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We’ll Leave It There So: Ireland’s history makers, Stones wants out and today’s sport

Kevin O’Brien and John Mooney during training today ahead ODI between Ireland and Australia at Stormont on Thursday. Source: Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO HomeIreland men’s hockey team have earned a place in the Eurohockey Championship semi-finals after drawing with Belgium in London today. Andrew Trimble is ‘fit to go’ after taking part in Ireland training at Carton House today while Les Kiss is confident Cian Healy will win his fitness battle.There was another near miss for Nicolas Roche…

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‘A very good friend, a very good team-mate and an excellent player’: Foley on Donncha O’Callaghan

Click:ZOOY Vape MUNSTER HEAD COACH Anthony Foley was holding back everything but praise for second row Donncha O’Callaghan today. The second row is on the verge of a move to Premiership club Worcester Warriors after being given permission to seek out regular first team action. O’Callaghan, who was on a charity trip to South Sudan this week, had a year left on his contract and it is understood that IRFU performance director David Nucifora will have…

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Black and gold? 5 questions for New Zealand heading into the World Cup

Source: Davis Davies 1. Can Dan Carter deliver for the All Blacks? DAN CARTER HAS unfinished business at the World Cup. The talismanic No 10, with 106 Tests under his belt as well as a world record Test points haul of 1,516, is gearing up for his fourth tournament. Having been part of the All Blacks’ disastrous World Cup campaigns in 2003 and 2007, the Canterbury Crusaders No 10 was set to play a starring…

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Paul O’Connell: ‘We were like a bunch of guys going on a school tour’

PAUL O’CONNELL IS so often the man who sets the tone for this Ireland squad, and if his humour today in Cardiff is anything to judge by then Joe Schmidt’s players are absolutely raring to get started. Their World Cup campaign begins on Saturday at the Millennium Stadium, after they flew into the Welsh capital yesterday evening. Ireland were the final team to arrive to the global tournament, preferring to finish their preparations at home…

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Catalans stun Wembley to become first non-English side to win Challenge Cup

CATALANS DRAGONS BECAME the first non-English club to win the Challenge Cup with a 20-14 victory over Warrington Wolves at Wembley. The Perpignan side only retained their Super League status by winning the Million Pound Game last year and 11 months later they were celebrating their finest hour in the London sun. Lewis Tierney’s early try set the tone and Ben Garcia added another to put Catalans 14-6 up at the break, Josh Drinkwater slotting over a…

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Luke Harper to Return to the WWE Performance Center

PWInsider reports that Luke Harper is going to be appearing at the WWE Performance Center this week. – For some more Performance Center news, PWInsider states that former WCW and WWE Superstar David Taylor will be working as a guest coach for WWE at the Performance Center very soon. – Also, PWInsider reports that Bob Stoops is going to be the coach for the XFL team for Dallas for the league’s return next year. Stoops…

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CM Punk Copyright Violation Pursued by AEW

A copyright violation for a CM Punk shirt is being pursued by All Elite Wrestling, according to an eagle-eyed writer on Twitter. Douglas Hinkley shared a picture of a notice that a CM Punk T-Shirt on Redbubble was taken down after it was found to violate Pro Wrestling Tee’s copyright. Of note, the subject matter includes AEW as well as Pro Wrestling Tees. Whether this means that Pro Wrestling Tees is moving more closely under…

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SummerSlam 2019 pre-sale now on

The pre-sale for this year’s SummerSlam is currently on at Ticketmaster.com using the code WWESLAM. It will end tomorrow, March 14, at 10PM ET ahead of the general public sale which takes place on Friday, March 15 at 10AM ET also at Ticketmaster.com. Seats on sale range from CA $121 to CA $628 and Ticketmaster is displaying a note saying that only single seats are left. More seats will obviously be available during the general…

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Rachel Legrain-Trapani : Ses retrouvailles avec Valentin dans un lieu symbolique

Loin des yeux, mais près du coeur… Ce fut certainement le dicton de Rachel Legrain-Trapani et Valentin Léonard ces derniers jours après une courte et difficile séparation due aux activités professionnelles de Monsieur. Une séparation d’autant plus éprouvante que le couple a accueilli son premier enfant le 7 juillet 2020, un petit garçon prénommé Andrea. Une semaine seulement après son arrivée, Valentin Leonard a malheureusement été contraint de quitter le nid douillet, ce qui lui…

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Injuries to Holland and Cronin add to Munster’s woes in Glasgow

MUNSTER HEAD COACH Johann van Graan believes confusion over a key decision played a vital role in his side’s 25-10 defeat to Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun on Friday night.  Referee Ben Whitehouse thought he spotted, out of the corner of his eye, a potential offence by Glasgow co-captain Callum Gibbins as Munster were hanging on against a barrage of attacks. When play did eventually stop, with Glasgow earning a penalty, the broadcasters, however, could not…

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