332 : Leinster v Bulls preview

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LEINSTER :  15. Jordan Larmour 14. Rob Russell 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Jamie Osborne 11. James Lowe 10. Harry Byrne 9. Luke McGrath (c)

1. Cian Healy 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. Joe McCarthy 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan

16. Dan Sheehan 17. Michael Milne 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Caelan Doris 21. Jamison Gibson-Park 22. Ross Byrne 23. Liam Turner


VODACOM BULLS :  15. Willie Le Roux 14. Kurt-Lee Arendse 13. Canan Moodie 12. David Kriel 11. Devon Williams 10. Johan Goosen 9. Embrose Papier

1. Gerhard Steenekamp, 2. Akker van der Merwe, 3. Wilco Louw, 4. Ruan Vermaak, 5. Ruan Nortje (c), 6. Marco van Staden, 7. Elrigh Louw, 8. Marcell Coetzee (c)

16. Johan Grobbelaar, 17. Simphiwe Matanzima, 18. Mornay Smith, 19. Reinhardt Ludwig, 20. Mpilo Gumede, 21. Zak Burger, 22. Chris Smith, 23. Harold Vorster


BKT United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 13

Friday, March 29, 2024

KO 7:35pm  RDS

Live on: TG4, Premier Sports 2, URC.tv


Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

AR1: Chris Busby (Ireland)

AR2: Andy Fogarty (Ireland)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

331 : Zebre v Leinster wrap

23 March 2024; Rob Russell of Leinster evades the tackle of Simone Gesi of Zebre on his way to scoring his side’s first try during the United Rugby Championship match between Zebre Parma and Leinster at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma, Italy. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

🏉 Rocket Rob

🏉 The Osbournes

🏉 Max Exposure

🏉 Les Femmes En France

🏉 Running With The Bulls

TOM COLEMAN & CIARÁN DUFFY

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FULL TIME TAKES

Kevin Kelehan

Score flattered Leinster who finished ruthlessly and tackled and tackled, great squad depth

Shane Gallagher

We need to talk about Liam Turner. I know we can all see Jamie stepping up to a possible first choice centre position but Turner is so fast and powerful…love to watch him both in defence and attack!

Karen Mooney

As always leinster come out in the second half.. and put the match to bed…


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ROUND 12

GLASGOW 17-13 CARDIFF

OSPREYS 17-27 MUNSTER

SHARKS 22-12 ULSTER

SCARLETS 16-13 BENETTON

STORMERS 43-21 EDINBURGH

CONNACHT 14-38 LIONS

DRAGONS 10-31 BULLS

ZEBRE 7-31 LEINSTER



ROUND 13

FRI MAR 29

LEINSTER V BULLS

DRAGONS V ZEBRE

SAT MAR 30

BENETTON V CONNACHT

SHARKS V EDINBURGH

OSPREYS V LIONS

STORMERS V ULSTER

SCARLETS V GLASGOW

MUNSTER V CARDIFF



330 : Zebre v Leinster preview


LEINSTER : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Rob Russell 13. Liam Turner 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Andrew Osborne 10. Ross Byrne 9. Luke McGrath

1. Ed Byrne 2. Lee Barron 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ross Molony 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Will Connors 7. Scott Penny (c) 8. Max Deegan

16. John McKee 17. Michael Milne 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Brian Deeny 20. Diarmuid Mangan 21. Fintan Gunne 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Henry McErlean


 ZEBRE PARMA : 15. Jacopo Trulla 14. Scott Gregory 13. Luca Morisi 12. Fetuli Paea 11. Simone Gesi 10. Geronimo Prisciantelli 9. Gonzalo Garcia

1. Muhamed Hasa 2. Giampietro Ribaldi 3. Juan Pitinari 4. David Sisi 5. Leonard Krumov 6. Davide Ruggeri 7. Iacopo Bianchi 8. Giovanni Licata (c) 

16. Tommaso Di Bartolomeo 17. Luca Rizzoli 18. Riccardo Genovese 19. Matteo Canali 20. Josh Kaifa 21. Alessandro Fusco 22. Damiano Mazza 23. Pierre Bruno 


BKT United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 12

Saturday, March 23, 2024

KO 7:35pm  Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium

Live on: RTÉ2, Premier Sports 2, URC.tv


Referee: Morne Ferreira (South Africa)

