Wales 22-30 Ireland – Match Review
All the fears and misgivings of those following Welsh Rugby were fully realised in the first half against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. The opening 6 Nations 2013 fixture started with...
View ArticleConor O’Shea Chats Ireland v England
Jamie Heaslip’s captaincy with Brian O’Driscoll in the team Brian O’Driscoll has captained at club and international level his entire career so it’s a different dynamic. It’s one thing Heaslip...
View ArticleSix Nations – Team Of Round 2
Italy took a step forward last week in Rome but came unstuck against a Scotland team that was, much to Scott Johnsons delight, technically better at the breakdown and wonderfully clinical in their...
View ArticleThe TOP TEN ‘Greatest Ever Six Nations Moments’
The RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship is, without doubt, the pinnacle of the rugby calendar and, indeed, the sporting agenda as a whole, each and every year. Since its initiation in 1883 as ‘The Home...
View ArticleSix Nations: The Story So Far – Part 2
On Friday, I lifted the Six Nations Trophy and it got me thinking, who will be lifting it come Super Saturday? Heart and head say that it will be Chris Robshaw. Together with Stuart Lancaster, he has...
View ArticleSix Nations – Team Of Round 4
The penultimate round of the 2013 Six Nations was nothing short of a complete let down. I was on a good friend of mine’s Stag Do this weekend and so I was looking forward to watching the games with...
View ArticleSix Nations – Team Of The Final Round
That’s it for another year and all in all I think Wales deserved to win, that coming from an England fan. Not just because they were superb against England, but because the weight on their shoulders...
View ArticleSix Nations: Team Of The Tournament
Inevitably this year’s Six Nations had the Lions selection as a sub plot, not just the last chance to impress on the international stage, but a chance to do so against rivals from the other nations....
View ArticleSix Nations 2014: Rising Stars of the Tournament
Another Six Nations has finished, a shooting star of a competition that is gone for another year as soon as it starts, it seems. With the dust (or should I say mud) settling and with the maestro Brian...
View ArticleSix Nations 2014: Team of the Tournament
This will always be the Six Nations remembered for being Brian O’Driscoll’s last. The 35 year old deserved to bow out in style as part of an impressive Irish team. Ireland deserved their crown without...
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