“He must be the most successful coach of all-time.” Ronan O’Gara was only half-joking about Donnacha Ryan, not long after La Rochelle claimed their second Champions Cup trophy in the space of 12 months. By Saturday night, Ryan and O’Gara could be Top 14 winners. It has been quite the start to the coaching career […]

2 years ago

“I think I have made the right choice!” Finn Russell is on a conference call with the great and good of European rugby writers and taking in another day in a plush hotel on the French island of Corsica. The rain clouds have moved in, this Wednesday afternoon, but the rest of the week has […]

5 years ago

35 years old and still going strong, Donnacha Ryan is heading home again. On Friday, Ryan, new father Simon Zebo and backs coach Mike Prendergast will all head through the Thomond Park gates cloaked in the heavily branded gear of Racing 92. Three proud Munster men, now and always, but all plotting to defeat Saturday’s […]

6 years ago

Former Munster full-back Simon Zebo continued his superb form for Racing on Sunday night with a try and an assist in the Parisians 45-27 win over Bordeaux. The win sees Racing keep pace with Lyon in third while for Zebo his score registers his eighth try of the season as he continues to make waves […]

7 years ago

The Munster men are off to a great start. Simon Zebo and Donnacha Ryan both scored for racing 92 as they racked up a half century of points against a hapless Agen side. Ryan and Zebo have been hard at it since early August and are well up to speed in the Top 14. Having […]

8 years ago

Loni Uhila, welcome to Paris! It was a frustrating, sapping return to competitive action at the U Arena for Racing 92 but Donnacha Ryan and Simon Zebo gave them a couple of decent memories. Racing were absolutely savaged by Clermont Auvergene in their second Top 14 game of the season, with Greig Laidlaw chipping in with 17 points […]

8 years ago