“No one gets to pick when they go out” – Flannery on retirements
You can’t write you own ending. For every fairytale ending like Brian O’Driscoll, a first win over France in Paris in 14 years (a game that marked his entry onto the international stage in 2000) and a Six Nations Championship to boot, there are countless others who never got that send-off. This Rugby World Cup […]
6 years ago
Sergio Parisse rips rugby officials a new one over World Cup fixture farce
Preach, Sergio, preach! All Blacks head coach called the decision to cancel his side’s game against Italy, due to the impending arrival of a typhoon, as a ‘no-brainer’. The same could be said as the folks responsible for coming up with a contingency plan for the Rugby World Cup. Japan, wild weather systems and natural […]
6 years ago
“Ireland play much better rugby than England” – Sergio Parisse
Sergio knows the craic. So does Conor O’Shea. “We knew before this competition started,” said O’Shea after his side’s Dublin defeat, “that the first six days would be the hardest.” Beside him, a battered Sergio Parisse nodded his head. Italy had to start against the two sides likely to contest the title on the championship’s […]
8 years ago
VIDEO: Even Sergio Parisse is backing Cushendall’s All-Ireland club hurling bid
He’s even handy with a hurl. Sergio Parisse might be the most admired number eight in the northern hemisphere but he’s just a club man at heart too. Club, in his case, is obviously on the north coast of Antrim with Ruairí Óg Cushendall. The Italian legend wished the Ulster club champions good luck ahead […]
10 years ago
The sight of Sergio Parisse’s drop kick divided Twitter into two camps
No way
10 years ago
You’d go to war behind Sergio Parisse after these inspirational comments
One of the very best
11 years ago