“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

Fans now heading to Twickenham will only get to see the women’s match. ‘Confirmed positive Covid cases’ mean this afternoon’s match between the Barbarians and Samoa, at Twickenham, has now been cancelled. The news arrived just 80 minutes before kick-off in the game, which was set to be the final game of Ireland star Rob […]

4 years ago

“We can’t wait for the sizeable Irish community within WA to see him pull on the Force jersey next season” Rob Kearney will be packing his bags soon and getting ready to end his playing days under the blazing Australian sun. The former Leinster full-back, who may have also played his last game for Ireland, […]

5 years ago

Ireland’s squad for the Guinness Series will convene at Carton House on Sunday evening and Rob Kearney is expected to report for duty The Leinster fullback lasted just five minutes into the second half of his side’s Guinness PRO14 victory over Benetton Treviso. Kearney appeared to take a bad blow to his shoulder after another carry […]

8 years ago