Kevin Beirne
Ok fine, it’s a sousaphone
11 years ago
We’re gonna need a bigger pitch
11 years ago
Wales continued their unbeaten run in the 2015 World Cup with a 23-13 win over Fiji. While they did not collect a bonus point, Warren Gatland’s men will be happy to have avoided a potential banana skin after an emotional defeat of hosts England. Here are the five talking points we took from the match: […]
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Wales overcame Fiji 23-13 in an exciting game at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. After building a 17-3 half-time lead, Wales tired after the break as Fiji found ways to stretch them. Here’s what we thought of the Welsh players: 15. Matthew Morgan – 7 Made some exciting runs and did enough in defense to […]
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The pressure is mounting on the English rugby team ahead of their must-win game against Australia. Most of the focus in the build-up has been on Chris Robshaw’s decision to turn down a kickable penalty in the dying minutes against Wales, instead trying to drive the ball over the line from a lineout. Robshaw has been […]
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No, it’s not in Sunderland
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Try hard, with a vengeance
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Thirsty work…
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News organisations all over the world have been discussing the importance of NSA whisteblower Edward Snowden joining Twitter. So when HLN – a spin-off of CNN – wanted to weigh in on the subject, they decided to get someone who really knew what he was talking about. They decided to try booking Al Jazeera journalist […]
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Tindall talks to JOE
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It’s out of this world
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After all the hype, England’s hopes of winning the Rugby World Cup are in serious doubt following a heart-breaking defeat to Wales. Stuart Lancaster gambled at centre by throwing Sam Burgess and Brad Barritt together for the first time and it backfired hugely for the England coach. Former Ireland international Gordon D’Arcy has wasted no […]
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Arsenal’s European season may be over before the end of the Rugby World Cup pool stages, but that hasn’t stopped Hector Bellerin from giving himself a little treat. The speedy youngster has pimped out his s63 AMG Coupe with a whole new white design – the same colours as Tottenham. Obviously the Gunners a little more […]
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Chelsea’s poor start to the season continued with a 2-1 defeat against Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday. But perhaps losing away to Jose Mourinho’s former team isn’t as big a deal as you might think. It turns out that Porto are very good at home, conceding just two goals at the Estadio Dragao […]
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Explosive stuff
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Beating himself up…
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Rory McIlory has made a lot of money in his short career. How much money? Well enough that the 26-year-old has responded to questions about a potential £7.5m windfall by saying: “Luckily, that amount of money doesn’t sort of mean much to me any more.” Speaking ahead of the Tour Championship (which is the final […]
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He’s a big boy
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He’s not happy with the selection
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That’s gotta hurt…
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This is just creepy
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How did they let this happen?
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Finally some good news
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This may be the strangest contract dispute in all of sports. Joe Juranitch has parted ways with the Minnesota Vikings after more than 20 years of playing the NFL team’s real-life mascot. Juranitch believes he deserves more money for entertaining Minnesota fans for over two decades as a motorcycle-driving viking named Ragnar. Up until now, Ragnar Juranitch was […]
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The English Bridge Union (EBU) has decided to take legal action against Sport England after they were denied recognition as a sport. The High Court will now be forced to rule on the matter after Judge Mr Justice Mostyn allowed the appeal, saying: “You are doing more physical activity playing bridge, with all that dealing and playing, […]
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This will change the way you order coffee forever…
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Noel Gallagher doesn’t care if fans complain that they never got to see Oasis live. Speaking on Chris Moyles’ new Radio X breakfast show, Gallagher said: “I’m sure there are countless, thousands of people who would love it [an Oasis reunion] but there’s one that wouldn’t … me. “We were together for 20 years, if you didn’t […]
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How do they function?
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The University of Warwick have announced 20 scholarships for refugees seeking a place at university. The scholarships will be divided into ten for this academic year, and ten for the next and will be for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In this year’s university rankings tables, the University of Warwick was rated 6th in the […]
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Mind blowing…
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When the Proclaimers loudly proclaimed that they would walk 500 miles and then even walk 500 more to show their devotion, we reckon they were pretty proud of themselves. But what about 26,000 miles? For South African rugby fan Ron Rutland, that was the distance he decided to cycle in order to see his team’s […]
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The Rugby World Cup is just three days old and already we’ve had some massive results that have shocked the game. So as we head into the first break of the tournament, who are the biggest winners and losers? WINNERS Japan Whatever happens going forward from here, Japan have announced themselves on the biggest stage […]
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And there’s a Georgian too
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New Zealand opened their World Cup campaign against Argentina – a side they know well from their battles in the Rugby Championship. But it seems the All Blacks weren’t quite prepared for English ref Wayne Barnes, who handed out three yellow cards in the first half – two to New Zealand and one to Argentina. […]
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Wales beat Uruguay 54-9 in their opening World Cup game. After a shaky opening few minutes which saw Uruguay take a 6-0 lead, Wales were able to secure the bonus point before half-time. Here’s how everyone got on. 15. Liam Williams – 5 Not on for long enough to really make an impact. His injury will […]
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Wales got off to a good start at the World Cup by beating Uruguay by 54 points to 9. With the bonus point secured by half-time, it was more of a case of seeing how many points they could add after the break Here are the five key things to take away from this game. […]
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They can’t be serious…
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FIFA 16 is dropping in just a matter of days, and EA Sports have been teasing us with lists of top players for freekicks and dribbling. As the release date nears, they’ve let us know who we’ll be using to make 50-yard through balls with their list of the top ten passers in the game. Two Premier […]
11 years ago
It’s the fight we’ve all been waiting for. Things have been heating up between UFC champ Ronda Rousey and boxing champ Floyd Mayweather recently. For some obvious reasons, we doubt we’ll ever see the two face off for real – but this is the next best thing. Some genius had the fantastic idea of creating […]
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Brendan Rodgers has been given a massive boost ahead of his team’s game against Norwich on Sunday. England striker Daniel Sturridge looks set to finally return after a lengthy spell out injured. Liverpool fans will no doubt be delighted as they have struggled for goals this season despite signing Christian Benteke for £32.5m from Aston Villa […]
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England overcame Fiji in a hard-fought 35-11 victory in the opening game of the Rugby World Cup. The hosts will be happy to walk away with a potentially crucial bonus point after game which was closer than the scoreline suggests. Here are the five things we learned from the game. 1. Kicking game will be […]
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Mike Brown – 8 England’s stand-out player, he took his two tries well and looked solid in defence. Did well to prevent Nikola Matawalu’s try. Anthony Watson – 6 He was good in attack, especially in chasing George Ford’s kicks. Still, his positioning for kicks defensively left a lot to be desired and was overpowered for […]
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Fiji didn’t offer much in the opening 25 minutes of their game with England – until this moment of magic from scrum-half Nikola Matawalu. Matawalu took advantage of terrible positioning by England wing Jonny May after he picked the ball off the back of a scrum at halfway. Unfortunately for Fiji, Mike Brown pressured the scrum-half […]
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What a legend…
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Maybe just google it…
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Now that the opening ceremony is out of the way, the Rugby World Cup can finally begin. With such a build up, World Rugby knew they had to do something special for the opening ceremony and they really knocked it out of the park with this fabulous promo. Going all the way back to the beginning of […]
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Everything you need to know, right here…
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The Rugby World Cup kicks off on Friday and we can’t wait. We’re looking forward to bringing you all the latest news over six weeks of pure, egg-shaped nonsense. But in case you’re not as excited as we are, here are JOE’s 25 reasons to look forward to the Rugby World Cup. 25. It’s in the UK It’s […]
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