Monthly Archives: November 2022

Second season of Major League Rugby sees increased Irish involvement

THE SECOND-EVER SEASON of Major League Rugby kicks off this weekend in the US, with two additional clubs swelling the numbers from seven to nine teams. The 2019 campaign will be considerably longer too, going from an eight-game regular season to a schedule of 16 fixtures for each club before the play-offs in June. Former Leinster […]

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Star winger Miller named to start against Scotland after recovering from horrific leg break

IRELAND STAR WINGER Alison Miller has been named to start in Ireland’s Six Nations second-round clash with Scotland after recovering from a horrific leg injury. Miller underwent surgery after fracturing her fibula and tibia, as well as sustaining a compound fracture in their Six Nations win over Italy in last year’s campaign. She made a […]

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High-achiever Flannery strikes the right balance between study and rugby

ONE OF THE standout performers from Ireland’s superb victory over England on the opening night of the U20 Six Nations last Friday, Tipperary-born Jake Flannery continues to flourish by striking the right balance between rugby and academic studies. Flannery, nominally an out-half but deployed at fullback against England at Musgrave Park, excelled for Noel McNamara’s […]

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Blow for England as Mako Vunipola is ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations

ENGLAND STAR MAKO Vunipola will miss the rest of England’s Six Nations campaign after being ruled out for 10 weeks with an ankle ligament injury. The 28-year-old loosehead prop suffered the blow in the 44th minute of England’s crushing win over France on Sunday, and is now also a major doubt for Saracens’ Heineken Champions […]

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Basketball and hurling behind Moloney as flies Athy flag in U20 Six Nations

IT WASN’T THE tempo or the physicality that took Martin Moloney aback when he made his international Under 20 and Six Nations debut against the might of England this month. It was the noise. Moloney celebrates the win over England. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The Championship curtain-raiser in Cork was watched by 5,764 people intent on […]

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Shawn Spears announces his first bookings after WWE release

The former Tye Dillinger announced… Wow… The response has been incredible! Thank you to all who have reached out and I’m excited to make my first announcement: May 31st I will compete for @CreateAPro pic.twitter.com/FLVrKz9Sj8 — Shawn Spears (@Perfec10n) March 1, 2019 June 5th…@beyondwrestling … See you there. Tickets available: https://t.co/ClREQsSaQi pic.twitter.com/M2utHZaArI — Shawn Spears […]

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Henderson back fit and firing after ‘mighty frustrating’ double injury lay-off

Ryan Bailey reports from Queen’s University, Belfast AS IAIN HENDERSON made his way into one of the meeting rooms inside the impressive Queen’s University sports complex, the process to unravel and remove all of the strapping on his hands began. It took him the duration of a 10-minute interview to undo the various support tape […]

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Salvatore Bellomo Passes Away

Salvatore Bellomo has passed away at age 67. Bellomo was best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation where he was a popular preliminary wrestler from 1983 to 1987. He would usually work the opening matches on the U.S. East Coast house shows against preliminary heels or the big heels who were being […]

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Analysis: How has Johnny Sexton been playing in the Six Nations?

“FUCKING CATCH THE fucking ball!” Johnny Sexton’s frustration as he left the pitch at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday was understandable, even if some critics feel he should be better at controlling his emotions and impulses during games. Just before Sexton was replaced by debutant Jack Carty, Ireland had made their latest handling error, with Jacob […]

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O’Gara’s Crusaders attack runs riot in nine-try Chiefs hammering

THE UNSTOPPABLE CANTERBURY Crusaders plundered nine tries in a 57-28 pummeling of the Waikato Chiefs on Saturday while the NSW Waratahs piled more misery on the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby action. On a triple-header day, Rieko Ioane bagged four five-pointers to give the Auckland Blues their first win of the season with a 28-20 […]

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