All posts tagged "Munster"
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoRingrose ruled out
CENTRE Garry Ringrose is set to miss Ireland’s Nations Championship fixtures next month with a hamstring injury. Ringrose, who has scored...
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Latest News
/ 1 week agoMunster can’t live with gritty Sharks
Munster ........... 3 Sharks .............15 ■By JOHN WILSON SHARKS secured a historic victory over Munster at Thomond Park. In a match...
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News Extra
/ 1 week agoFormer England prop opts for Ireland
NEWS EXTRA FORMER England prop Kieran Brookes has been called up for an Ireland XV fixture against Fiji A on Friday,...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 week agoIreland relief at Furlong verdict
TWO minutes before half-time during last weekend’s Leinster-Munster grudge fixture, referee Andrew Brace stopped the match in response to Munster No.8...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 week agoAnd that’s why they call me Top Cat
PHIL O’Callaghan’s ascension towards the scrum machine in the sky leaves the old game mourning the loss of a tight-head ever...
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Top 14
/ 1 week agoGalthie’s call-ups causing disruption
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FRENCH rugby has entered the odd period known as the ‘doublons’, when international call-ups drag on club...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 weeks agoResilient Leinster roll over Munster
Leinster ......... 24 Munster ..........18 ■By JOHN WILSON LEINSTER launched a stunning fightback to take the spoils at the Aviva Stadium...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 2 weeks agoTyro sensation Siyaya stars as Cardiff hit for six
By LUKE JARMYN Cardiff ...............21pts Tries: Adams 10, Botham 46, 58 Conversions: Evans 11, 46, 59 Sharks ...............36pts Tries: Hooker 2,...
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoElias leads Toulouse home
TOULOUSE had lost nine injured internationals before last Sunday’s match against Exeter. They lost a tenth, Rodrigue Neti, to a red...
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Latest News
/ 3 weeks agoLast-gasp Casey snatches it for Munster as they remember Foley
■By JOHN WILSON CRAIG Casey scored a dramatic late try as Munster marked the 10th anniversary of Anthony Foley’s death with...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 weeks agoGeorge Barton: Kingsholm will rock for Gloucester-Bordeaux Champions Cup clash
George Barton is backing a rocking Kingsholm to help Gloucester make a statement in the Champions Cup as Bordeaux arrive on...
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Latest News
/ 4 weeks agoTribute to Foley
MUNSTER will honour former captain and coach Anthony Foley before Saturday’s Champions Cup game against Racing 92 in Cork to mark...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 weeks agoUlster grab a share of spoils
Ulster ..............26 Munster ..........26 ■By JACK JONES IRELAND centre Stuart McCloskey scored at the death to earn Ulster a share of...
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Features
/ 4 weeks agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Lewis – Promotion with London Welsh was ‘special’
Rob Lewis, the former London Welsh, Cardiff Blues and Birmingham Moseley scrum-half, who is now Luctonians director of rugby, reflects on...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoO’Shea haul gives Munster the edge
■By NATHAN JONES Munster .........26 Bulls ................22 CHARLIE O’Shea’s 16-point haul helped Munster edge a tight contest at Thomond Park. The...
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Latest News
/ 1 month agoGutsy Horne leads revival
■By GARY SMYTHE Munster .........20 Glasgow ..........26 GLASGOW Warriors produced a stunning second-half comeback to secure a bonus-point win at Thomond...
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Miscellaneous
/ 1 month agoGalthie calls up the new Edwards
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FOLLOWING the drawn-out departure of Shaun Edwards – now working as a consultant with the Red Roses...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPrem preview: Gloucester – Dynamic Welsh duo ready to get the Shed roaring
Gloucester head into the new Prem season with a strengthened pack and renewed ambition after a difficult start to last campaign,...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoURC preview: Leinster aim to defend their crown as Welsh clubs face a fight for survival
Ben Jaycock looks ahead to the United Rugby Championship with Leinster aiming to make it three in a row.
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoLeicester hold on to deny Munster
Munster.................. 24pts Leicester................ 32pts LEICESTER Tigers secured a hard-fought win in Cork ahead of the Prem opener against Saracens next Sunday....
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Bulldozer Liam Wright can smash it for Wales
Peter Jackson looks at Liam Wright’s remarkable route back to the Test stage and why the former Australia captain could become...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoHansen impresses as Connacht cruise past Ealing
■By PETER CLARKE Connacht ..........26pts Tries: Van Wyk, Moose, de Buitlear, Treacy Conversions: Naughton (2) E Trailfinders ..14pts Tries: Hyde (2)...
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Latest News
/ 2 months agoEnglish rugby is all the poorer for destroying dreams
THERE has been much rejoicing of late in a little place called Spiesen-Elversberg over the football team’s sensational debut in Germany’s...
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Miscellaneous
/ 2 months agoFerocious Lions give All Blacks a workout
HARKING back to last week’s musings about modern-day touring by international teams, the midweek contest between the Lions of Johannesburg and...
