Max Deegan
Max Deegan and Chris Farrell in line to feature against Wales

Max Deegan and Chris Farrell in line to feature against Wales

Caelan Doris will go through the Return To Play protocols for the bulk of this week but Garry Ringrose is definitely out. Ireland head coach Andy Farrell will be forced to make at least one change to his starting XV for this weekend’s Guinness Six Nations encounter with Wales. Farrell has a big call to […]

6 years ago

Max Deegan makes Six Nations statement as Leinster crush Lyon

Max Deegan makes Six Nations statement as Leinster crush Lyon

LEINSTER 42-14 LYON Quarter final place already secured, Leinster have now secured themselves a match at home in the last eight. More likely than not, that tie will be in the Aviva Stadium. Despite the final scoreline, Lyon put up another good fight against Leinster but they were always facing an uphill battle against a […]

6 years ago

Breakout contenders, predicted Ireland team and Player of the Year candidates

Breakout contenders, predicted Ireland team and Player of the Year candidates

The PRO14 season is just around the corner as Leinster look to try and become only the second team in PRO12/14 history to successfully defend their title. The reigning champions were the first team in league history to defend their crown when a Leinster team captained by Leo Cullen retained the title in 2014, but […]

8 years ago

Eight uncapped players that could make their debut on Ireland’s tour of Australia

Eight uncapped players that could make their debut on Ireland’s tour of Australia

Ireland are Grand Slam winners, Leinster are European champions and we’ll have at least one Irish province in the PRO14 final. Irish Rugby is in a good space. Leinster will be aiming for a historic double later this month to add to their Champions Cup win while Munster will be desperate to finish their season […]

8 years ago

These are the top talents tipped to make a breakthrough in 2018

These are the top talents tipped to make a breakthrough in 2018

Joe Schmidt handed out 14 Ireland debuts in 2017. We are looking at some of the bright talents that are best placed to make a breakthrough in 2018. This time last year, we tipped Adam Byrne, Jacob Stockdale, Darren Sweetnam and James Ryan to make their Ireland breakthroughs, and while the likes of Stockdale and Ryan […]

8 years ago

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