“He just ran in his boxers to make it realistic, that it wasn’t him!” Rhys Ruddock is having another outstanding season and still generating British & Irish Lions talk, despite only playing once in the Six Nations. For those that have been following Leinster’s season closely, and Ruddock for the past number of years, it […]

5 years ago

“As a back-rower, I know that when you see an opposition shirt and you want to completely smash it.” Chris Henry and Peter O’Mahony enjoyed many a breakdown battle against each other – for Ulster and Munster – and in the green jersey of Ireland. As he watched O’Mahony get his marching orders against Wales, […]

5 years ago

“It was a real nice touch.” With the rugby season in Ireland, and in the Guinness PRO14, due to return on the August 22-23 weekend, Barry Murphy and Andrew Trimble will be taking a break between seasons of House of Rugby. Taking the show into that July break, the former Ireland internationals are taking turns […]

6 years ago

“You’re only cheating yourself.” There was nothing Barry Murphy enjoyed more than going for speed training. Murphy would head along to track at University of Limerick with the likes of Keith Earls, Ian Dowling, David Wallace, Paul Warwick, Kieran Lewis, Doug Howlett and a few others. All the lads were intent on setting personal bests, […]

7 years ago

Gerbrandt Grobler’s stay was short in Ireland but it certainly wasn’t forgettable. The South African lock spent one season at Munster before moving on to Gloucester this summer following a turbulent campaign in Limerick where he was heavily criticised for a previous drugs ban. Grobler received a two-year ban from the sport after failing a […]

8 years ago

Fair play to Rhys Ruddock

9 years ago