STORMERS 43-25 CONNACHT Manie Libbok scored 23 points, including two tries, as Stormers beat Connacht in Cape Town to reach the United Rugby Championship final, for the second season in a row. Connacht started the better of the two sides and took an early lead through a Jack Carty penalty. Soon after, Mack Hansen scored […]

3 years ago

“There’s a lot of GAA players that I think could have done both.” Michael Murphy left an impression on Jono Gibbes, Aurelien Rougerie and the Clermont crew, back in 2017. Jack Carty feels the Donegal sharpshooter would have made a handy rugby pro. At the recent United Rugby Championship season launch, we sent Alex Roberts along […]

3 years ago

“Johnny is The G.O.A.T.” Jack Carty has been named in Andy Farrell’s Ireland squad for the 2022 Six Nations, and he will be pushing to start a couple of games. While Ireland captain Johnny Sexton will head into the championship as the presumptive man to fill the No.10 jersey, Carty looks best placed to back […]

4 years ago

“We’re on the World Cup countdown now.” At the end of this month, Andy Farrell will name his extended squad for what will be his third Six Nations as Ireland head coach. Jack Carty is set to be involved, but some feel he should start at least two of Ireland’s championship fixtures. The Connacht outhalf […]

4 years ago

A chance for the deputies to thrash it out. Johnny Sexton has led Ireland to a string of impressive performances, and wins, this year, but he will miss the last Test of 2021. He will miss several other games too. The Leinster and Ireland captain left the pitch going into the final quarter of the […]

4 years ago

“It’s not quite alien overlords, as we’ve talked about before but we’re certainly in very different circumstances right now.” Week two of remote recording for Baz & Andrew’s House of Rugby and it was a pleasure to welcome Jerry Flannery back to the fold. The former Munster and Ireland star was reunited, over Skype, with Barry Murphy […]

6 years ago