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NIALL BRESLIN’S LIFE has been nothing if not eventful. Now 34 years of age, he has won a Leinster U21 Football Championship medal with Westmeath, represented Ireland at the U21 Rugby World Cup, played the sport as a professional for Leinster, formed a commercially successful rock band before pursuing a solo career, joined Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment […]

LEINSTER HEAD COACH Matt O’Connor says Isa Nacewa’s off-field excellence and his versatility on the pitch made him too good not to pursue. O’Connor expects the province to be in a position to formally announce the re-signing of their former star in the coming days. Official confirmation was expected last week, although it’s understood there […]

RUGBY TRADITIONALISTS ALL over the country might have breathed a sigh of relief last weekend as Garryowen confirmed their promotion into Division 1A of the Ulster Bank League with a play-off win over St. Mary’s. 2014 saw the famous Limerick club relegated from the top flight of the All-Ireland league for their first time in […]

AFTER 17 YEARS, 60 tries, about 500 assisted choke tackles and a few questionable hairstyles, Gordon D’Arcy will step away from Leinster rugby at the season’s end, and from rugby altogether after the World Cup. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The centre signed a contract extension to take him until the end of October, obviously with a […]

Katie Taylor leads the Irish team out at the European Games opening ceremony in Baku Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO HomeA plane carrying an anti-John Delaney banner will be flown over the Aviva Stadium before Ireland’s Euro 2016 qualifier with Scotland tomorrow.Aiden McGeady has emerged as a major injury doubt for the game after sitting out training […]

1. The Street Profits defeated Raul Mendoza and Humberto Carrillo 2. Rowe defeated Brennan Williams 3. Heavy Machinery defeated Rinku Singh and Mansoor Al-Shehail 4. Deonna Purrazzo defeated Chelsea Green 5. Lumberjack Match Marcel Barthel defeated Fabian Aichner 6. The Velveteen Dream defeated Punishment Martinez 7. Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke defeated Candice LeRae and […]

JOE SCHMIDT NAMED his extended 45 man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup yesterday, and as expected after such a successful year for the national side, there weren’t many surprises. Of that 45, 11 pack down in the front row, and of that 11, two more will be cut before the final 31 man […]

Updated 09.35 IRELAND’S RUGBY WORLD CUP jersey is officially launched today — and kit makers Canterbury have released the first pictures of the strip. And it’s a simple, classic look with no bells or whistles. Apart from the addition of the Rugby World Cup badge on the right breast, the most obvious change is the […]

THE WORLD ANTI Doping Agency (WADA) have released their annual doping report, detailing drug testing in sport in 2014. Click Here: factory direct men products Among many other details in the meaty 202 page document, it was revealed that there was one “atypical” finding from the 2014 Six Nations, out of more than 100 in-competition […]

IT COULDN’T HAVE been easy viewing for Felix Jones. As Tommy O’Donnell lay injured on the Millennium Stadium turf surrounded by medical staff, Jones would have been all too familiar with the scene surrounding his stricken Munster team-mate. Four years ago, Jones looked destined to make Declan Kidney’s World Cup squad until a cruel twist […]