2016 Six Nations
No prizes for guessing the Ireland Try of the Year winner

No prizes for guessing the Ireland Try of the Year winner

Jamie Heaslip, take a bow. Ireland team, take a bow. It wasn’t a great Six Nations campaign but it brought with it the best of tries. During the dismantling of Italy, Ireland cut through the opposition like a scolding knife through melting butter to produce the greatest try of the Joe Schmidt era. Nine passes, […]

10 years ago

Ireland’s free-flowing rugby seemed to stun a hell of a lot of people

Ireland’s free-flowing rugby seemed to stun a hell of a lot of people

Running, offloading, attacking… tries. Who are you and what have you done with Ireland? A rather glum Six Nations campaign was lit up at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon as Joe Schmidt’s outfit looked to take all their frustrations out on poor, old Italy. A first half of free-flowing rugby saw the hosts cut […]

10 years ago