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Depth is the Antidote to Adversity: An Overview of Ireland’s Grand Slam Heroes
Even though I choose to write about rugby as a hobby, I am still undeniably a fan. With both Ireland and Munster, I wear my heart on my sleeve. It’s the same for the players I cheer on and adore. Even in the face of chaos and adversity, this current Irish team exemplifies this facet…
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Sexton’s Six Nations Send Off Could Be Of Grand (Slam) Proportions
Since November of 2009, Jonathan Sexton has been a mainstay in Irish squads. He has amassed 118 caps, 1,055 points, 16 tries and 557 Six Nations points (and counting). This Saturday, he could round off an incredible career in the annual competition on an epic high. A score of any kind would make him the…
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Ireland and France Prove To Be a Head Above The Rest in Round 4
The 2023 Guinness Six Nations has been mesmerising at times and round four lived up to its potential as the best weekend of the campaign. There were three away wins, as predicted by the bookies, while the margin and style varied. These games were intriguing contests in their own right, even if the scoreline failed…
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Greatness Awaits If Ireland Can Overcome Dangerous Scotland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh. What comes to mind when you think of this iconic venue? Is it the many Calcutta Cup showdowns? The rare Italian win? How about Ireland’s highs and lows in the home of Scottish rugby? Younger readers may fail to remember the long wait for a win here in the amateur era. The win…
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2 Classics and a Dud: Six Nations Round 3 in Review
As we bid ‘au revoir’ to round three, the sad reality that we are past the halfway mark in this years’ Championship hits home. We are nine games into the fifteen game slate, and so far the 2023 Guinness Six Nations has delivered at every turn. Ireland are three fifths of the way to a…
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Fresh Faced Irish 23 Go To Rome With Grand Slam Dreams Alive
What makes the Six Nations a palpable experience, is the fallow weeks, or gap weeks. Instead of five weeks of non-stop, intense euphoria; we get a chance to regroup, catch a breath and go again. The domestic action plugged the gap, and as always, I recapped the URC games in my power ranking series available…
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4 Provinces in Top 8 of URC League Table and Power Rankings
“BKT URC Power Rankings, Round 14” 110 games down, and just 34 to go. The 2022/23 BKT URC season has been as electrifying as we expected, while living up to the hype. Although the final is still another fourteen weeks away, the regular season is starting to wind down. Just four more rounds remain, two…
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Imperious Ireland Chase Grand Slam As Scotland Go Back to Back
And breathe… It was a pulsating affair in Dublin on Saturday, as Ireland and France played out an energy sapping clash of the titans. Ireland made it a record-breaking thirteen straight home wins, as France waved ‘au revoir’ to their fourteen game unbeaten run. One of these two heavyweights had to lose out, and although…
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Dublin Hosts Round 2 Title Decider As World’s Best Face Off
There was a period not too long ago when Ireland versus France games would fail to get the engine running. Les Bleus were not afraid of Ireland and managed to get the job done more often than not. Then, when Ireland went on an upward trajectory, they went ten years without a home defeat to…
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Online Punditry and Learning From Others with Jeff Neville: Interview Extract
“My Life in Rugby, Episode 2 – Jeff Neville (The Loose Head)” Content creation. What exactly is it? The newfound phenomena is most prominent on YouTube or TikTok, but it is a non-restrictive field. Online sports media is littered with average folks like me who ‘create content’ placed directly above accredited journalists as followers scroll…
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