There is nothing like a good training ground bust up to get the rumours flowing and the handbags were firmly out in a Werder Bremen training session yesterday. Marko Arnautovic who may be familiar from the Austria line up on Tuesday night against Ireland, was not too pleased after his team-mate Sokratis Papastathopoulos, sent him to the ground with a tackle. The scuffle ended in Arna... »
Goals from the Ireland v England amateur game played in Whitehall recently. Added bonus footage the England left full’s knee slide goal celebration fail. The Irish squad is: Lee Murphy, Gavin Mc Dermott, Keith Dunne (D YC), Morgan Cranley, Noel Murray (Tolka Rovers), Anthony Wolfe (Middleton), James Walsh (St. Michaels), Ian Cherry (Bluebell Utd), Ian Mc Neill (Cherry Orchard), Neil O’... »
With the Autumn tests almost upon on us, here is a look back over the best, worst and funniest international test moments so far this year. Highlights include a tandem flying headbutt, a celebratory eye poke and somebody sitting on Richie McCaw’s face. [rugbydump] »
It’s only 17 days until the start of the Euros, so we’ve made a video. Let’s hope this year’s tournament throws up some great matches, with moments like these. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqzhji_greatest-moments-in-eurpean-championship-history_sport »
Picking up on a conversation from last weekend's Saturday Sport on Newstalk, Ger Gilroy discusses the 5 best sporting event he's seen in person. »
By ‘machinery’ they mean Paul O’Connell. »
Irish striker Cillian Sheridan was a guest pundit on BBC Scotland’s Sportscene last night. Rather than wearing the usual shirt and slacks, our favourite Cavan man embraced this season’s most popular fashion trend. photo via: @krys1888 »
Nigel Owens is one of Rugby’s best known referees, but still, if he gets in your way, you have to take him down. »
Ireland have never beaten the All Blacks, and that didn’t change this morning as they were humbled 66-28 in New Plymouth this morning. Jamie Heaslip was sent off by Wayne Barnes in the fifteenth minute for kneeing All Black captain Richie McCaw in the head. Ronan O’ Gara was sinbinned ten minutes later, and not surprisingly New Zealand went in 38-7 up at halftime, the Irish try coming ... »
Has everyone missed this, or are there more important things in life. Picture this, a wealthy media mogul from Dublin reaches deep into his hand-sewn pockets at the start of the Morgan Kelly sponsored recession and hands over enough cash to John Delaney and his cohorts so that they can get a proper manager to take care of the Irish football team post Staunton. Now picture this picture becoming eve... »
The advent of Twitter has brought the adoring fan and the achieving hero ever so close, these days its easy to jibe at Floyd Mayweather, laugh with Darren Bent and learn from Mr100 Brian O’Driscoll. This weekend’s a big one for BOD and if you were wondering what he is going to do with the all important jersey, well you’re not the only one as he has fielded that query at http://twitter.com/brianodr... »
How better to express yourself than jumping over and into things. Once the domain of orphans and filthy streetchildren both the Central bank and Trinity college are now home to a group of expressive free-runners. But that isn’t where it stops, the questionable sport invented by a frenchman is now spreading across our great nation with men and women attempting amazing feats such as the wheeli... »
