Chris Henry

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Rhys Ruddock scores a try for Ireland in the World Cup against Russia at Kobe City, Japan. That match against Russia was his first, and thus far only, competitive start. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Gerry Thornley: Ruddock hasn’t enjoyed rub of the green in Ireland career

Back in the summer of 2010, a 19-year-old with a prodigious build and talent was rerouted from the IRB Under-20 World Championship in Argentina, where(...)

Munster prop James Cronin was handed a ban that was so meaningless as to be cynical for an anti-doping violation. Photograph: Inpho
James Cronin case puts Munster in uncomfortable position

A lifetime ago the boss pointed towards Dublin airport and barked ‘go.’ The simple instruction demanded a degree of impudence. Ask Michelle Smith, who(...)

Jordan Larmour of Ireland during a Six Nations match against France at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin last year. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
2023 Rugby World Cup: What will the Ireland team look like?

Nobody remotely affiliated with Irish rugby wants to meditate over another four-year cycle. But, mustering as much gusto as possible in early January (...)

Ireland’s Andy Farrell at training in Tokyo during the Rugby World Cup. His first match as Ireland’s head coach is a Six Nations Championship game against Scotland at the Aviva stadium on February, 1st. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
Rugby Statistics: It’s time for change as Farrell puts his own shape on things

Andy Farrell’s 45-man squad, his first as the new Ireland coach in succeeding Joe Schmidt, offers a selection of the old and the new, many borrowed fr(...)

Johnny Sexton during an Irish training session at Yumeria Sports Grounds in Iwata. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Joe Schmidt confident Johnny Sexton will be fit to face Russia

Joe Schmidt is confident that Johnny Sexton will be available to face Russia on October 3rd. Speaking to the media this morning, the Ireland coach exp(...)

Ireland fullback Will Addison looked as if he could offer the team something different in the match against Wales. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
Gerry Thornley: Toner and Addison the fall guys as Schmidt opts for physicality

Amid all the many balancing acts that the Ireland coaches would have considered in their deliberations on Sunday, seemingly high among them was physic(...)

Munster’s Jean Kleyn tackles Leinster’s Seán Cronin during the Guinness Pro 14 semi-final at the RDS. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Gerry Thornley: Ireland’s initial World Cup squad follows predictable lines

It is a testimony to the relatively settled nature of the Irish squad that the 44 players named for the World Cup preparatory camps which commence in (...)

Joe Schmidt: Ireland’s head coach has plenty of time still to fine-tune his squad for the next World Cup. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Why the Six Nations results will have little or no bearing in Japan

The keening in Ireland following the Six Nations Championship has already dropped a few decibel levels and should bottom out over the next few days as(...)

Jacob Stockdale leads the way for Ireland with 10 tries, including this one against England in this year’s Six Nations. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Ireland hit the scoring stakes hard in historic year

It’s been an annus mirabilis for Irish rugby, Leinster winning a Champions Cup and Guinness Pro14 double, while the national team produced a Six Natio(...)

Chris Henry in action for Ulster against Connacht in the 2017 Pro14. Photograph: Inpho
Rugby is playing roulette with welfare of brightest and best

Still they leave. During the week, the Ulster flanker Chris Henry announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect. He said that the sport th(...)

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