Bock The Robber

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. [...]

I received a thought-provoking email about my views on alternative medicine, and it seemed like a good opportunity to explain more clearly what I think. This is an area beset [...]

I have a few packs of frozen burgers in the freezer, purchased during an irrational bout of optimism that we might get some decent weather and have a barbecue.   [...]

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 [...]

Monty Python once carried out a survey of Belgian peasants, and penguins.  All the questions were in English, which meant that all the Belgians and all the penguins scored zero. [...]

Just in from Bruff RFC _______________________     Irish Wolfhounds vs English Lions   It’s nearly upon us. We’ve only three days to go to the first ever Rugby League [...]