Brian O Driscoll
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Referee Nigel Owens calls time on internationals after reaching century mark
- International
- December 11, 2020, 15:25
Referee Nigel Owens has announced his retirement from the international game after controlling 100 Test matches. Welshman Owens, 49, became the first(...)

James Ryan captaincy was only ever a question of when, not if
- International
- November 18, 2020
Future Irish captain is a tag that has accompanied James Ryan ever since he broke into the team, wearily so for the young man himself, but not any lon(...)

Martina Navratilova: ‘If I had Twitter 30 years ago, I would have been raising holy hell’
- People
- October 31, 2020, 06:00
Martina Navratilova discusses her glittering tennis career, being a gay role model, the ‘rigged’ US election, and how she wishes she had Twitter wh(...)

Ireland can treat fans to some tricks on Halloween night in Paris
- International
- October 30, 2020, 06:02
A Six Nations finale on a Halloween night that has banned trick or treating makes all the statistics feel redundant. Nevertheless, Ireland’s record at(...)

Johnny Watterson: Rugby’s centurions really just a modern day concept
- International
- October 29, 2020, 16:20
First a brief rolling back of the years. At the time of his retirement in 1973 Tom Kiernan was Ireland’s most-capped player, most experienced captain (...)

Rugby Stats: Ireland have found bonus territory hard to come by against the best
- International
- October 29, 2020, 06:00
On Saturday night in Paris the likelihood is that Ireland will need to secure a bonus-point victory over France to secure the 2020 Six Nations Champio(...)

Cian Healy: ‘Realistically I got away with murder when I was younger’
- International
- October 27, 2020, 16:44
Cian Healy will become the sixth Irish centurion when he takes the field at the Stade de France on Saturday night, thereby following in the boot print(...)

‘More to do’ as 20x20 campaign to promote women’s sport concludes
- Sport
- October 22, 2020, 06:00
“As the saying goes, ‘we’ve come a long way, baby – but we still have a long way to go,’” said Martina Navratilova when she joined a stellar list of o(...)

Aki, Ringrose and Henshaw: Brian O’Driscoll has his say on Ireland’s midfield riddle
- International
- October 21, 2020, 06:00
Three into two won’t go, although such was the frequency one or other of Bundee Aki, Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose were sidelined in the last two (...)

Johnny Sexton nominated for World Rugby’s Player of the Decade
- Rugby
- October 15, 2020, 14:19
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton is one of eight nominees for World Rugby’s Player of the Decade award. The other nominees are Richie McCaw, Tierry Dusat(...)