The gauntlet was thrown down. Joe Schmidt is getting rightly lauded for his influential role in Ireland becoming Grand Slam champions for only the third time in their history. The New Zealand native has worked his magic with Clermont Auvergne, Leinster and Ireland but he was crafting a decent coaching career back home before Vern […]

7 years ago

“I was thinking ‘Jesus, this fella is 18, are you joking me?’” Peter O’Mahony was always going to make it for Munster and Ireland. It was what the rugby-mad Cork Con player had his sights set on from an early age. Anthony Foley was his idol growing up but Con had lots of local legends […]

7 years ago

Any leader seeking to change a culture should look at this

8 years ago

“Garry was very unlucky to miss out.” Those were the comments of Lions head coach a little under a year ago after he announced his squad to tour New Zealand. “There was some discussion and debate. The most discussion was on midfield but it was a big decision leaving out [England lock] Joe Launchbury.” In […]

8 years ago

30 men. 5 wins. 1 Grand Slam. Ireland are the 2018 Six Nations and Grand Slam winners and they did it in utter style at Twickenham. Having swept all comers before them, Joe Schmidt took his squad to London to take on last year’s champions. England were all but beaten by half-time and the 24-15 […]

8 years ago

18 games into his professional rugby career and James Ryan has won the lot. Dan Leavy has won all nine Tests with Ireland but has tasted defeat on a few occasions with Leinster. Still, that is impressive going for the pair and the young Grand Slam winners are still near the start of their respective […]

8 years ago