“A pretty cool story. The Murrays are so nice.” David Pocock may have just recruited a couple of hardy bucks to help him out on the farm, back in his native Zimbabwe. The former Wallabies flanker is doing his part for the environment, and then some. At present – as he talks with Seán O’Brien […]

4 years ago

“He’s just unlucky.” Ryan Crotty is giving ‘unlucky’ a bad name. Fresh from helping Crusaders to retain their Super Rugby title, the centre lined out in midfield for the All Blacks in the Bledisloe Cup clash with Australia but lasted only 12 minutes. Five times in the last 18 months, Crotty has suffered concussive blows. […]

8 years ago

I stood there in the elevator waiting to go up to the top floor of Lifestyle Sports on Grafton Street and when the doors finally opened on level 1, Joe Tomane, Rhys Ruddock and Dan Leavy were all playing foosball. Fixed behind them was an array of new Leinster Adidas jackets, training tops and polos, […]

8 years ago

We know the Irish scrum-half is well built, but how the hell did David Pocock fit into Conor Murray’s jersey?! Ireland and Australia played out a gripping contest at Allianz Stadium, on Saturday, with the tourists beating the hosts 20-16 to claim the series win. Two of the star performers in that series were Ireland […]

8 years ago

Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony was a menace at the breakdown in the second Test win over Australia in Melbourne. Australian flankers David Pocock and Michael Hooper both terrorised Irish ball in their first Test win in Brisbane last weekend, and while Pocock still managed to pinch two turnovers in the second Test at AAMI Park […]

8 years ago

Ireland went into the First Test in Brisbane hoping that David Pocock would take some time to get back to his best, at Test level. He did not. He was immense for 74 minutes. The flanker ravaged Ireland at the breakdown, secured four turnovers, slowed down ball and scored a crucial try in the closing […]

8 years ago