The clip has since been deleted A clip of Northampton player Tommy Freeman speaking before his side’s match at Croke Park has been deleted because of an unfortunate choice of words. On Saturday evening, Northampton will become the first-ever English club to play at Croke Park when they take on Leinster in the semi-finals of […]

2 years ago

“Its an enormous honour for him.” Back in 2016, Josh van der Flier stood on a landing spot, outside the England press room, at Twickenham, overlooking a gym the senior players often use. Ireland had lost 21-10 to England, and it was a ruthless job by a team that Eddie Jones had quickly turned around […]

4 years ago

The Cork native was in the middle of a long response, delivered in flowing French, when he dropped in some English – ‘pick and go, pick and go, pick and go’! “There were ample excuses in the game to jump ship,” Ronan O’Gara said, in French, at a post-match press conference not long after his […]

4 years ago

“I don’t think that’s the answer that you’re looking for.” Brian O’Driscoll is correct here. One story of a training ground bun-fight with Ronan O’Gara, or some post-match verbals, and it would be an easy write-up. Instead, O’Driscoll’s version of events is that hard words and opinions were often shared but it was never personal […]

4 years ago

The Toulouse and France scrumhalf bowed out at the semi-finals, but had a fine tournament. James Lowe’s form in the knockout stages of the European Champions Cup has seen him rocket into contention for a big end-of-season accolade. He will be up against Antoine Dupont, Gregory Alldritt and a couple of familiar faces for the […]

4 years ago

“My bad.” Chris Ashton went to town on James Lowe, back in 2020, but then said on the same show, earlier this week, that he had just made a throwaway comment. Ashton was harsh in his critique of Lowe after he suffered a nightmare outing against England in the once-off Autumn Nations Cup. After a […]

4 years ago