AURELIEN ROUGERIE IS to extend his Clermont Auvergne career into a 19th season after signing a one-year contract extension. The 36-year-old former France centre has agreed a new deal with the Top 14 title contenders until June 2018. Rougerie has spent his entire professional career with Clermont and the veteran stalwart is not ready to hang up his…
Month: October 2022
We’ll Leave It There So: Schmidt names team, Ireland drop in Fifa rankings and today’s sport
Home Paddy Jackson at training earlier. Source: James Crombie/INPHO Joe Schmidt has made two changes to his starting team to face Italy on Saturday, with Donnacha Ryan and Cian Healy coming into the XV.Tom Tierney has also made two changes to the Irish Women’s Rugby side to face Italy.Ireland have dropped two places to 25th in the Fifa world…
Analysis: Ireland’s scrum will get a huge test against monstrous French pack
IT’S BEEN JUST over one year to the day since Tadhg Furlong had arguably his toughest day in an Irish shirt. However, since Ireland’s defeat to France in Paris 12 months ago the rise of the Leinster man has been remarkable, and this Saturday provides the 24-year-old with an enormous opportunity to prove he’s arrived,…
It’s Sunday so here are 10 of our favourite images from the sporting week
The bitter taste of defeat…Garbally College’s Iarla Muldoon is dejected after his side lost to Summerhill College in the Top Oil Connacht Schools Senior Cup Semi-Final last Thursday. Source: Ryan Byrne; ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne/INPHO Spot the ball…It was a mud-bath at the Sportsground on Friday as Connacht took on Zebre in the Guinness Pro12. Source: James Crombie/INPHO…
Black and white! Belvedere deliver back-to-back Senior Cup titles after edging Blackrock
Blackrock College 3Belvedere College 10 Ryan Bailey reports from the RDS IT TOOK A while to get going, but when it did, this Leinster Senior Schools Cup final delivered everything we were expecting as Belvedere College, the defending champions, claimed back-to-back titles in the most dramatic of circumstances. Max Kearney lifts the trophy. Source: Colm…
Chisholm to return from 12-month absence in Munster’s B&I Cup semi-final
VETERAN AUSTRALIAN LOCK Mark Chisholm is set to return to action tomorrow night after a year out of the game. The 35-year-old, who’s been capped 58 times by the Wallabies, has been named on the bench for the Munster A side’s meeting with Ealing Trailfinders at Cork Institute of Technology in the semi-finals of the…
Two-night Superstar Shake-Up set for next week’s Raw and Smackdown
Next week, WWE will present the yearly Superstar Shake-Up, the exercise that has replaced the Draft over the past few years. Ever since WWE split the brands again, the Superstar Shake-Up has taken place the week after WrestleMania. Last year, 19 Superstars moved to Raw, 17 moved to Smackdown, and six from NXT received the…
News on Yuji Nagata and Dragon Lee
Ring of Honor has announced that Yuji Nagata will make his ROH debut during the upcoming War of the Worlds tour with NJPW. Here is a press release: YUJI NAGATA MAKES HIS ROH DEBUT ON THE WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR The partnership between Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling has never been stronger…
Talk of WWE trying to make Sasha Banks happy
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Despite tough two days on Wall Street, analysts still bullish on WWE stocks
WWE stocks had one of the best and worst weeks ever since hitting the stock exchange in 1999. From reaching $100 for the first time to dropping 16.2% in a span of two days after their Q1 2019 financial results, it’s safe to say that it’s been a roller coaster week for shareholders. On Friday,…