Tom O Toole
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Leinster’s potent pack turn screw after break to help land bonus point
- Pro14
- January 8, 2021, 22:22
Leinster 24 Ulster 12 The unthinkable, namely successive Leinster home defeats in this competition for the first time, seemed conceivable when Ulster(...)
![Tom O’Toole in action for Ulster against Leinster in the PRO14 final at the Aviva Stadium. “Their [Munster’s] confidence is going to be through the roof coming up to Kingspan.” Photograph: Billy Stickland/Innpho Tom O’Toole in action for Ulster against Leinster in the PRO14 final at the Aviva Stadium. “Their [Munster’s] confidence is going to be through the roof coming up to Kingspan.” Photograph: Billy Stickland/Innpho](/polopoly_fs/1.4448337.1609524723!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
O’Toole remains front and centre to ambitious Ulster’s plans
- Pro14
- January 2, 2021, 06:00
Sporting pathways are rarely smooth and invariably contain obstacles that impede or slow progress. Selection and injury represent the most common spee(...)

Ireland’s work-ons: Four things Andy Farrell needs to address
- International
- November 28, 2020, 06:00
Lineout and maul Once an almost guaranteed source of possession and launch plays, and even – if not directly – of tries, Ireland’s lineout and catch(...)

Gordon D'Arcy: I know what Joe and Cheika would do. Fix the basics
- Rugby
- November 25, 2020
Andy Farrell said he learned a lot about the players who played at Twickenham for the first time. Some of them became men, he said. Great to hear – a(...)

Caelan Doris profile: ‘He has almost the perfect temperament’
- International
- November 21, 2020, 05:30
Back in April 2015, Ireland played Wales in the European Under-18 Championship in Toulouse. During an injury break, the Irish forwards went into a hud(...)

How can Andy Farrell build for the Six Nations over the coming weeks?
- International
- November 7, 2020, 07:00
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell decided to stick rather than twist in personnel terms when naming his Ireland squad during the week for the start of t(...)

Six uncapped players named in Ireland squad to play Italy and France
- Rugby
- October 8, 2020, 10:25
The winds of change in the Andy Farrell era have, as expected, swept a little stronger through the Irish squad following the announcement of a 35-man (...)

Dan McFarland: Loss has ‘battle hardened’ Ulster for Europe
- Pro14
- September 14, 2020, 01:00
Being contemporaries of this Leinster machine must be at least a little demoralising. For Ulster, the drought without a trophy goes back to 2006 and h(...)

Payments to Delaney’s former girlfriend could prove key to potential prosecution
- Soccer
- September 13, 2020, 17:35
The FAI may have subsidised John Delaney’s lavish lifestyle and efforts to fend off press interest in his activities to the tune of three quarters of (...)

Ulster know they have game to spoil Leinster’s party
- Pro14
- September 12, 2020, 01:00
Pro14 final: Leinster v Ulster Kick-off: 7.35pm, Saturday. Venue: Aviva Stadium. How to follow: The Irish Times liveblog will begin at 7pm. On TV: Li(...)