AS sure as night follows day, a tight result in a Test match will result in a barrage of hindsight-informed criticism being directed at the decisions made by the losing side. Following Ireland’s defeat to France on Saturday evening, the bulk of this has focused on the call to take three points rather than go …
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A BONUS point win against the defending champions? Sounds like the perfect start to another Six Nations championship. And while Ireland weren’t perfect themselves, they did look very convincing and at times, indestructible in what was a dominant performance against Wales on Saturday afternoon. That said, the challenge was a weak one, and this was as …
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The vast majority of Irish rugby fans would have settled in to watch the weekend’s excitement unaware of the tragedy that struck French rugby last Tuesday. Jordan Michallet, the starting out-half for Rouen in France’s ProD2 league, had taken his own life at 29 years of age. He recently signed a three year contract extension …
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It was only over the weekend that the lunacy of the new Champions Cup format really dawned on me. How could it possibly be considered reasonable to place each team in a pool with 11 others, and then only allow games against two opponents over four rounds to determine the progression to the knockout stages? …
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