Carlos Spencer
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Sporting upsets: Japan light the blue touch paper as Ireland slowly wilt
- International
- October 16, 2020, 06:00
Relive Irish misery and Japanese joy in reverse. Last year provided a fascinating study in how everything can go wrong when a sports team is unequippe(...)

The Offload: Chris Farrell was a distant relative of the man of the match
- Rugby
- August 24, 2020, 10:00
Unique Aviva experience Being inside the empty Lansdowne crater on Saturday night was a first for everyone present. That we could see and hear past t(...)

Cillian De Gascun: Team sports are going to be in a very difficult position
- Sport
- May 2, 2020, 21:15
The return of team sports will not be recommended by the National Public Health Emergency Team before a vaccine for the coronavirus or anti-viral medi(...)

Rugby World Cup: Jamie Joseph knows Japan must pile pressure on Jack Carty
- International
- September 26, 2019, 12:32
“Arigato gozaimasu.” Joe Schmidt speaks more Japanese than his opposite number Jamie Joseph. After Schmidt’s media masterclass in Yumeria almost spinn(...)

RWC moments: Culhane scores a world record 45 points
- International
- September 17, 2019, 10:00
In the 1995 tournament, New Zealand thrashed Japan 145-17 at the Free State stadium in Bloemfontein scoring 21 tries in the process. They led 28-0 aft(...)

Japan’s Luke Thompson aiming to bow out on a high
- International
- September 15, 2019, 19:00
Brighton 2015: spot the Kiwi on 83 minutes, having milled Adriaan Strauss off Japanese ball, all but leaning on the shoulder of Harumichi Tatekawa yet(...)

Signing All Blacks doesn’t guarantee success for European clubs
- Rugby
- January 3, 2019, 12:09
When Daniel Carter joined Racing 92 after the 2015 World Cup, he was treated like rugby royalty. He arrived in Paris to a fanfare, introduced on a pri(...)

Danny Cipriani omission proves joy is not Eddie Jones’s priority
- Rugby
- September 21, 2018, 08:47
Increasingly Danny Cipriani looks fated to be a quiz answer for years to come. Name the most gifted English sportsman of his generation who never play(...)

English vanities mauled by tactically astute Scotland
- International
- February 25, 2018, 23:00
Every now and again comes a reminder of why the Six Nations still exerts a powerful hold on the imagination. Out of a clear blue Edinburgh sky has als(...)

Jono Gibbes makes Ireland his port of call again
- Rugby
- April 12, 2017, 06:30
Where to begin with Jono Gibbes? Waikato stadium, June 11th 2005, and that stirring version of Timatanga seems as good a place as any. There he stood(...)