Andrew Brace

November has been a momentous month for Ireland. In a year which started so badly, the team has wrapped it up quite brilliantly. Patiently and confid(...)

Connacht 36 Ulster 11 To put the scale of this result in context, this was Connacht’s second biggest win over Ulster in the history of the fixture an(...)

Connacht 36 Ulster 11 Connacht varnished their historic occasion in some style, an utterly compelling, inventive and increasingly dominant display yi(...)

Stormers lock Adre Smith has been suspended for eight weeks after being found guilty of an act of foul play in his side’s United Rugby Championship d(...)

The Stormers lock Adre Smith has been cited after allegations of foul play during his side’s defeat in the United Rugby Championship last Saturday in (...)

MUNSTER v STORMERS Venue: Thomond Park, Limerick Kick-off: 7.35pm On TV: Live on RTÉ 2, Premier Sports 2 and URC TV Reflecting their surfeit of outsi(...)

Last Friday evening, in the final match of the season at Thomond Park, Cardiff restarted the game after Keynan Knox’s converted try had put Munster 31(...)

Munster 31 Cardiff Blues 27 On the ground which became his home like no other, and where he made countless tackles and carries, and scored innumerabl(...)

The US defence secretary under President George W Bush was Donald Rumsfeld. He famously informed us about his “known unknowns”, and also his “unknown (...)

The trial which permits a red-carded player to be replaced by a team-mate after 20 minutes is an absolute crock. Effectively, it makes a sending-off a(...)