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Jean Kleyn Proud And Excited For RWC Start

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Irish Rugby TV spoke to Jean Kleyn after Captain’s Run in Kobe Misaki stadium earlier today. The Munster and Ireland lock is ‘really excited’ about his first ever Rugby World Cup game. The...

Ireland can learn from ’07 England: Farrell

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Coach wants Ireland to bounce back from shock loss to Japan.

Schmidt: We need to be wary of refs

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

World Rugby’s admission that match officials made several incorrect decisions against Ireland in their defeat to Japan has led Joe Schmidt to urge his players to be cautious.

Johnny Sexton honoured to captain Ireland

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Just seven weeks short of a decade since he kicked the first of his 767 Test points on debut against Fiji, Johnny Sexton spoke about the honour of finally leading Ireland onto the field as team captain.

O’Halloran stunned by Russian’s poor fitness in World Cup warm-up

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Connacht full-back Tiernan O’Halloran said they were shocked how unfit Russia were when they played them in Moscow in their final World Cup warm-up match.

Coetzee And Johnston Part Of Ulster’s South Africa Tour Squad

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland have named a 28-strong squad that will travel to South Africa to play the Toyota Cheetahs and the Isuzu Southern Kings in the GUINNESS PRO14 over the next two weekends....

Ronan O’Gara Recalls His All-Ireland League Debut

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

The Energia All-Ireland kicks off this weekend and Ronan O’Gara has been sharing some memories from his time in club rugby. The Cork man was a league winner with Cork Constitution, but it was in Division...

Richie Murphy And Niall Scannell Preview Ireland v Russia

6 years ago by Irish Rugby News

An all-Munster tight five, the slick and humid conditions at the Kobe Misaki Stadium, and the performance required from Ireland were all on the agenda today for Ireland skills & kicking coach Richie...

#RWC newsletter: Captain Sexton's dream and Joe Schmidt's greatest challenge

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

As Ireland hunkers down for the arrival Thursday of Hurricane Lorenzo (has a weather event ever sounded as masculine?), over in Japan the boys in green are slowly moving on from the wreckage of last Saturday’s...

World Rugby admit three offside penalties wrongly awarded against Ireland - Schmidt

6 years ago by Breaking News.ie : Rugby

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has received confirmation from World Rugby that three penalties awarded to Japan during Saturday's shock 19-12 defeat to the host nation in Shizuoka were “incorrect calls”...