Charlie Faumuina
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The Offload: Support for Simon Zebo very evident
- European Cup
- January 14, 2019, 11:00
What Simon Zebo heard at Kingspan stadium on Saturday may become known in time. Regardless, there has been overwhelming support beneath the Ireland in(...)

Leinster back in control of their own destiny
- European Cup
- January 12, 2019, 14:54
Leinster 29 Toulouse 13 The two four-time winners had both seen this as something of a litmus test and, unsurprisingly, the champions confirmed the s(...)

Gerry Thornley: unbeaten start for provinces but things to get tougher
- European Cup
- October 15, 2018, 05:00
A satisfying opening weekend for the Irish in Europe, albeit a decidedly more trying one awaits in round two. Leinster, Ulster and Connacht all won at(...)

Moments of the year: In the Wellington rain, the Lions struck back
- Rugby
- December 25, 2017, 13:00
Highlight To put this in some kind of context, nobody beats the All Blacks, especially in New Zealand. Ireland had been there five times between 2002(...)

Lions draw series after gritty performance in final All Blacks Test
- International
- July 9, 2017, 22:00
NEW ZEALAND 15 BRITISH & IRISH LIONS 15 As with the series, so with this draw. Regrets, they’ll each have a few, but the All Blacks will have mor(...)

Lions carve out their own piece of history with drawn series
- International
- July 8, 2017, 10:37
New Zealand 15 British & Irish Lions 15 The Americans would no doubt laugh at such an outcome. After 12 years of waiting, a tour of six weeks and(...)

New Zealand v British & Irish Lions Venue: Eden Park. Kick-off: 7.35pm NZ time/8.35am Irish/UK time. On TV: Live on Sky Sports The Lions emba(...)

New Zealand press react: SBW ban sparks rare selection debate
- International
- July 3, 2017, 07:00
We’re all square. Saturday morning’s 24-21 victory in Wellington means the Lions head into next weekend’s final Test match against the All Blacks at (...)

New Zealand 21 Lions 24: All Blacks player ratings
- International
- July 1, 2017, 13:56
Israel Dagg Had one tackle to make and was run over by Faletau, struggled under slippy high balls as his absence from the test match fullback slot the(...)

All Blacks 21 Lions 24: Five things we learned
- International
- July 1, 2017, 11:02
SBW can’t shake his rugby league roots Sonny Bill Williams is a Rugby League skin at heart. The high shot is part of his DNA. Once SBW saw the opport(...)