Ireland V France Team Announced & 5 reasons Ireland can beat France

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

Wales Team to Face Scotland Announced

Wales: Byrne Stoddart Roberts J Davies S Williams Hook Phillips James Rees Mitchell B Davies AW Jones Lydiate Warburton R Jones. Replacements: Hibbard Yapp J Thomas Turnbull Knoyle S Jones Priestland. So Gatland has dropped Stephen Jones, kept in Mike Phillips and given James Hook his first start at Fly Half this season. I wonder … Read more

Six Nations 2011, 1 down 2 to go, What have we learnt? Twitter doesn’t like Brian Moore

Good start, good game. We have learnt that Wales lack confidence, Mike Phillips can be good but also very very bad. We have learnt that Chris Ashton is getting better at the highest level, even at avoiding yellow cards. We have learnt that Bradley Davies is by far and away Wales’ most effective ball carrier … Read more