Tag: Ireland

  • 2013 Six Nations – Wales vs Ireland Predictions

    2013 Six Nations – Wales vs Ireland Predictions

    The opening match in the 2013 edition of the Six Nations tournament brings together two teams that have formed possibly the finest rivalry in the tournament in recent years; Wales, the defending champions and Ireland, who haven’t won a Six Nations title since 2009.

  • Squads for the 2013 Six Nations Championship

    Squads for the 2013 Six Nations Championship

    For the 14th time, the Six Nations Championship gets underway; counting the previous Home Nations and Five Nations incarnations, this is the 119th edition of the annual Northern Hemisphere championship. Wales are the defending champions, England are confident due to their Autumns tests and the win against the All-Blacks, while France always have the talent to win it, but not always the will.

  • Kevin Kilbane Rapping Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’

    Not playing for your national team doesn’t mean you can’t go to the Euro and have some fun. Kevin Kilbane, part of the RTE group for Euro 2012, entertained Irish fans with a rather successful version of Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’, rapping the classic to tune to the delight of Ireland fans.

  • Euro 2012 – Group C Preview

    In a different time, this might have been a group of death as well. But in the Euro 2012, Spain seem to be clear favorites while Italy hope that a change of style will erase the embarrassment of the World Cup failure; Croatia are better than their recent results suggest; Ireland rely on team spirit […]

  • Six Nations Grand Slam Winners Since 2000

    Although it sounds impressive, the Grand Slam in the Six Nations era has not been that hard to achieve. Since Italy joined the competition in 2000, 8 Grand Slams have been achieved out of the 13 tournaments. Wales, winning 2012, made it 3 Six Nations grand slams for them, making it even with France, who they beat to capture their fifth win in 2012.

  • Tommy Bowe Show Not Enough (France vs Ireland)

    Ireland don’t normally find success when playing in Paris against France in the Six Nations, but Tommy Bowe and his two brilliant tries in the first half gave them hope of winning their first match there since 2000, but the French had an impressive and powerful first twenty minutes in the first half, pulling through to a 17-17 draw.

  • Euro 2012 Playoff Draw

    Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal will have to go through Bosnia again to make a major tournament, as the Euro 2012 Playoff draw also pitted Ireland vs Estonia, Turkey vs Croatia and the Czech Republic against the tiny Montenegro.

  • Kicking and Scrumming Enough for Upset (Ireland vs Wallabies)

    Jonathan Sexton’s kicking wasn’t brilliant, but along with Ronan O’Gara later on it was just enough to complement Ireland’s brilliant Scrumming en route to a 15-6 win over the Wallabies, putting them on top of Group C in the Rugby World Cup.

  • 2011 RBS Six Nations – Week 3 Best Pictures

    2011 RBS Six Nations – Week 3 Best Pictures
  • Picture of the Day – Ass Biting Rugby Players

    Funny picture from today’s Ireland-Wales clash at Croke Park in the RBS Six Nations, as Ireland’s Keith Earls gets what appears to be a solid bite in his behind while scoring the game’s first try. Ireland went on to win 27-12.