The man is on fire. 2018 Jacob Stockdale really was prestige television, and if you needed a season recap, here it is. The Ulster winger starred for the 2016 Ireland U20s side who reached the final of the World Championship that summer, and quickly became a regular in Ulster’s match-day squads in both the league […]

11 months ago

From the outside, looking in, that selection picture looks clearer. With five dropping out, Tom Stewart coming back in, Jeremy Loughman called in as loosehead cover and Diarmuid Barron flown over to Bayonne, we put the current Ireland World Cup training squad at 40. Jacob Stockdale and Ciarán Frawley missing out on Samoa selection hints […]

2 years ago

The Ulster winger turned back the clock with some of his attacking play. There were a few double-takes, at half-time in Ireland’s 33-17 win over Italy, when the statistics for Jacob Stockdale were updated. 151 metres made off 13 carries, and still with 40 minutes on the clock. Heading into tonight’s match, at Aviva Stadium, […]

2 years ago

The World Cup countdown is on. Andy Farrell’s side get underway on the road to France with a World Cup warm-up against Italy, on Saturday evening [8pm kick-off]. We’ll have all the biggest moments, talking points and, after the match, Ireland ratings for you. Follow our live match feed and check out all the big […]

2 years ago

‘I think one of those three Ulster lads should be in the World Cup squad’ On Saturday, at Aviva Stadium, Andy Farrell took his seat in the stands to watch the country’s two best provinces tear into each other, in the Champions Cup. Leinster ended up doing what they do every week [barring a share […]

3 years ago

LEINSTER 30-15 ULSTER Ryan Baird continued his superb form out of the back-end of the Six Nations and starred at blindside for a Leinster side that reached the last eight of the Champions Cup. Ross Byrne, Ross Molony, Jack Conan, Jimmy O’Brien and the entire starting Leinster front row had fine games, against a dogged […]

3 years ago