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MUNSTER AND IRELAND wing Keith Earls is edging closer to making his first appearance of the season after coming through training at CIT today. The winger under went surgery on his patellar tendon in his right knee in September after struggling with the problem through pre-season. Today, however, the Limerick man re-joined the squad in a limited training session. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO “Keith Earls took part in part of the session today,” assistant coach Ian…

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MUCH HAS BEEN made of Munster’s historic ability to get out of tight spots during the build-up to Saturday’s crucial Champions Cup clash with Saracens, but equally as important will be the gameplan. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The ability of Peter O’Mahony, Paul O’Connell and co. to be at the required psychological pitch is not really in doubt; it goes without saying that Munster’s emotional intensity will need to be at memorable levels if they are…

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WALES AND BRITISH and Irish Lions prop Adam Jones has announced his retirement from international rugby union, in an interview published with Britain’s Sunday Times. The 33-year-old prop made 100 Test appearances in total, 95 for Wales and five for the Lions, and played in three Grand Slam-winning teams. However, the Cardiff Blues front row was left out of the Wales squad for this season’s Six Nations unveiled by coach Warren Gatland earlier this week, having also…

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IT IS HARD not to love Sonny Bill Williams when you watch him play rugby. His dazzling array of offloads and bone-crunching tackles are fun to watch and there is a bit of buzz whenever he gets the ball. Boxing SBW is the opposite to rugby SBW. He had his seventh professional fight last night and maintained his 100% record with a unanimous decision win over Chauncy Welliver but the standard of opponents he has faced…

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THE CHALLENGERS HAVE made their bow, now the champions enter the arena. Joe Schmidt’s Ireland are in Rome to take on Italy at the Stadio Olimpico (KO 14.30, 15.30 local). Preparations haven’t exactly been ideal for the defence of the title: from minor disruptions to frost-hit training schedules to the more visible problems like Jonathan Sexton’s concussion. Sexton has not played or taken part in contact training sessions since a clash of heads with Rob…

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https://vine.co/v/O0hK92EwAIn OOPS! Host Daire O’Brien left his panellists audibly amused on Against The Head tonight, after he accidentally referred to Donal Lenihan “chilling out with two bags of Coke”. The presenter quickly corrected himself, saying “bottles of Coke,” but the damage was already done, leaving Alan Quinlan in particular struggling to suppress a smile. h/t @luketyrel Analysis: What the hell was Sean O’Brien doing to the England maul?>Wales’ Sam Warburton expected to face Ireland in Six…

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IRELAND ARE MORE familiar with Warren Gatland’s methods than most, but then again there are rarely major surprises against Wales. With their direct ball carriers from set-piece, around-the-corner phase play, the kicking game of Dan Biggar and the chop-tackle-and-jackal threat of their back row, Wales are a highly identifiable unit. That blueprint has helped the Welsh to two Grand Slams under Gatland, while the Kiwi also guided the Lions to their 2013 success in Australia…

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THIS ARTICLE FOLLOWS on from an earlier piece analysing Paul O’Connell’s try against Scotland, which you can read here. ******************** Many had been waiting for Ireland to open their attacking game up and take a few more risks, and that happened to an extent in Saturday’s Six Nations-clinching win over Scotland at Murrayfield. Sean O’Brien holds the Six Nations trophy aloft at Murrayfield. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO As we saw with Paul O’Connell’s opening try and…

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1. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan defeated Heavy Machinery 2. Punishment Martinez defeated Rick Boog 3. MJ Jenkins defeated Aliyah 4. Jaxson Ryker defeated Brennan Williams 5. Lacey Lane and Chelsea Green defeated Reina Gonzalez and Vanessa Borne 6. Matt Riddle defeated Keith Lee 7. Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke defeated Kairi Sane and Mia Yim 8. Aleister Black defeated Riddick Moss

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1. Teruaki Kanemitsu Comeback Match Ren Narita and Teruaki Kanemitsu vs. Shota Umino and Ayato Yoshida (Time-Limit Draw) 2. Six-Man Tag Team Match CHAOS (SHO, YOH, and Rocky Romero) defeated Toa Henare, Tiger Mask IV, and Jushin Thunder Liger 3. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii) defeated Suzuki-Gun (Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki) 4. Los Ingobernables de Japon (SANADA and EVIL) defeated The Elite (Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi) 5. Six-Man Tag Team Match Los…

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