Sometimes, when the bullet-fragment lodged in my hip begins to hurt beyond human endurance, there's nothing for it but to sip the laudanum and sit down to ponder.  Damn those [...]

Munster rugby legend finally retires

Munster did it to us again, for the fourth game in a row.  Dragging us to the very brink before finally dogging out a win.  I told you that my [...]

In a few minutes, the vital Munster-Scarlets match will kick off but Munster fans won't be feeling over-confident.  After getting out of jail twice in a row thanks to last-minute [...]

It looks like Doug Howlett might have injured his Achilles in the Ospreys match.  If this is true, he'll miss both Scarlets games.   A big blow for Munster. _________________

If you had gone into a bookies this morning and said, Excuse me, I'd like to put a tenner on Ronan O Gara making the winning score with the last [...]

Martin Johnson has quit as England manager on the very same day that Eddie O Sullivan left the USA Eagles. I don't know what's going on with Eddie, but Johnson [...]

Sport can be an allegory for life, but this was a metaphor for the times we live in.  It was inspirational.  An absolute refusal to lie down.  A complete rejection [...]

What did you think of the Leinster-Munster game on Friday?  I'm only getting a chance to think of it now due to a weekend of dissipation and ebauchery, but reflecting [...]

Those of us predicting a rout by New Zealand were proven wrong this morning when France lost by a single point in the lowest-scoring Rugby World Cup final on record. [...]