A few points on Ireland beating Fiji…
Craig Gilroy good, selection and substitutions bad. Some points about Ireland's hammering of Fiji for Balls.ie.Ireland win (the first half) against South Africa…
A few thoughts on Ireland's loss to South Africa for Balls.ieFor Balls.ie: My Ireland team to face the Springboks
No Brian O'Driscoll, no Rory Best. As a cold shiver runs down the spine here's my Ireland team to face South Africa (part of the Balls.ie Rugby Nerds panel)Ireland vs. South Africa; Kidney’s lipservice to youth
Declan Kidney named his squad for the Autumn Series. An look at who he's picked, who he hasn't, and who should play against South Africa.A new Adidas rugby boot with a single front stud?
Wrote about this for The Irish Times…
Single front stud trial raises a rake of issues
Banned for decades, the mooted return of the isolated single stud is sure to be controversial, writes ANDY MCGEADY
THE IRB have introduced several changes to the game’s laws in a series of worldwide trials.… Read more...
Ireland vs. France for leCool Dublin
Published at: http://dublin.lecool.com/dublin/en/10752
Ireland v France
Allez Les Bleus! Berets will flood the streets later this week ahead of Ireland’s eagerly-awaited Six Nations joust with the French at the Aviva stadium.
Brian O’Driscoll’s men had a slow start to the campaign, scraping over the line against Italy in Rome courtesy of a crucial O’Gara drop goal in the last 90 seconds.… Read more...
The Baseball Hall of Fame
One of the interesting whimsies of stateside sports is their love of Halls of Fame (yes, with capital letters). There is a Hall of Fame for the NFL (Canton, Ohio), the NBA (Springfield, Mass.), the NHL (Toronto, Canada) and almost every other sport you could think of, whether at professional, college or amateur level.… Read more...
Will the Irl/Arg match go ahead?
Lots of snow around Ireland today, even here in Dublin, and it’s well below freezing right now (-6 degrees according to the thermometer). I was up very, very early driving back from the airport and happed to be going past the Aviva stadium. Photos below of a few of the main approach routes for the crowd – Bath Avenue, Shelbourne Road and Lansdowne Road itself.… Read more...
The Ireland vs. Argentina Story
Did a short piece on the Ireland/Argentina rivalry for The Score (sports section of The Journal); published today and reprinted below.
The Ireland vs Argentina StoryThe IRFU blazers didn’t take Economics…
After all the wondering it came down to one number: 35,517, worse than all but the most pessimistic of predictions. A number so meagre that it was left unannounced on the day. It is probably time, however, to be clear about one thing: the attendance problem at last Saturday’s rugby international between Ireland and the World Champion South Africans was not down to charging around €100 for a ticket, nor was it down to “the current economic environment”.… Read more...
