Author: SOUTHESSEXARTSANDCULTURE

IT MAY SOUND more akin to something from American football, but Irish male athletes will have the chance to get involved in the IRFU’s new rugby sevens programme through a series of Talent Identification Days [TIDs] next month. Essentially, Irish rugby’s governing body are aiming to find the best athletes in the country to play sevens, […]

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But what about [insert your county here]? Don’t worry, we’ll be producing a series of articles that will cover every county in Ireland – even yours – over the next few weeks. See the ones we’ve already covered here. 1. The Longford hurlers won the Lory Meagher cup Martin Coyle lifts the Lory Meagher cup for […]

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Ben Blake Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO I WAS LUCKY to cover Ireland’s heroic performance against world champions Germany. Sadly, it was from the office and not Schalke 04′s Veltins-Arena. Having weathered the storm for 71 minutes, the Boys in Green gave a player of Toni Kroos’s quality far too much room on the edge of the […]

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LEINSTER HAVE CONFIRMED that Kevin McLaughlin will be sidelined for 12 weeks after the province’s medical team decided the back row needed shoulder surgery. The 30-year-old suffered the injury during Leinster’s 21-11  win over Connacht at the RDS on 19 December. McLaughlin’s season has been greatly stunted by injuries, while the earlier years of the […]

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LEINSTER PROP JACK McGrath has been suspended for three weeks for a stamping offence in last weekend’s Guinness Pro12 clash against Ulster. That time frame rules the loosehead out of Leinster’s crucial Champions Cup clashes with Castres and Wasps this month, as well as Saturday’s league meeting with the Cardiff Blues. However, the Pro12 disciplinary […]

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ROGER WILSON WILL captain Ulster this weekend after head coach Neil Doak made seven changes to his side for the Champions Cup meeting with Toulon. Having lost three of their four games so far in the competition, the northern province are already out of the running for quarter-final qualification before visiting the home of the […]

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THERE ARE REPORTS today that the government is set to drop already long-fingered proposals to ban alcohol companies from sponsoring sporting events. While there has been no official comment from the Department of Health today, RTÉ News is reporting that the proposal looks set to be abandoned following discussions between several government departments earlier this week. […]

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