Rob Penney
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Gordon D’Arcy: If South Africa moves up north, it could all go south
- Rugby
- September 30, 2020, 06:00
Many of rugby’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone and consider the unintended consequences of South Africa moving to t(...)

Australian schoolboy signs reported A$3m contract amid pay cuts
- Rugby
- July 23, 2020, 13:27
New South Wales Waratahs coach Rob Penney has hit out at reports that Rugby Australia were signing a schoolboy to a multi-million dollar contract, say(...)

The Offload: Agustín Pichot is rugby’s great hope of going global
- Rugby
- April 13, 2020, 10:00
The Argentine Revolt Agustín Pichot is rugby union’s best chance of becoming a truly global game. The former Argentinean scrumhalf is challenging the(...)

John Ryan: ‘I’ve had to wait like no other man in the team’
- Rugby
- October 2, 2019, 09:22
It has, he admits, been a funny old route, but John Ryan is finally about to realise a childhood dream. The 31-year-old becomes Ireland’s oldest Rugby(...)

Rugby World Cup: Flannery a big fan of South African coaching ticket
- Rugby
- September 19, 2019, 01:01
Jerry Flannery has an intimate knowledge of South Africa’s coaching team on a personal and professional level, specifically head coach Rassie Erasmus,(...)

Gordon D’Arcy: Beirne’s arrival can help take Munster to another level
- Rugby
- October 3, 2018, 06:00
Paddy Johns has no knee cartilage but the 50-year-old remains an iron man. Literally. The former Ireland captain does triathlons in his spare time awa(...)

Coaching role feels like a natural fit for passionate Felix Jones
- Rugby
- October 21, 2017, 06:00
At just 30 years of age, Felix Jones is the youngest full-time coach with any of the provincial set-ups. It’s been a rapid rise since his playing car(...)

Niall Kenneally and Cork Con ready to go again
- Rugby
- September 7, 2017, 06:00
Last weekend Cork Constitution retained the Cork Charity Cup – one of four trophies they won in a remarkable 2016-2017 season. They also triumphed in(...)

Girvan Dempsey and Irish rugby’s coaching new guard
- International
- June 18, 2017, 07:00
Next man sitting the Joe Schmidt refresher course is Rob Penney. Actually, the former Munster coach is hosting Ireland at his NTT Shining Arcs. The (...)

Fallen sporting heroes of 2016 never to be forgotten
- Sport
- December 28, 2016
The Greatest Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) Born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a house painter, the man who would change h(...)