“Thumping contact. We could almost hear it up here.” One often hears about how Player X or Player Y is ‘the nicest guy’ in a particular sport, but Chris Farrell would put most to shame. The big Fivemiletown native is one of the most humble and sincere rugby players out there. Nobody would deny that […]

4 years ago

A case of what could have been for Ulster, and what could yet be for Ireland. Stuart McCloskey and Chris Farrell know they are up against it. They have always been up against it. The previous generation of Irish centres had Gordon D’Arcy and Brian O’Driscoll to contend with. For Farrell, McCloskey and a handful […]

5 years ago

“You have to finish those.” Chris Farrell was doing his best to scratch out the positives after Ireland’s 18-7 defeat to England in the Autumn Nations Cup. A fourth defeat in a row to England, but at least it was closer this time. In March 2018, Ireland flew over to London and comprehensively beat England […]

5 years ago

That Ireland U18 team had some top prospects. Back in April 2011, Chris Farrell (inside centre) and Robbie Henshaw (outside) were the midfield pairing as Ireland took out France and England to win the European Under-18 championships. Captained by Luke McGrath, who was starting scrum-half and primary goal-kicker, Ireland were too good for France in […]

5 years ago

Caelan Doris will go through the Return To Play protocols for the bulk of this week but Garry Ringrose is definitely out. Ireland head coach Andy Farrell will be forced to make at least one change to his starting XV for this weekend’s Guinness Six Nations encounter with Wales. Farrell has a big call to […]

6 years ago

The impact could be felt way up in the East Stand of Thomond Park. Chris Farrell versus Virimi Vakawata, round two of three. If that alone was not enough to justify the full entrance fee, it covered a good chunk of it. Munster and Racing 92 both went into their Champions Cup with serious units […]

6 years ago