Jonah Lomu
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Stockdale and Ringrose on board with expansive Irish game plan
- International
- October 20, 2020, 01:30
The same hymn sheet is doing the rounds in Ireland camp. “Heads up” rugby being the phrase of the week with Jacob Stockdale and Garry Ringrose empower(...)

Exeter did it their way and now they’re two wins from the double
- European Cup
- October 15, 2020, 12:24
Before England played New Zealand in the 1995 World Cup semi-final in Cape Town, they did not pay too much attention to Jonah Lomu, the 19-year-old wi(...)

Why this weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals are still worth watching
- European Cup
- September 22, 2020, 13:21
Occasionally it is worth pausing for a moment and asking why people prefer to watch certain team sports compared to others. Football, for example, i(...)

Sporting upsets: Shadow of ‘Susie’ still lingers over seismic rugby shock
- International
- September 3, 2020, 06:00
Poisonous coffee. The Friday morning before the World Cup final Frank Bunce gingerly moved off his toilet bowl to track down Dr Mike Bowen. “Doc, I g(...)

Rugby union still faces a myriad of challenges 25 years into professionalism
- Rugby
- August 26, 2020, 06:00
Twenty-five years today a group of men sat in the Ambassador Hotel on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris and acknowledged the game was finally up. Rugby uni(...)

Game Changers: How Jonah Lomu’s dramatic arrival heralded rugby’s new dawn
- Rugby
- July 6, 2020, 06:00
All Black teenager, dead at 40, Jonah Lomu did plenty of living in between. Johannesburg May 27th, 1995 is where and when rugby gets divided into two(...)

Michael Watt: The man who unleashed a rugby monster
- International
- June 21, 2020, 14:27
Twenty-five years ago this Wednesday, rugby union supplied the backdrop to one of the most famous images in history. Nelson Mandela and Francois Piena(...)

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(...)

My favourite sporting moment: The day Pfaff’s long fingers denied Ireland
- International
- April 17, 2020, 06:00
Easily the most thrilling 45 minutes I’ve ever known – up to April 1987 – is spent standing behind Jean-Marie Pfaff. Actually, I’m perched slightly ab(...)

Ad agency Chemistry closes after 20 years
- Media & Marketing
- January 17, 2020, 17:57
Creative advertising agency Chemistry is closing its doors in an orderly wind-down after a difficult 2019. Co-founder and managing director Ray Sheeri(...)