We heard the new earlier today that Ronan O’Gara would join Racing Metro as an assistant coach. He confirms the move and his retirement from playing rugby in his first Irish Examiner column tomorrow. Delighted to confirm that Ronan O’Gara has joined the Irish Examiner and pens a first, extensive column in tomorrow’s edition. Do not miss. — Tony Leen (@tonyleen) May 17, 2013... »
Update: The Irish Independent has confirmed that ROG will be joining Racing on a two year contract. L’Equipe are reporting that Ronan O’Gara is set to join Racing Metro’s coaching staff next season as a kicking coach. There aren’t many details about at the moment but the prospect of O’Gara coaching Jonny Sexton is pretty insane. ROG joining Racing as kicking coach/con... »
It’s a sad day for both Irish and world rugby as winger Doug Howlett has been forced to retire due to a shoulder injury. To mark the retirement of the great kiwi here are some of the best tries from his career and some photos of his time in Ireland. Howlett was an unstoppable force for the All Blacks and is their record try scorer with an astonishing strike rate of 49 tries in 62 tests. He o... »
As the curtain was drawn on Munster’s season in Parma last Friday night, we take a look back at some of the highs and the lows of Rob Penney’s maiden season in charge of the province. A season that has ultimately ended without a trophy but with plenty of positives in looking ahead to next season. Rabo Pro 12 Unfortunately there weren’t too many positives to be taken from a campai... »
Jerry Flannery really is a lion at heart. »
Paul O’Connell has his angry and determined face on, with his head tightly squeezed between the thighs of the Munster tight-head prop and hooker. O’Connell who was today selected for his third Lions tour, trained for Munster at CIT in Cork ahead of their final match of the season against Zebre on Friday. Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE »
Could it be that the Clermont fans think that POC got off lightly? Picture credit: Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE »
Tomorrow’s Irish Independent reports that Ronan O’Gara has played his final game for Munster. The paper cites Munster sources which say ROG has decided to “call a halt to his glittering career”. O’Gara brushed off questions about his retirement during an interview on Sky Sports in the aftermath of Munster’s loss to Clermont in the Heineken Cup semi-final on Satu... »
After Munster’s loss to Clermont in the Heineken Cup semi-final, Ronan O’Gara and Paul O’Connell came out for a post-match interview. When asked if this would be his last appearance for Munster in the Heineken Cup, O’Gara threw out the usual lines about not thinking about it right now and waiting until the end of the season to make a decision. He also added in an amusing co... »
It wasn’t looking good for Munster until Denis Hurley touched down thanks a brilliant kick through from Ronan O’Gara. »
Clermont centre, Aurélien Rougerie, will miss his team’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Munster this Saturday according to French website, La Montagne. Rougerie suffered a torn muscle in his thigh during Clermont’s 39-17 win over Toulouse on Saturday and could now miss the rest of their season. Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE H/T Murray Kinsella »
After Joe Schmidt yesterday spoke out strongly against the decision not to cite Paul O’Connell over the incident which left Dave Kearney with a concussion, Leo Cullen has also criticised the decision of Citing Commissioner Eddie Walsh. Cullen is quoted in today’s Irish Times describing the kick as ‘extremely reckless’ and talked about how his faith in the disciplinary proce... »
Paul O’Connell will not be cited for his accidental kick of Dave Kearney during the Munster vs Leinster game on Saturday night. It had been feared that a citing by citing commissioner, Eddie Walsh, would mean O’Connell missing Munster’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Clermont on April 27th. Those fears have been alleviated by this afternoon’s news. @rabodirectpro12 conf... »
Leinster had a hard fought win against Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday night. At the conclusion on the game, Leinster back row, Sean O’Brien, appears to replicate Paul O’Connell’s one finger in the air salute which featured in numerous publications after their victory over Harlequins in the Heineken Cup quarter-final. Imitation, flattery, etc. »
