3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (202+ words) Sir, " A free admission that basketball was my sport, not rugby, but I always considered both very tactical. My bar-stool knowledge of the French is that they thrive on open play, so why give the ball to them and play…...

20+ hour, 20+ min ago   (649+ words) The use of Shannon Airport for flights carrying Palestinians being deported from the United States has been described as "reprehensible, "deeply disturbing and "outrageous by Opposition politicians in the Republic. It has been reported that a private jet owned by…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1040+ words) If you want to make everyone happy then don't be a leader. Sell ice cream instead. They're the words of Steve Jobs. Nowadays it might apply less than he thought. Someone will say they are allergic, others won't like the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (910+ words) Team-announcement day on a wet and dreary winter's morning in Paris seemed only to further dampen Irish expectations ahead of Thursday's opening night in the Six Nations. It's hard to recall when Ireland last went into the tournament as 6-1 third…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1010+ words) Thursday night's curtain raiser to the 2026 Six Nations is between the two countries who have dominated the championship in the last four seasons. It is also that tricky midway point in a second World Cup cycle for both Andy Farrell…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (708+ words) Less than an hour's drive from Parma lies the city of Modena, where the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti was born. Among life's true pleasures is listening to his arias and his memorable duets. Rather him than me. The current…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (458+ words) Defending champions France don't lack incentive but the health scare and enforced retirement of the hugely popular Uini Atonio might serve as an emotional lightning rod as Fabien Galthi's once again look the team to beat in this season's Six…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (832+ words) As well as avoiding the monsoon-like weather of home, where the Ireland Under-20s were consigned to training indoors all week at the IRFU's HPC, the squad have also managed to duck and dive out of the rain and wind to…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (749+ words) Since the first Lions tour of the professional era in 1997, France have dominated the following year's Six Nations. Les Bleus won the tournament in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2022. All were directly after a Lions tour. The French prosper because while the Anglo-Celts are…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (436+ words) The off-field turmoil regarding the future of the Welsh franchises, specifically the Ospreys" owners (the Hong Kong-based Sports and Media group Y11) being ratified as the WRU"s preferred bidder to buy Cardiff, has put rugby in the Principality in a…...