Monthly Archives: November 2022

We’ll Leave It There So: Tributes paid following death of popular Irish jockey and the rest of today’s sport

Home Jockeys standing for a minute’s silence today at the Galway Races in memory of JT McNamara. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Irish jockey John Thomas McNamara, better known as JT, died at the age of 41.Many tributes were paid to the popular Limerick native.Dublin senior hurling team manager Ger Cunningham will sit down with county board […]

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World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry to link up with Leinster as consultant this month

NEW ZEALAND’S WORLD Cup-winning coach Graham Henry will join Leinster as a consultant on a short-term contract from 30 July. The Kiwi – who has also led the Lions, Wales, assisted Argentina as they bedded into the Rugby Championship and more recently consulted for the Warriors NRL side – will link up with the beaten […]

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Hospitality representatives to meet government ministers today amid anger over delayed reopening

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE hospitality industry are set to meet government ministers today amid an outpouring of anger at yesterday’s announcement that the reopening of indoor dining and drinking would be delayed. The Hospitality Forum will meet Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin today for a long scheduled […]

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We’ll Leave it There So: Man City add €42m winger, new coaching role for Duffer and all today’s sport

Leinster centre Robbie Henshaw takes a selfie with a young fan at today’s training session in Greystones. Source: Gary Carr/INPHO HomeDamien Duff has joined the Shamrock Rovers first-team coaching staff until the end of the season.Bohemians have agreed an ‘undisclosed’ fee with Tunisian club L’Espérance Sportive de Tunis for the sale of Ayman Ben Mohamed.Cork City […]

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Bowe gunning for All Black fixtures as pain of his ‘last proper game’ lingers on after knee nightmare

ULSTER AND IRELAND wing Tommy Bowe hopes to be back playing for Ulster in the opening weeks of the new season and is keen to make his presence felt during Ireland’s hectic November Test schedule. The Monaghan man has endured a nightmare 10 months, playing one game since suffering severe knee ligament injuries in the […]

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Lienert-Brown drops out as All Blacks make one change for visit of Argentina

NEW ZEALAND ARE backing their explosive approach for Saturday’s Rugby Championship Test against Argentina in Hamilton, with only one change to the starting line-up. After swamping Australia with 10 tries in the first two Tests, coach Steve Hansen said now was not the time to change as he named his side to play the Pumas. […]

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Folau fights Rugby Australia sacking over anti-gay comments

WALLABIES AND WARATAHS back Israel Folau is contesting the breach notice issued to him by Rugby Australia (RA), requesting a code of conduct hearing. Folau was issued a breach notice by RA on Monday after the devout Christian sparked outrage with his online activity last week, delivering another anti-homosexual post. Facing the sack, the 30-year-old […]

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Paul O’Connell arrives in Minnesota to deliver motivational speech to Darren Clarke’s Europe

Updated at 17.00 DARREN CLARKE HAS enlisted the help of Paul O’Connell to deliver a motivational speech to his European players ahead of the start of the Ryder Cup on Friday. Just as Paul McGinley did with Sir Alex Ferguson two years ago, Clarke will hope O’Connell can help galvanise his team as they go […]

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‘It’s great because you’re on an even par with the males when you’re playing’

TOUCH RUGBY WAS a central part of life for Tania Rosser from a young age in Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand and she’s hopeful that the six-player version of the sport is going to boom in Ireland too. Rosser, who played in three World Cups for the Ireland Women 15s team, is part of the […]

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TV Wrap: BT Sport make a holy show of themselves with Billy Vunipola comments

“AFTER THE WEEK he’s had!”, roared the BT Sport commentator as Keyser Soze shook off his affected limp, lit a cigarette and loped off into the sunset. “Sometimes it’s about family, it’s remembering who stuck by you through the difficult times”, crooned the presenter as Darth Vader lopped off Luke Skywalker’s hand. “That’s the first […]

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