“It would look like someone has ransacked your room.” Finding the perfect roommate for away trips is not an exact science and there can be several botched experiments before a good match is found. That is why so many players opt to team up and will not be parted. Younger squad players are often roomed […]

5 years ago

“In all seriousness, you know, I mean stupid. You get things wrong.” For Schalk Burger, it was a case of getting too fired up by the occasion and losing the run of himself. For the British & Irish Lions, it was a travesty of justice. Back in June 2009, the Lions and the world champion […]

5 years ago

We can’t imagine Joe Schmidt going for this, but Luke Fitzgerald was asked for his Ireland team to face Italy. The Ireland squad will reassemble at Carton House on Sunday evening before another week of hard work culminates in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. Joe Schmidt’s men – the reigning champions – are already six points behind table-toppers […]

7 years ago

Wise move

7 years ago

Former Ireland internationals Luke Fitzgerald and Peter Stringer have both said that they would like to see Munster lock Tadhg Beirne recalled for Ireland’s match with New Zealand next weekend. Beirne scored two tries for Ireland against Italy in Chicago last weekend but was subsequently dropped for the visit of Argentina on Saturday. Ireland head […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland internationals Luke Fitzgerald and Alan Quinlan have picked their combined Munster and Leinster team from the professional era. The two provinces will play each other this Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the second round of the interprovincial derbies with both sides entering the game in good form following respective wins over Connacht […]

8 years ago