AR1: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

AR2: Dante D’Elia (Italy)

TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

329 : Ireland v Scotland wrap

2024 Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 5, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 16/3/2024 Ireland vs Scotland Ireland celebrate winning the 2024 Guinness Six Nations ChampionshipMandatory Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

🏉 Late late change

🏉 Defences on top

🏉 Tentative lead

🏉 Tackle count showing

🏉 Champions


TOM COLEMAN & RICH MIFSUD


FULL TIME TAKES

Jamie Bermingham

Well we got the win and that’s great, but it’s back to the drawing board not just for SA but for next year as well.  Delighted with the win though 😂

Kevin Kelehan

Won the game and the championship, was happy to see Ireland come through yesterday with Keenan and Ringrose off the pitch from the start against a Scotland side a lot stronger out wide than in tight. What England has exposed is Ireland need a second row size 6 to compliment Van Der Fliers speed, Ireland are only pressured by teams with a weight advantage 4-8. Fix that weight deficit whilst retaining poachers like Doris and Van Der Flier and Ireland will reach the next level.

Craig Boyd

Job done, our expectations have all changed so today was a bit of an anticlimax. All the same what a great team they are.

John O Halloran

Great to get the wins and the championship but big tests and rejigging needed.

England and Scotland were well up to that Irish attack.

The Scottish 6 was excellent.

Alastair McDermott

I was hoping to see Andy Farrell bringing his kids out on the pitch to celebrate


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SIX NATIONS WRAP

ROUND 5

WALES 21-24 ITALY

IRELAND 17-13 SCOTLAND

FRANCE 33-31 ENGLAND



UNDER 20s

ROUND 5

IRELAND 36-0 SCOTLAND

WALES 27-15 ITALY

FRANCE 31-45 ENGLAND




328 : Ireland v Scotland preview



IRELAND : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Calvin Nash 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Jack Crowley 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Peter O’Mahony (c) 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Finlay Bealham 19. Ryan Baird 20. Jack Conan 21. Conor Murray 22. Harry Byrne 23. Garry Ringrose


SCOTLAND : 15. Blair Kinghorn 14. Kyle Steyn 13. Huw Jones 12. Stafford McDowall 11. Duhan van der Merwe 10. Finn Russell (cc) 9. Ben White

1. Pierre Schoeman 2. George Turner 3. Zander Fagerson 4. Grant Gilchrist 5. Scott Cummings 6. Andy Christie 7. Rory Darge (cc) 8. Jack Dempsey

16. Ewan Ashman 17. Rory Sutherland 18. Elliot Millar-Mills 19. Sam Skinner 20. Matt Fagerson 21. George Horne 22. Cameron Redpath 23. Kyle Rowe


Guinness Six Nations 2024 Round 5

Saturday, March 16, 2024

KO 4:45pm  Aviva Stadium

Live on: Virgin Media One


Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)

AR1: Karl Dickson (Eng)

AR2: Christophe Ridley (Eng)

TMO: Marius Jonker (SA)

327 : England v Ireland wrap

2024 Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 4, Twickenham, London, England 9/3/2024England vs Ireland Irelands James Lowe scores a try Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Andrew Fosker

🏉 Straight on back foot

🏉 Somehow ahead

🏉 The Earl Of Twickenham

🏉 Last gasp

🏉 Title still on


PÁDRAIG KELLY

FULL TIME TAKES

David Monahan

England had their best game in about 3 years and only beat us by a point. Lads gave everything and just a bit off and that’s what happens. Suppose there is a reason we’ve not seen back to back grand slams in 30 years

Ciara Lennon

Big wake up call for Ireland. England came to play and played the better rugby on the day. They never let Ireland settle. Too many handling errors from Ireland. Too many penalties conceded. I love Peter O Mahony but 2nd yellow card for a captain in one tournament is just not good enough. He needs to get a better example. Should Murray have kicked it away with 90seconds on the clock? Probably not but at thr end of the day, Ireland were just out played

Craig Boyd

In simple terms England should have been out of sight, Ireland in no way deserved the win. That being said they got themselves in a position were they should have won but can’t help but thinking when Murray kicked the ball away with 90 seconds to go that he offered England the perfect opportunity for them to win the game. Did he not trust his forwards to see out 90 seconds?

