SIMON ZEBO SAYS it was important for him to take a stand against the Ulster supporter who racially abused him at Kingspan Stadium to set an example for his young children. The Racing 92 fullback was subjected to the abuse during the Heineken Champions Cup game in Belfast earlier this month, and Ulster Rugby have…
A TRIO OF uncapped hookers have been named in Scotland’s squad for the Six Nations, which sees back row John Hardie make his return. With Fraser Brown and George Turner injured, hookers David Cherry, Jake Kerr and Grant Stewart are among seven uncapped players selected by head coach Gregor Townsend. Back row Gary Graham, tighthead prop D’Arcy Rae…
DIVISION 1A YOUNG MUNSTER 5CORK CONSTITUTION 31 Cork Constitution’s Aidan Moynihan. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Young Munster scorers: Try: Derek Corcoran Cork Constitution scorers: Tries: JJ O’Neill 2, Conor Kindregan, Rob Jermyn, Greg Higgins;Cons: Aidan Moynihan 3 Cork Constitution took a big step towards securing a home All-Ireland League Division 1A semi-final with a five-try 31-5…
THE SCOTLAND TEAM to face Ireland in Saturday’s Six Nations fixture at Murrayfield (KO 2.15pm, Virgin Media One] shows four changes from their win over Italy. Despite contributing a hat-trick of tries to last weekend’s victory against the Italians, Blair Kinghorn drops down to the bench to make way for Sean Maitland, who has recovered…
ALL BLACK COACH Steve Hansen has reportedly kicked off his World Cup mind games early by labelling under-fire Wallabies boss Michael Cheika a Mickey Mouse figure. Hansen, whose team defeated Cheika’s Australia in the 2015 World Cup final, also said the Wallabies coach was vulnerable to mind games because he had trouble controlling his emotions,…
KIERAN MARMION IS set to give Joe Schmidt options at scrum-half for the remainder of the Six Nations as he returns to action this weekend for Connacht for the first time since featuring in the win over the All Blacks. Marmion started that game against New Zealand in the absence of Conor Murray to win…
1. St Patrick’s Athletic supporters light a flare during their match with Cork Source: Tommy Grealy/INPHO 2. Ireland’s Ciara Mageean celebrates breaking the Irish Indoor record Source: James Crombie/INPHO 3. Dundalk’s Robbie Benson is fouled by Sligo Rovers goalkeeper Edward McGinty for a penalty Source: Ciaran Culligan/INPHO 4. Waterford’s Kevin Lynch bends the ball past Alan Mannus of Shamrock…
Matt Hardy has been counting down the days till the end of his WWE contract on Twitter with eight more days to go. Matt, however, has been toying with wrestling fans on his social media but has not said what’s going to happen at the end of his countdown. He did say that he showed…
BLUES PROP MICHAEL Tamoaieta has died suddenly at the age of 23, New Zealand Rugby has confirmed. Tamoaieta made his debut for the Blues in Super Rugby last year and also featured for North Harbour. New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew paid tribute to the forward, stating: ”Our sincerest condolences are with Michael’s family at this…
AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE authorities have announced tough and controversial new rules to crack down on players accused of serious crimes after a spate of off-field incidents tarnished the game’s reputation. Under the regime, players who are charged with serious criminal offences will now be automatically suspended. Previously, they could continue playing while they awaited the…