“He has just been putting in serious performances.” The Top 14 title is yet to be decided but the rest of the big trophies in European rugby have been handed out. Munster climbed back from a disastrous United Rugby Championship opening stretch to end up as champions. As a result, that late Munster surge has […]

3 years ago

Andy Farrell has a lot of credit in the bank. A LOT. Ireland have named a 42-man training squad for the World Cup and will meet up in June to begin preparations for the big dance. When you step back and take a look at it, there are no ground-quaking shocks. Joey Carbery and Jordan […]

3 years ago

“It’s a great day, and I think we should start off with a sing-song!” Munster are the 2022/23 United Rugby Championship top dogs and both Greg O’Shea and Jason Hennessy were howling about it from the rooftops. Graham Rowntree’s champions arrived back in Limerick this morning and had a rousing reception from the Munster supporters […]

3 years ago

We saw one of these coming, but not the other one. Joe Schmidt has named a 44-man extended training squad with an eye to the World Cup in Japan. Two uncapped players – Jean Kleyn (pictured below) and Mike Haley of Munster – are both named in the squad but there is no room for […]

7 years ago

“I don’t know what he was thinking.” Mike Haley has done well for Munster, on his debut season, but he ended it with a questionable decision. In the closing stages of Munster’s Guinness PRO14 semi-final loss to Leinster, at The RDS, James Lowe was presented with a one-on-one. The Kiwi winger had just Haley to […]

7 years ago

Australian international Israel Folau has been linked with a move to the Premiership’s Sale Sharks next season as the Greater Manchester club look to replace the Irish bound duo of Mike Haley and Will Addison. Haley will move to Munster next season to replace the departing Simon Zebo while Addison will move to Ulster to provide […]

8 years ago