Zane Kirchener
15 results

Gerry Thornley: Stoppage could tip balance in favour of big money teams
- Rugby
- June 2, 2020, 06:30
About eight minutes into the 2014 final of what was then known as the Rabo Direct Pro12 between Leinster and Glasgow, Brian O’Driscoll’s farewell game(...)

Leo Cullen juggles Leinster’s resources to face Ospreys
- Pro12
- April 7, 2017, 19:47
Ospreys v Leinster Liberty Stadium, Saturday, 3pm. Live on Sky Sports 2. No less than the subsequent clash in Cork, there’s been a fair edge to thi(...)

Leinster can steal a march on Munster as rivals renew battle
- Pro12
- October 8, 2016, 01:01
Leinster v Munster, Aviva Stadium, Saturday, 2.05 (TG4 and Sky Sports 1) It’s back, and not a moment too soon, for the league itself and for both L(...)

Memories are made of this and therein, perhaps, lies the greatest legacy of Connacht’s stunning success. Their spectacular triumph, from Irish rugby’s(...)

Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray both to start in derby
- Pro12
- April 1, 2016, 12:41
Johnny Sexton returns for Leinster in Saturday evening’s crunch Pro 12 clash with Munster at the Aviva Stadium. In total Leo Cullen has made nine c(...)

Gerry Thornley: Connacht roar clear of Leinster on and off park
- Pro12
- March 26, 2016, 19:59
Connacht 7 Leinster 6 The Sportsground has possibly never heard a roar like the one which greeted Caolin Blade kicking the ball dead from his own i(...)

Irish provinces still have much to prove in Europe
- European Cup
- January 16, 2016, 01:00
A curious quirk of the ill-judged fixture planning for the penultimate round of pool games in the two European competitions is that all four Irish sid(...)

Leinster are ready to click but it may not be enough
- European Cup
- December 19, 2015, 01:02
As dead rubbers go, this is not actually a dud. For starters, technically speaking Leinster’s hopes of advancing to the knockout stages for the 11th t(...)

Trying times for Leinster as players seek to secure future
- Rugby
- December 18, 2015, 22:00
Leinster could do with a win on Saturday for many reasons. While, realistically, it may not sufficiently atone for previous misdeeds and lead to qual(...)

Leinster ready to come out fighting against Bath
- European Cup
- November 21, 2015, 01:00
This will tell us much about Leinster. They’ve backed themselves into quite a corner and both the circumstances of a brutally tough pool along with(...)