Author: EMPEZARUNBLIG

Oulart The Ballagh won the Leinster senior camogie club title Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO And county star Ursula Jacob was named on the camogie Allstar team Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO The hurlers won the Leinster U21 title Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Which saw five Wexford players – Oliver O’Leary, Liam Ryan, Andrew Kenny, Jack Guiney and Conor McDonald – awarded a […]

In an interview with E & C’s Pod of Awesomeness, Pete Dunne revealed what Triple H promised him when he signed to WWE, spoke about wanting to fight Brock Lesnar and more. Here are highlights: On building the NXT UK brand: “It’s this unique opportunity that we never thought existed. And then, being able to […]

NO MATTER WHAT all of us outside the Leinster environment think or say, inside the bubble the squad continue to keep the shoulder to the wheel. And they keep showing a handy knack of winning tight games. Ben Te’o was just warming up when Ian Madigan took on the last-minute conversion. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The […]

LEINSTER REMAIN UNCERTAIN over the fitness of captain Jamie Heaslip ahead of Saturday’s Champions Cup clash with Castres at the RDS. The number eight injured his right shoulder in the Pro12 win over Ulster two weekends ago, being replaced after just 27 minutes of the tie. Leinster’s initial expectation was that Heaslip would be fit […]

Murray Kinsella reports from Allianz Park THERE WAS AT least one Irishman who enjoyed proceedings at Allianz Park this afternoon as Saracens swept Munster aside to reaffirm their status as Champions Cup contenders. Mark McCall won 13 caps for Ireland as a player, before moving into the coaching world with the Ireland U21s and Ireland […]

AMONG THE POSITIVES for Leinster in yesterday’s ultimately disappointing 20-20 draw against Wasps at the Ricoh Arena was the latest in a string of impressive displays from Luke Fitzgerald. The 27-year-old has pieced together six excellent performances at outside centre for Leinster over the last two months and with the Six Nations fast approaching it could […]

IN JOE SCHMIDT’S world, even an arguably meaningless result like last night’s 18-9 defeat for the Wolfhounds against the Saxons is unwelcome. The Ireland head coach will move swiftly on to further preparation for the Six Nations meeting with Italy in a week’s time, but any defeat for a team wearing green is not part […]

NEXT UP IN our team-by-team Six Nations guide is France as our auld mucker Jeremy from the Bajadita rugby blog runs the rule over PSA and Les Bleus. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Who will win the Six Nations? Ireland, because they play against France and England in Dublin this year. How are our French friends shaping […]

THERE WAS AN intriguing incident in the 22nd minute of Ireland’s win over England yesterday as Sean O’Brien was penalised for collapsing a maul. O’Brien conceded a penalty shortly before he was forced off the pitch. Watching in the stadium, our immediate impression was that the Ireland openside had been hard done by, although others […]

Source: Niall Carsons WHEN THIS CLERMONT team is put in the ground and a mason begins to etch words onto their tombstone, there won’t be many trophies for people to read about but it should at least say, ‘they always kept us entertained’. Sure, they substitute closing out tight games with a mixture of cowardice […]