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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I thought Munster would do it. Really, I did.  The Clermont boys looked rattled going in after the first half and with good reason, since their lead looked nothing like [...]

I’m kicking myself.  Why didn’t I go to London for that match? What a tremendous performance by Munster, led by a renewed Paul O Connell who dominated every aspect of [...]

Who’d have thought Ireland would win the Grand Slam?  And yet, in miserable, mud-covered struggle, Ireland’s women went to Milan and beat the home side to secure the ultimate Six-Nations victory. [...]

The baby polar bear grabs the big polar bear by the paw and says, Dad, am I really a polar bear? Of course you’re a polar bear, son. Are you [...]

It isn’t often you see a referee booed off the field by the winning supporters, but that’s what happened last night at Thomond Park, and while I’m personally not a [...]

Sometimes it would be better to stay at home and watch a game on the television.  At least that way, you can switch it off, or do press-ups or kick [...]

We needed a lift.  Let’s be honest about it, with all the misery going round, we desperately needed some kind of respite.  As if losing last week to Racing Metro [...]