November 17, 2022 / By mobanmarket
THE FIRST MISTAKE, Simon Zebo laughs, was kicking at him. The wind was swirling around Musgrave Park, but Christians ought to have known better but to give this prodigiously talented winger time and space on the ball. Robbie O’Donoghue’s clearance kick was straight down Zebo’s throat. There were barely 10 minutes on the clock, but […]
View ArticleNovember 17, 2022 / By mobanmarket
WWE Superstar Lana shared a vlog on her YouTube channel explaining why she’s “salty” over Ronda Rousey. As previously reported, Lana and Rusev are no longer part of Total Divas, and Rousey is set to join the next season. Below are some highlights and the video of Lana’s rant. Lana on Ronda Rousey replacing her […]
View ArticleNovember 17, 2022 / By mobanmarket
THE SEVEN SHORT years Jordan Conroy has been playing rugby are littered with little landmark moments that still bring a smile to his face. Like anchor pitons as he made an ascent, looking back he touches on each one as if it were pinnacle in itself, though he quickly reset his sights higher again. And […]
View ArticleNovember 16, 2022 / By mobanmarket
JOHN FOGARTY WOULD be the ideal man to take over from Greg Feek as Ireland’s next scrum coach when Andy Farrell appoints his backroom team, according to Bernard Jackman. Fogarty has been heavily linked with the position which will become available when Feek departs for Japan after this year’s World Cup, and Leo Cullen this […]
View ArticleNovember 16, 2022 / By mobanmarket
ATTENTION HAS ALREADY turned to next Saturday. Connacht will take on Leinster in this year’s Pro12 final – an historic moment for the Westerners in what’s been a remarkable season. But in the immediate aftermath of their thrilling 16-11 win over Glasgow in Galway, the focus shifted to the pending decider and, in particular, the familiar […]
View ArticleNovember 15, 2022 / By mobanmarket
Updated at 15.00 Connacht v Leinster, Guinness Pro12 Final Murrayfield, 5.30pm, TG4/Sky Sports THERE USED TO be a big white wall in Leinster’s gym at UCD and before games the province’s players scrawled key messages across that big white wall. ‘We will win the fight for inches.’ ‘I trust my mates so I just have […]
View ArticleNovember 14, 2022 / By mobanmarket
LIKE OLDER BROTHER David before him, Bill Johnston came through the ranks at Clonmel RFC and Rockwell College but the pair of Tipperary natives had to wait until last summer to finally play together. Their moment to link up on the pitch for the first time came in Munster’s pre-season clash with Grenoble at Thomond […]
View ArticleNovember 13, 2022 / By mobanmarket
Rory Keane reports from Cape Town MIKE ROSS has sounded a warning to his Ireland team-mates ahead of Saturday’s opening Test against the Springboks in Cape Town. Four years ago, Ireland travelled to New Zealand for a three-Test series following another 50-week season taking in another ill-fated World Cup campaign. Ross, Rory Best and Jack McGrath […]
View ArticleNovember 13, 2022 / By mobanmarket
SCOTLAND PUNCTURED JAPANESE hopes of World Cup payback by beating the Brave Blossoms 26-13 with relative ease Saturday in the first of two Tests in the Far East. Captain Greig Laidlaw kicked four penalties and added two conversions for the visitors, who inflicted Japan’s only loss of their astonishing World Cup effort under Eddie Jones […]
View ArticleNovember 12, 2022 / By mobanmarket
THERE SHOULD BE no doubt that Ireland’s run to today’s World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final (17.30, TG4, Sky Sports 3) has been a sensational achievement. However, today’s opposition are on the crest of a wave of their very own. And it carries almost as much weight as our own. While Ireland were beating the reigning […]
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