Posted by Andy McGeady on February 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A dance through the stats from last weekend's Six Nations rugby for the Irish Examiner
Category Sport · Tags england, france, Ireland, italy, John Lacey, referees, rugby, rugbystats, scotland, six nations, wales
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
As Brian O'Driscoll prepares to face Wales for a final time in a test match, I had a look back at his 2013 cameo at scrum half in Cardiff and some misty-eyed halfback memories from a former teammate.
Posted by Andy McGeady on January 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A piece for the Irish Times on what goes into making a decent surface for top level rugby union
Posted by Andy McGeady on August 21, 2013 · 3 Comments
Were Southern Hemisphere props punished last season as often as their Northern Hemisphere brethern?
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment
France need to score 52 points against Scotland to avoid being the lowest-scoring French team ever in the Six Nations. I look at some good and bad points for each team going into the final weekend.
Posted by Andy McGeady on March 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
On Saturday Ireland face a French team who've lost three Six Nations games in a row. It's never happened before.
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
On Sunday against Scotland Paddy Jackson will become Ireland's youngest test fly-half since Paul Dean in 1981. A look at Jackson's youth and the inexperience of his fellow debutante, Luke Marshall.
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Only six tries over the weekend with some dour matches. But the English gameplan was worth admiring. Less so the lazy commentary about the French.
Category Sport · Tags Australia, england, france, Ireland, italy, kicking, rugby, samoa, scotland, six nations, tackling, wales
Posted by Andy McGeady on February 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The opening Six Nations weekend saw 16 tries scored. I wrote in the Irish Examiner about how that was very unlikely to be repeated.
