The Word According To Gordon
What Gordon D’Arcy has been doing for the Irish Times over the past few months is giving an insight to the sport of Rugby union that no one has seen before. Past...
What Gordon D’Arcy has been doing for the Irish Times over the past few months is giving an insight to the sport of Rugby union that no one has seen before. Past...
Leinster Rugby and the IRFU today announced that backrow Kevin McLaughlin is to retire from rugby on medical grounds. Having sustained a concussion in the opening Guinness PRO12 game...
Japan & Georgia both pulled off monumental upsets yesterday in their respective pool games. Let’s take a look back at some of the greatest world cup upsets of all time....
Wales international Jonathan Thomas has been forced to retire from rugby at the age of 32. Thomas, who helped the Worcester Warriors win promotion back to the Premiership last season,...
Jesse Kriel’s meteoric rise on the international rugby scene makes him one of the most exciting prospects at next week’s World Cup. The 21 year old is seen as the...
The last two weeks have been entirely focused on the announcement of each country’s 31 man Rugby World Cup squad. Hearts were broken and dreams were shattered, but it is...
Milner-Skudder’s sudden rise is best summed up by the fact he did not recognise All Blacks manager Darren Shand’s number when he called to deliver the good news on Sunday....
Brian O’Driscoll rates Sam Burgess’ attacking game below the standard required at international level and was more impressed by Henry Slade during England’s victory over France. Burgess and Slade forged...
To mark the launch of the all-new Audi Q7, Audi Ireland Brand Ambassador Rob Kearney decided to take two unsuspecting Audi salespeople on a test drive with a difference… Enlisting...
Sam Burgess was widely touted as the next Sonny Bill Williams when he made his record breaking move to Rugby Union and Bath. His first season was far from impressive...