England 16-20 Ireland After a disasterous visit to Paris and a very disappointing performance against the French, Ireland have got their 2010 Six Nations campaign back on track with a hard-fought victory in Twickenham. It was by no means a classic performance, made more of grit and determination rather than a champagne performance. A huge [...]
The evidence clearly suggests that Thierry Henry is a cheat, and a thief. Video replays show that he controlled the ball with his hand at least twice, and possibly 3 times, in a split second incident 13 minutes into extra-time of the France-Ireland World Cup Qualifying Playoff. Because of the resulting goal, France won, Ireland [...]
Breaking news – it appears that Matt Williams is leaving Ulster Rugby! A shock and total surprise. Sad news for Ulster and Irish rugby, Matt is a gentleman and a superb coach and will be greatly missed. Sources: last few minutes of the Ruggamatrix podcast, transcribed by mikerob over on the UAFC board:
Leinster beat Munster 25-6 in the 2009 Heineken Cup Semi Final, a reversal of the 2006 result What a win! What a glorious, glorious win! Here’s some pictures from the wonderful occasion, and it certainly was a massive win for rugby and Ireland, as well as Leinster. After my previous post being a humorous response [...]
Coming to this a bit late – I’ve missed the first game of the day where France predictably did a demolition job on Italy. For England – Scotland, I think this is a close game, if Scotland perform like they did in the first half against Ireland then they have a change of winning this [...]
I’m delighted that the 6 Nations has started, for me it’s without doubt the best annual sports competition in the world – I do love the Heineken Cup, but the 6N is the business. I didn’t see much of the Italian visit to Twickenham, what little I did see was predictable but nothing awe-inspiring from [...]