men were in top form
9 years ago

Chris Cloete gets glowing endorsement ahead of biggest Munster challenge yet
And he’s only getting started
9 years ago