A big chance for many of these players to impress in a green jersey, on home soil. Andy Farrell has named his Ireland A side to face an All Blacks XV at The RDS on Friday evening. Farrell has named Munster scrumhalf Craig Casey as his captain for the game, and paired him with Leinster […]

3 years ago

“I do hope before the boots are hung up for good that there might be supporters back in the stands.” So said Michael Bent, back in April 2021, when he announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2021/22 season, after nine years with Leinster. The 36-year-old, who arrived at Leinster in 2021, […]

3 years ago

Plenty of road ahead for the old dog. In general terms, Keith Earls is still a young man with plenty of years left ahead of him. In rugby terms, we are often amazed that any backline player over 32 can still shift about the place. Props and locks may not even hit their true primes […]

4 years ago

MAORI ALL BLACKS 24-30 IRELAND It has taken a stretch of years, but Ireland have finally beaten the Maori All Blacks. Our Ireland player ratings feature two back-rows in ripping form. Many may have feared for a repeat of the opening Maori game as Ireland made three errors in the first two minutes. It led […]

4 years ago

The Munster star will partner Stuart McCloskey in the centre. Keith Earls has been named captain of an Ireland team to face the Maori All Blacks at SKY Stadiun in Wellington on Tuesday evening [kick-off 8:05am Irish time]. Andy Farrell has effectively made three changes from the midweek side that lost the first game against […]

4 years ago

The squad players get a final chance to force themselves into the Test picture. The Ireland team for the second tour match against the Maori All Blacks will be named in the early hours [GMT] of Monday morning, ahead of the Tuesday clash between the sides. Spirits are high in the Irish camp after the […]

4 years ago