It was some performance. With both sides close to full strength, it was Munster who took apart Leinster at Croke Park, winning out 31-14, with a performance that showed they are back among Europe’s elite. Andy Farrell’s Ireland squad caused a stir midweek among Munster supporters, who again were aggrieved that certain players from their […]

5 months ago

Big call to not include either in the squad. The Ireland summer tour squad has been announced with head coach Paul O’Connell naming a host of young and upcoming talent in his 35-man group. The tour takes place next month in Georgia and Portugal and 14 of the players travelling are uncapped. Not all players were […]

10 months ago

The list of midfield options for Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is verging on ridiculous. Tom Farrell shaded it over Munster centre Chris Farrell at The Sportsground, on a night that saw Leinster loanee Tom Daly go well in the Connacht 12 jersey and Munster 12 Dan Goggin bag a brace of tries. Tom Farrell […]

7 years ago

CONNACHT – 24 MUNSTER – 31 What a game in Galway! Connacht came up just short against Munster at The Sportsground after a cracking contest between the Guinness PRO14 Conference A rivals. The Westerners led through a superb Tom Farrell try, after he ripped the ball from Arno Botha (below), but Munster hit back with […]

7 years ago

One of the big question marks for Connacht following Robbie Henshaw’s defection to Leinster in 2016 was how would the western province replace him? Henshaw was one of the key figures in Connacht’s march to the 2016 PRO12 title and he was forming a very formidable partnership with Bundee Aki in Pat Lam’s midfield. But […]

8 years ago

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