Rob Baxter hopes for better record against Bath after famous win...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoRob Baxter hopes that Exeter Chiefs’ victory over Bath will mark a turnaround in fortunes against the side from The Rec in future encounters. Bath had lost eight and drawn one of their nine Premiership...
Exeter Chiefs 16 Bath 6: Match report
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoExeter Chiefs put their Premiership Bath hoodoo to bed as they overcame their rivals in a scrappy game at Sandy Park. Henry Slade kicked 11 points while Will Chudley scored a late try to hand the hosts...
Choke tackle pioneer Kiss hits back at Edwards
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumLes Kiss, the pioneer of the choke tackle, has rejected Wales coach Shaun Edwards' claims the technique is "very dangerous". Ireland assistant coach Kiss claimed Edwards was "wide of the mark" to label...
Kiss defends choke tackle technique
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby28 February 2015Ireland assistant coach Kiss claimed Edwards was "wide of the mark" to label the ploy "a blight on the game", suggesting tackling with a bid to hold players off the ground...
Catt: England know scale of task against Ireland
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumEngland are under no illusions as to just how big a task awaits them when they play Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, according to assistant coach Mike Catt. With both teams having won two from two heading...
Ireland v England: Where the match will be won and lost
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsOrganisation and discipline Ireland are the most organised and disciplined side in the championship in terms of choosing the right options. They never mess around. If they are in the wrong area of...
Six Nations 2015: Joe Schmidt so close to capturing special win for Ireland against England in Dublin
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: RugbyBy Ruaidhri O'Connor – 28 February 2015The coach is not one for hyperbole but even he couldn't resist giving the visit of England top billing. Over the course of...
England coach Stuart Lancaster: Ireland our biggest Six Nations test - but we can win in Dublin
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsEngland flew into the eye of the Dublin storm on Friday night with Stuart Lancaster saying his team were “ready for whatever comes their way,” at what the head coach termed the “intimidating”...
Preview & key stats: Ireland v England (Sun)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsJordi Murphy replaces the injured Jamie Heaslip at number eight in Ireland's sole change to the starting XV to face England. Tommy O'Donnell and Eoin Reddan replace Murphy and Isaac Boss respectively...
Ireland v England: Spine-tingling shiver greets battle between champions' knowhow and visitors' promise
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThere is no false nationalism in the air, no silly anti-English stereotyping, no prospect of churlish hold-ups pre-match in the Aviva Stadium tunnel, just a spine-tingling shiver that the only two...