Jamie Bermingham

So much arrogance from the media in the build up and then after both tries we didn’t put any pressure on them. England came to play rugby and got the win simple as

Big Joe Shep

• England were exceptional today and outplayed us in everything.

• It was a poor day at the office and it happens but as a collective, we didn’t turn up I’m afraid

• An aging Murray with a wasted box-kick in the last embers of the game was woeful buddy!!! Give the ball to your opponents who have dominated the entire game, require only a Pen is NOT what this Ireland team does. I’m afraid he’s way way out of kilter with THIS Ireland team and it ultimately cost us!! 🤷‍♂️😥🏉

• All that said, we lost by 1 Pt and that shows how good we are….. We go again next week and put Scotland to the sword!!!

James Griffin

Far too much talk about how much Ireland would win by during the lead up. And blaming Murray is just provincial shite. He didn’t give away penalties, drop passes, or miss tackles. A little bit of honesty wouldn’t go astray. Wake up call, big time!

Gavin Hegarty

So disappointing. Mainly because it wasn’t how we should play. First four minutes were great but then we dropped off and honestly if England were better they would have put us away. You’d think Murray with his ‘experience’ would know how to close out a game. His box kicking is infuriating yet he still does it to no benefit.

Better team won, we just didn’t show.

Kevin Kelehan

England could have been out of sight after 20 mins, Ireland had the game won around 78 minute but lost it, se la vie. Arsen Wenger spoke of great teams playing badly but winning, thats where Ireland need to get

Colin McConaghie

If people properly analysed the Welsh game this performance was coming. We created very little against a very limited Welsh team and our back line looked one paced and lacking creativity. The Bundee bash it up played straight into Englands hands. It showed on the two occasions we actually passed wide we scored.

Penalty count far too high and poor kicking from Lowe and then Murray gifted easy possession to run back at us and score.

We are still a very good team and will likely win the Championship but the over hype has been embarrassing and we are still far too over reliant on our “first choice” players.


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ROUND 4

ITALY 31-29 SCOTLAND

ENGLAND 23-22 IRELAND

WALES 24-45 FRANCE



ROUND 5

SAT MAR 16

WALES V ITALY

IRELAND V SCOTLAND

FRANCE V ENGLAND


UNDER 20s

ROUND 4

ITALY 47-14 SCOTLAND

ENGLAND 32-32 IRELAND

WALES 12-45 FRANCE



ROUND 5

FRI MAR 15

IRELAND V SCOTLAND

WALES V ITALY

FRANCE V ENGLAND



326 : England v Ireland preview


Our guest : CIAN O’MUILLEOIR


IRELAND : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Calvin Nash 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Jack Crowley 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Peter O’Mahony (c) 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Ronan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Finlay Bealham 19. Iain Henderson 20. Ryan Baird 21. Jack Conan 22. Conor Murray 23. Ciaran Frawley


ENGLAND : 15. George Furbank 14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 13. Henry Slade 12. Ollie Lawrence 11. Tommy Freeman 10. George Ford 9. Alex Mitchell

1. Ellis Genge 2. Jamie George (c) 3. Dan Cole 4. Maro Itoje 5. George Martin 6. Ollie Chessum 7. Sam Underhill 8. Ben Earl

16. Theo Dan 17. Joe Marler 18. Will Stuart 19. Chandler Cunningham-South 20. Alex Dombrandt 21. Danny Care  22. Marcus Smith 23. Elliot Daly


Guinness Six Nations 2024 Round 4

Saturday, March 9, 2024

KO 4:45pm  Twickenham

Live on: RTÉ2, ITV1


Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

AR1: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

AR2: Craig Evans (Wales)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

325 : Cardiff v Leinster wrap

2 March 2024; John McKee of Leinster celebrates as Michael Milne of Leinster, obscured, scores his side’s fourth try during the United Rugby Championship match between Cardiff and Leinster at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

🏉 Pack mentality
🏉 Offloadin’ Will
🏉 Carré-d away
🏉 Doin’ sh*t well
🏉 10 outta 10



FULL TIME TAKES

Kevin Kelehan

Scoring when down to 14 was indicative of a team that knows how to win, the hunger in the squad is superb.

