“Not if he wins man of the match!” South Africa overcame their Pool B rivals, Scotland in their World Cup opener, with captain Siya Kolisi coming forward with a passionate defence of a teammate that actually finished as Man of the Match. Outhalf Mani Libbok ran the Springbok backline superbly and set up Kurt Lee […]

2 years ago

On the day Johnny Sexton eclipsed another ROG record, he was briefly thrown by a ‘fine wine’ question. Johnny Sexton ran in his 18th and 19th Test tries for Ireland, as part of a 24-point haul, as Romania were put to the sword in Bordeaux. Sexton’s haul for Ireland equalled the World Cup individual match […]

2 years ago

“It was a right wake up call for us.” Peter O’Mahony turns 34 next Sunday but had plenty of gas in his tank to score two second half tries in 35-degree Bordeaux heat, this afternoon. The Munster captain shifted from blindside to openside for Ireland’s 82-8 victory over Romania, and did a fine job in […]

2 years ago

Ireland’s World Cup odyssey began in Bordeaux with an 82-8 win against Romania. Ireland went into their World Cup opener with a pretty stacked deck, after Andy Farrell named most of his frontliners in his match-day XV to take on the Eastern Europeans. Ireland were on a 13-game winning streak and will be looking to […]

2 years ago

“Amateurs”

9 years ago

Quelle surprise

9 years ago