The message is not getting through: players can no longer dance on the line of what is legal and safe
A November test against Fiji is unlikely to get Irish hearts racing at the best of times, let alone when it follows a thrilling victory over the reigning world champions a week earlier and features a second string side. While Kalaveti Ravouvou’s magnificent try in the fourth minute last Saturday gave us some hope the game would be a close contest, it quickly became what was predicted — a pedestrian,…
Champagne Ireland now taking all the right risks
A couple of years ago, it would have been hard for anyone to imagine an Irish team scoring a try like Mack Hansen did in the 50th minute of Saturday…
Hatred exists in this fixture. Nobody wants to keep losing to their arch-rivals
SOME games get you up more than others. There’s no denying it. People can be surprised to hear that; they think it’s a sign of weakness if a player fails…
In dressing rooms, the language barrier is very real
Darwin Nunez, Liverpool’s big summer signing, was the subject of some recent online ridicule. A quote was doing the rounds on social media: “The truth is, honestly, in the team…
I’m hard to rattle but harrowing Thompson documentary was scary
If you didn’t see BBC Two’s harrowing documentary on Steve Thompson’s battle with dementia this week, make the effort to watch it. I wrote about the former England front row…