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NORTHAMPTON SAINTS COACH Jim Mallinder downplayed the incident which could cost Dylan Hartley his place at the Six Nations with England. The Saints overcame Leicester Tigers 23-19 on Saturday, despite Hartley’s early dismissal for elbowing Matt Smith after being powerfully cleared from a ruck by the Leicester centre. Hartley’s reaction caused a brief fracas between the […]

FRIDAY’S LOSS TO Munster marked the halfway point in Leinster’s Pro12 season. So it’s time to get the red biro out and run the rule over their campaign so far. Overall record Won 9. Lost 5. Drawn 1 (Fifth in Pro12, 2nd in Champions Cup pool). High point It has been a relatively tough season for […]

THERE ARE MANY reasons I am incredibly lucky to work for TheScore/The42.ie, but undoubtedly the main one is the level of coverage we provide women’s sport. Let’s not forget, Irish women have provided us with some of our finest sporting moments over the past year including the Irish women’s U19 side falling just short of a […]

JOE SCHMIDT HAS a number of selection calls to ponder over the next month, including the left wing position. While the Kiwi head coach has a decision to make regarding Ireland’s 10 shirt for the opening game of the Six Nations against Italy on 7 February, his wide options look well stocked. Tommy Bowe would […]

VERN COTTER HAS selected four uncapped players in his 32-man squad for the upcoming Six Nations, but there is no space for flankers Kelly Brown and John Barclay. All four of the new faces – Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Ben Toolis, Hugh Blake and Hamish Watson – play their club rugby for Edinburgh. 21-year-old scrum-half Hidalgo-Clyne recently starred in […]

Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO (St Michaels’ David Duggan celebrates scoring a late try) HomeThere were wins for reigning champions UCC and NUI Galway on the opening day of Sigerson Cup action.Favourites St Michael’s came very close to being knocked out of the Leinster Schools Cup today.One-time Ireland central-defensive stalwart Sean St Ledger is set for a trial with […]

TOURNAMENT ORGANISERS HAVE released the fixture lists for the 2016 and 2017 Six Nations, with Ireland set to travel to Wales on a Friday night in two years’ time. The 2015 competition gets underway this weekend as Warren Gatland’s side face England at the Millenium Stadium, but the Six Nations has provided fans with the […]

NIGEL CAROLAN’S IRELAND U20s suffered their first defeat of the 2015 Six Nations in Donnybrook last night, as England secured a 19-14 victory. The missed try-scoring chances from Ireland, particularly in the first half, were ultimately what cost the home team, but there were once again many positives in the performance. This is a talented […]

‘PLEASE DON’T MAKE me look like a nerd,” Niamh Briggs asks with a laugh after she tells The42 that her hobby is consuming as much sports as possible, and if there are statistics to go with it, all the better. Briggs loves all sports – a look at her Twitter feed sees congratulatory messages for […]

A LOT OF us have experienced crushing sporting disappointments in our life, and the feeling of devastation is even more acute if you are a youngster when it happens. There are tears, there are tantrums and you desperately need something to take your mind off it. An 11-year-old Australian boy was inconsolable after being dropped […]