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Club Rugby
/ 2 months agoPre-season round-up: Ampthill make a statement by prevailing over Champ holders Worcester Warriors
Ampthill have made an early pre-season statement by beating Champ holders Worcester Warriors, while Sale FC, Coventry and Connacht were also...
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Features
/ 2 months agoIreland ace Crowley out until 2027
NEWS EXTRA IRELAND and Munster fly-half Jack Crowley is set to be sidelined until the new year. He has been out...
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Latest News
/ 3 months agoHansberry completes IRFU team
THE IRFU has completed its provincial coach line-up within the women’s national talent squad programme, appointing Craig Hansberry at Connacht, Matt...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoPrem review: Champions Cup is the one Johann van Graan wants to add to his collection at Bath
Paul Rees continues his summer series reviewing the Prem season, with the focus this week on Bath.
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoNew Gloucester lock Joe Joyce wants to make friends in The Shed
Joe Joyce is targeting a top-four finish with Gloucester after returning to the Premiership, with the lock enthused by the club’s...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 months agoLeinster exodus could make Irish provincial battles closer than ever as Connacht strengthen
Chris Collyer looks at how Leinster’s summer departures could make Irish provincial battles closer than ever, with Connacht among those strengthened...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 months agoJean Kleyn sets his sights on firing up Gloucester next season
World Cup-winning lock Jean Kleyn says he is ready for a “last adventure” after swapping Munster for Gloucester and reigniting his...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoMr Brookes? It’s Ireland’s selectors on the line
ONE of England’s forgotten props is in the process of relocating from Perpignan to Limerick, a move which offers Kieran Brookes,...
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Latest News
/ 4 months agoBrookes signs for Munster
FORMER England tight-head Kieran Brookes has signed a two-year deal with Munster after two seasons with Top 14 side Perpignan. Stoke-born...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 months agoBrendan Gallagher: John Bevan’s story comes to vivid life on stage
Brendan Gallagher applauds the new stage production celebrating the life of dual-code great John Bevan and says rugby has no shortage...
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Top 14
/ 4 months agoAgeless fly-half still calls the shots
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN WHOEVER said that rugby is a young person’s game clearly never met near-ageless Argentine fly-half Benjamin Urdapilleta....
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoPeter Jackson: It was a fitting end to James Lowe’s Ireland odyssey
Peter Jackson reflects on James Lowe’s emotional Leinster farewell, the contract dispute that ended his Ireland career and the challenge of...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoBlow for Ireland as Caelan Doris forced to miss Nations Championship tour
Ireland captain Caelan Doris will miss July’s Nations Championship matches with Australia, Japan and New Zealand with a foot injury.
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Junior International Rugby
/ 5 months agoUnder 20s World Championship: Ireland – Andrew Browne’s boys ready for huge test
Ireland head to the U20s World Championship after finishing Six Nations runners-up, with captain Sami Bishti leading a talented squad targeting...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSacha takes in a team that pride of place is full of class
THE BEST XV FROM 2025-26 AS VOTED FOR BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of the The Rugby Paper’s...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 5 months agoBulls book semi-final spot as Munster fade
■By SIMON CASEY MUNSTER’S title challenge came to a bruising end as last season’s finalists Bulls powered to victory in Pretoria....
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Features
/ 5 months agoPaul Rees: Ireland’s big boys must stand up after European heartache
Paul Rees says last weekend’s ‘European’ finals proved a chastening experience for Leinster and Ulster.
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoCaolan Englefield: Tomos Williams has raised my game at Gloucester
Gloucester fans are ruing another imminent big name departure from Kingsholm but Caolan Englefield is merely grateful for having the chance...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoCardiff flanker Dan Thomas insists 6,000-mile trip won’t bother the Welsh side
The URC reaches knock-out phase next weekend with Cardiff facing the journey to Cape Town to take on the Stormers.
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoPeter Jackson: Flood of tries may put Noah on alert
The muggings committed in recent rounds on a multiple basis ridicule the competition’s avowed aim of being ‘the most competitive’ league...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoMunster 24-17 Lions: Munster’s hard-fought victory secures play-off spot
■By HOLLY DAISY Munster secured their place in the play-offs with a hard-fought victory at Thomond Park despite spending six first-half...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoUlster 22-26 Glasgow: Glasgow finish top of the table as Ulster bow out
Glasgow secured top spot in the table after a pulsating encounter in Belfast which left Ulster sweating on their playoff fate
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoOsborne sparks Leinster charge
nBy JAMES STEPHENS Leinster ...........31 Lions................... 7 LEINSTER strengthened their push for a top-two finish with a bonus-point victory over at...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 6 months agoConnacht cash in on Barron’s red
nBy DAVID LYONS Connacht ........26 Munster............. 7 CONNACHT dominated the first half at Dexcom Stadium, taking a commanding 19-0 lead into...
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Features
/ 6 months agoPaul Rees: ‘Europe’ is a formidable mountain to conquer
Paul Rees looks at the challenges teams face on the road in the Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup plus more...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoDomachowski off to Scarlets
WALES prop Corey Domachowksi will join Scarlets at the end of the season from Cardiff to help fill the void left...
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