Playing losers.
Munster 9 — Clermont Auvergne 16
Munster beaten by a better team
Joe Schmidt Defies Appendicitis to Watch Ireland vs Australia
Sending out the wrong message
Canonising Popes
They’re canonising two Popes tomorrow, which is fine by me as long as it doesn’t interfere with the Munster-Toulon match. As far as I’m concerned, Catholics can call dead people […]
Munster 47 – Toulouse 23
Munster obliterate Toulouse at Thomond Park
Six Nations. France 20 — Ireland 22
Yes, I know. This is only the second time in 42 years that Ireland beat France at home. It’s only the second time we’ve won the Six Nations. I know. […]
Munster 38 — Edinburgh 6
After an initial 15 minutes of uncertainty, Munster locked it down, taking command of the game and dismissing Edinburgh’s challenge in short order. It was a game of burly front-row […]
Autumn Internationals. Ireland 22 — New Zealand 24
I’ve been sitting for about six hours now staring at a blank TV screen and asking myself, what happened there? Forty minutes of sublime rugby from the Irish had reduced […]
Munster vs Gloucester 26-10
It was hard to take much comfort from Munster’s 26-10 defeat of Gloucester, given the visitors’ decision to field a second-string side in Thomond Park. After last week’s ludicrous defeat […]
Is the End of the Heineken Cup an Opportunity for the Clubs?
With the French and English rugby federations making noises about setting up a new competition consisting only of themselves, could we be looking at the end of the European Cup […]