The Wexford prop is changing the way we look at tight-head props. Ireland kept their chances of a brilliant series win alive with a well-deserved victory over Australia, in Melbourne. Joining The Hard Yards to look back on that game, and preview the Third Test, are Kevin McLaughlin, James Downey and Paul Warwick. Possible starting XV […]

8 years ago

Ireland’s bid for a world record run of consecutive Test victories fell six short but this Saturday in Melbourne is the perfect opportunity to start all over again. It was a case of 12 and out for Ireland in Brisbane, last weekend, as they ran into a Wallabies side intent on smashing them into an […]

8 years ago

Former Leinster captain Kevin McLaughlin has questioned why the Scarlets players were talking about grazes and cuts in the build up to Saturday’s PRO14 final with Leinster at the Aviva Stadium. The Scarlets trounced Glasgow 28-13 in the semi-final on a 4G pitch at Scotstoun Stadium but a number of their players were unable to train […]

8 years ago

Leinster will have assessed the big breakdown threats and will be working on the most effective and ruthless plan they can get away with in Bilbao. Following Racing’s semi-final win over Munster, Donnacha Ryan spoke with The Hard Yards from Paris about what turned out to be a devastating game-plan: “We really tried to bar up […]

8 years ago

Jacob Stockdale has a long way to go before he can catch Julian Savea’s mark of 46 international tries, but with 11 tries in nine Tests, he’s certainly made a good start. Stockdale scored one of Ireland’s three tries in the 24-15 win over England on Saturday as Ireland won their third Grand Slam title. […]

8 years ago

Former Leinster prop Stan Wright used to startle his teammates with his anger according to former club captain Kevin McLaughlin. McLaughlin was appearing on the latest episode of The Hard Yards to disucss the fourth round of the Six Nations when he was asked ‘who was the king of the dig’ at Leinster during his […]

8 years ago