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Connacht champions! Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Supporting the Ireland women’s hockey team at the FIH Series Final Source: PressEye/Jonathan Porter/INPHO Dublin fans celebrate their incredible win over Galway in the Leinster SHC Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Usain Bolt taking on Jamie Carragher at a Soccer Aid match for UNICEF Source: Nigel French Robbie Brady celebrating his goal against […]

ITALY CAPTAIN SERGIO Parisse has signed a one-year contract with Toulon, the Top 14 outfit announced today. The 35-year-old number eight quit Stade Francais, with whom he had been since 2005, on Friday after reportedly falling out with South African coach Heyneke Meyer. “Undisputed leader on the field and in the locker room, Sergio Parisse […]

IN AN INTRIGUING pre-World Cup move, the All Blacks have named Crusaders star Richie Mo’unga to start at out-half for Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash with South Africa in Wellington [KO 8.35am Irish time], as Beauden Barrett shifts to fullback. Barrett has been the All Blacks’ first-choice out-half since the last World Cup but nine-times capped […]

AS WELL AS his first cap, Jean Kleyn will have a scar just above his left eye to remember his Ireland debut by.  The Munster second row required a number of stitches to close up a nasty-looking cut he sustained during the second half yesterday afternoon, but that didn’t stop him savouring the moment post-match […]

FRANCIS SAILI COULD make his first appearance for Munster this season in their top-of-the-table clash against Leinster on Monday. The St Stephen’s Day Guinness Pro12 tie [17.30, TG4/Sky Sports] pits Rassie Erasmus’ side, who are top on points difference, against Leo Cullen’s charges at Thomond Park. Kiwi centre Saili is fit to play in the […]

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SCOTLAND ASSISTANT COACH Jason O’Halloran has played down as “flattering,” comparisons between the team preparing to start the Six Nations against Ireland and the Championship winning side of 1999. Scotland were the last winners of the Five Nations Championship before expansion into its current guise. The coach of that side, Jim Telfer along with Andy […]

England and Bath fly-half Ford. Source: Alastair Grant ENGLAND FLY-HALF George Ford has agreed to rejoin Leicester Tigers for the start of next season in a deal which will see Freddie Burns move to Bath. Ford has been linked with a switch away from Bath since the Premiership club sacked his father Mike Ford as […]

IRELAND HEAD COACH Joe Schmidt says he has challenged his players to hit the ground running in Rome after their sluggish opening against Scotland proved so costly. Schmidt’s men shipped three tries in a porous opening 30 minutes in Murrayfield and despite rallying to lead in the second half, the defeat has left them playing […]

England 36 Italy 15 Click Here: Marcos Llorente Jersey Sale ENGLAND ADDED SOME brains to brawn in the second half of this afternoon’s Six Nations clash with Italy to seal a bonus point victory at Twickenham. Italy had held a shock 10-5 lead at half-time, thanks in no small part to their use of innovative, […]