Eamon Saunders

Good win again ,great to have so much talent in the set up 👍


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ROUND 11

EDINBURGH 19-15 OSPREYS

MUNSTER 45-29 ZEBRE

LIONS 40-10 SHARKS

BENETTON 9-19 GLASGOW WARRIORS

BULLS 40-22 STORMERS

CONNACHT 26-10 SCARLETS

CARDIFF 20-33 LEINSTER

ULSTER 49-26 DRAGONS



ROUND 12

FRI MAR 22

GLASGOW V CARDIFF

OSPREYS V MUNSTER

SAT MAR 23

SHARKS V ULSTER

SCARLETS V BENETTON

STORMERS V EDINBURGH

CONNACHT V LIONS

DRAGONS V BULLS

ZEBRE V LEINSTER



324 : Cardiff v Leinster preview



LEINSTER : 15. Jordan Larmour 14. Liam Turner 13. Jamie Osborne  12. Harry Byrne 11. Rob Russell 10. Ross Byrne 9. Luke McGrath

1. Jack Boyle 2. Lee Barron 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ross Molony 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Will Connors 7. Scott Penny > CAPTAIN 8. Max Deegan

16. John McKee 17. Michael Milne 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Brian Deeny 20. Rhys Ruddock 21. Ben Murphy 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Ben Brownlee


CARDIFF : 15 Jacob Beetham 14 Owen Lane 13 Max Clark 12 Ben Thomas 11 Aled Summerhill 10 Tinus de Beer 9 Ellis Bevan

1 Rhys Carré 2 Liam Belcher 3 Will Davies-King 4 Shane Lewis-Hughes 5 Josh Turnbull (c) 6 Ellis Jenkins 7 Thomas Young 8 Lopeti Timani

16 Dafydd Hughes 17 Rhys Barratt 18 Ciaran Parker 19 Ben Donnell 20 Alun Lawrence 21 Lucas de la Rua 22 Matthew Aubrey 23 Willis Halaholo


BKT United Rugby Championship 2023/24

Saturday, March 2, 2024

KO 7:35pm  Cardiff Arms Park

Live on: RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1, URC.tv


Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

AR1: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

AR2: Ben Breakspear (WRU)

TMO: Dave Sutherland (SRU)

323 : Ireland v Wales wrap

2024 Guinness Six Nations Championship Round 3, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 24/2/2024Ireland vs WalesIrelands Bundee Aki breaks away from Dafydd Jenkins of Wales Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ben Brady

🏉 Early Welsh D

🏉 Ace Aki Again

🏉 Who throws a shoe?

🏉 Turnover Tadhg

🏉 Bonus Point Beirne


CIARÁN DUFFY & KRISTIAN ROSS

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FULL TIME TAKES

Kevin Kelehan

Wales definitely better than most expected, Ireland will need to be more disciplined in Twickers but can get a bonus point win if they iron out the errors. Was delighted to see Frawley score a super try

Colin McConaghie

We need pace in the backline to get to the really top level. Possibly a bit complacent today but Lowe was really poor with his kicking and will cost us against a better team

John Clavin

A couple of big referee decisions didn’t go Ireland’s way. But, a 24 point win in the 6N and we’re all a bit disappointed in the performance…. Heady days for Irish Rugby.

Christy O’Connor

Very sloppy 2nd half. Ref was inconsistent, but it was our own fault that we made such hard work of it.

Wales deserve some credit for not giving up.

Carmel Daly

Not perfect but technically they held Wales scoreless only for penalty try given. Job done 👍

Greg Kelly

If we’d done that any other year we’d be jumping for joy. I think it’s a sign of what we expect from this team that people are nit picking the performance.


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SIX NATIONS WRAP

ROUND 3

IRELAND 31-7 WALES

SCOTLAND 30-21 ENGLAND

FRANCE 13-13 ITALY



ROUND 4

SAT MAR 9

ITALY V SCOTLAND

ENGLAND V IRELAND

SUN MAR 10

WALES V FRANCE


UNDER 20s

ROUND 3

SCOTLAND 17-30 ENGLAND

IRELAND 43-8 WALES

FRANCE 20-23 ITALY



ROUND 3

THU MAR 7

WALES V FRANCE

FRI MAR 8

ITALY V SCOTLAND

ENGLAND V IRELAND