THE SHOWPIECE OF the American football season takes place on Sunday night as the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks meet in the Superbowl in Arizona. The game is too close to call in the bookies but if it comes down to a special teams play, New England might just have the edge. Nate […]

Source: MrCowfucker/YouTube THERE WAS CONTROVERSY in tonight’s Wales-England Six Nations encounter at the Millennium Stadium, as the hosts’ winger George North was allowed to continue despite suffering two bad blows to the head and appearing dazed thereafter. The issue is likely to reignite the ongoing debate about concussion in rugby and sport at large, with […]

IRELAND HAVE RETURNED to third position in the official World Rugby rankings after yesterday’s 19-9 victory over England. This man cares not for records or rankings. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Joe Schmidt’s side move above the English again, having dropped down to fourth after the opening weekend of this year’s Six Nations. Despite a win over […]

SEAN CRONIN IS doing his best to stay on message, but Paul O’Connell will stir emotion in any Irish man. The Limerick lock will win his 100th cap for Ireland when he leads his country out in the Millennium Stadium this Saturday. And although Cronin attempts to pay his respects to Dan Tuohy, Mike McCarthy […]

THE RUGBY WORLD Cup takes place this autumn and in a break from the norm, the traditional rights holders won’t be showing any of the action. We are used to watching Ireland play on RTÉ or BBC but it is TV3 and ITV who will be showing the tournament this year. Both stations have been […]

IF YOU ARE lucky enough to be an Irish rugby fan in your early 20′s or younger, then you likely don’t remember a time when the national team wasn’t substantially better than Scotland. For almost all of the Six Nations era, Ireland have enjoyed comfortable wins against their Celtic rivals and have only been defeated […]

IT HAS BEEN a day of bad health reports all-round for northern hemisphere teams as Rhys Ruddock joins Manu Tuilagi and Gael Fickou in likely being ruled out for the rest of the season. Ruddock broke his arm against Harlequins in the Champions Cup back in December, which ruled him out of Six Nations contention […]

WORLD RUGBY HAS announced the 12 referees that will take charge of World Cup games later this year and three Irishmen have made the list. IRFU officials George Clancy and John Lacey have both been selected while Dubliner JP Doyle, who is an employee of England’s RFU, has also been included. Three French referees have […]

Bertram Allen in action on Molly Malone Source: Steve Parsons/PA Wire/Press Association Images HomeIrish teenager Bertram Allen is in first place in the Show-jumping World Cup Final.This is the Leinster XV Matt O’Connor hopes will reach the final of the Champions Cup.Tipperary received a massive boost today as Seamus Callanan was cleared to line-up against Waterford […]

IT REALLY IS a lot of fun to watch Iain Henderson play rugby, or more specifically, carry the ball. He might only be 23 but the forward has a destructive running style that usually takes a few more years to develop. He is in the select group of Irish forwards like Cian Healy and Sean […]