Click:Green tea bag packing machine SOUTH AFRICA OUT-HALF Patrick Lambie will miss the series-deciding third Test against Ireland in Port Elizabeth on Saturday as he has not recovered from concussion. “Patrick is still experiencing symptoms of concussion and will not be available for selection,” said Springboks team doctor Konrad von Hagen. Lambie was concussed in … Continue reading "Springbok out-half Lambie won’t return in time for decisive third Test against Ireland"

Ciara Mageean returned to Ireland today with her bronze medal from the 1,500m at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO HomeMunster legend Paul O’Connell has returned to the province in a part-time, advisory role with the club’s academy.Dejected Waterford boss Derek McGrath has vowed to continue with his sweeper system in the … Continue reading "We’ll Leave It There So: O’Connell’s Munster return, GAA qualifiers confirmed and today’s sport"

WORLD RUGBY U20 Championship finalists Shane Daly, Sean O’Connor and Vincent O’Brien are among seven new recruits to Munster’s academy this season. Click Here: Cruzeiro soccer tracksuit With out-half Bill Johnston moving into year two of the academy, the Wolfpup centre, lock and hooker will be joined by back rows Gavin Coombes and John Foley … Continue reading "Ireland U20 star Daly one of 7 new faces in Munster academy"

Benetton Treviso 11 Ulster 22 TRIES FROM LUKE Marshall, Ruan Pienaar and Rob Herring helped Ulster to grind out their second win from as many games in the new Guinness Pro12 campaign as they defeated Benetton Treviso this evening at the Stadio Monigo. Ulster, who were victorious at home to Newport Gwent Dragons in last … Continue reading "Pienaar steers Ulster to hard-fought victory in Treviso"

BORDEAUX-BEGLES PRESIDENT Laurent Marti has expressed his frustration at Adam Ashley-Cooper’s inclusion in Australia’s Rugby Championship squad. Ashley-Cooper’s call-up will ensure he is out of Top 14 action until October, but Marti thought the 32-year-old’s international career was on hold. “Yes, I’m annoyed,” he told Sud-Ouest when quizzed over the back’s Wallabies duties. ”Adam had told me that … Continue reading "Bordeaux-Begles aren’t a bit happy with Adam Ashley-Cooper’s inclusion in the Australia squad"

LEO CULLEN SAID Leinster are “making progress” in their search for a defence coach to succeed the outgoing Kurt McQuilkin, but cooled the links with former Bath boss Mike Ford. The highly-rated and well-respected McQuilkin will return to New Zealand in the coming weeks for personal reasons, leaving Leinster without the most experienced member of … Continue reading "Leinster ‘make progress’ on defence coach as Cullen cools Mike Ford link"

WARREN GATLAND WILL be confirmed as the 2017 Lions head coach in Edinburgh at 12pm this afternoon, allowing the Kiwi to begin plotting the greatest challenge of his coaching career. Beating a wobbly Wallabies outfit in 2013 is on a completely different level to what the Lions will face in New Zealand next summer. Gatland … Continue reading "Taking on the All Blacks is Gatland’s greatest coaching challenge"

SEAN CRONIN WAS no stranger to Joe Schmidt’s axe when he found himself unceremoniously cast aside for the final two weeks of Ireland’s sorry Six Nations campaign. Indeed, an earlier run-in with the Kiwi’s cut-line provides a simple, straightforward template Leinster fans will now hope to see him follow again: the trail he blazed for … Continue reading "Sean Cronin intent on keeping ‘the head down’ for Leinster as he bounces back after Ireland woes"

“‘ROSSY, YOU WERE born in the ‘70s!’ “I’m (born in) ’92 and you’re two generations older.’” Click Here: cheap adidas men shoes “He’s like: ‘you’re obsessed with my age, Tadhg, I’m fine!’” Tadhg Furlong is not a man who’s going to be happy being anyone’s understudy. Not any more. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO He’s good friends … Continue reading "‘Rossy, you were born in the ‘70s!’: Relentless Furlong ready to take over tighthead mantle"

Ryan Bailey reports from the Sportsground  A GRANDSTAND FINISH ensured this was a rollercoaster of an afternoon fraught with tension and emotion, but the collective roar when Caolin Blade booted the ball over the Clan Terrace spoke volumes of what it means to Connacht and their supporters. It was a nail-biter from start to finish … Continue reading "‘It means a lot to all of us, it means a lot to the west of Ireland’"