Declan Kidney has announced his side to take on the mighty Australians in Saturdays rugby World Cup group D decider. Although the Irish put on a fairly lacklustre display against the USA last week they are bolstered by the return of four first team regulars from injury. Team as follows: Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Brian … Read more
Declan Kidney has announced the side to face the USA on Sunday. Good to see Bowe and Earls on the wings, Conor Murray needs the experience and he has confirmed my worse fears by starting Geordan Murphy. I smell a Georgia… Ireland: G Murphy; T Bowe, B O’Driscoll, G D’Arcy, K Earls, J Sexton, C … Read more
So here we have it. The tier system threw up a bit of a surprise with the Cardiff Blues in Tier 1, for reasons why head to @HarpinOnRugby he’s a man with all the answers. So here’s what we have to look forward too: Pool 1: Munster, Northampton, Scarlets, Castres Pool 2: Cardiff, London Irish, … Read more
Irish team for Sunday as follows: 15 – Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster) 14 – Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt) 12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster) 11 – Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster) 10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) 9 – Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster) 1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 2 – Rory Best … Read more