Ulster do the double on Leinster as they win in Ravenhill.
Peter Burke Leinster scored 3 tries to Ulster’s 2 but it was the 3 penalty goals that gave the men in white their victory! It was the perfect evening for an interpro, the game was sold out and it had all the hallmarks of being a good game to be at let alone play in. […]
Stormers win in The Sportsground, leaving Connachts’ play off hopes on life support.
Peter Burke Connacht’s ambitions for a place in the Investec Champions Cup next year were dealt an almost fatal blow as they lost 16-12 to the Stormers at the Sportsground. Connacht will need a bonus-point win away to Leinster in the RDS, the weekend after next if they are to have any chance of progressing […]
Munster hang on for the win to secure a home QF.
Peter Burke This had all the criteria for being a good game. Munster on a seven game winning streak and Edinburgh needed a result to keep their hopes alive. It was the perfect evening for a game. It took 6 minutes for the scoreboard to light up with Ben Healy kicking a penalty putting the […]
Can the powers that be stop tinkering with the Investec Championship Cup please, thanks.
Danny Brosnan As the final 23/24 final is almost in sight. I think Its time to take a look at all the recent changes to structural changes of this competition. From group stage to quarter final. In the beginningOh it started off nice and easy. Five groups, four teams, six rounds of group matches played […]
Ulster earn a welcome boost for playoff hopes.
Peter Burke This could have gone either way and I just didn’t know who was winning this. Before we go into it lets read what the coaches said after the game so we can put a better frame on it: Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel: “We were disappointed with the result in the end. We started […]
Navigating Career Paths: The Transition Journey for Rugby Union Players
Joe Sheppard From Try Lines to Future Career Lines: Navigating Life Paths for Rugby Union Players – From the fierce tackles on the pitch to the strategic manoeuvres off-field, the transition from rugby union to a thriving post-sport career can be as challenging as any championship game. But when should players start plotting their next […]
Our beautiful game promotes all the core values.
Bernard Mc Gearr It was 1823 when William Ellis was student in Rugby, a market town in Warwickshire, near the River Avon. near to the borders with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire picked up a ball and ran with it creating a sport with approx. 10 Million registered players world wide. For anyone that is new to […]
Munster ease past Connacht with a convincing win.
Peter Burke I wouldn’t have said its in the bag for Munster prior to kickoff but with the current run of form that Munster are on and a somewhat patchy form for Connacht the odds were against a home upset. Munster were looking for their first interpro win of the season and they had the […]
Ospreys no match for ruthless Leinster.
Peter Burke at the RDS It was the perfect evening for a game of rugby, the sun was shining, got the lift to the ground, grabbed a couch in the Herbert Park Hotel and began writing some notes. So Ospreys are currently third In Pool 2 of the Challenge Cup not bad but not really […]
Neutral City venue for the Semi – Finals, no wont work.
Peter Burke It would appear that the powers that be are determined to ruin the game that we all love and support. We have a double whammy here to say the least, first we had the moronic idea of a 20 minute red card and now we have this absolute ridiculous idea of neutral cities […]