UPDATE: ASM Clermont Auvergne v Mun...
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From the RTE website for delayed coverage in Ireland.
Heineken Cup, RTÉ Two, 10.55pm Sunday
George Hook and Brent Pope join Tom McGurk for highlights of this weekend's Heineken Cup coverage as Munster travel to France to take on ASM Clermont Auvergne in their Pool 5 clash. Ryle Nugent and Ralph Keyes provide the commentary.
This will probably be on the website for the Republic of Ireland...
Scotland Six Nations Squad Announce...
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Scotland News
Scotland squad for training at Murrayfield on Monday 14 January:
Backs – Mike Blair* Ben Cairns * (both Edinburgh), Chris Cusiter (Perpignan)*, Simon Danielli (Ulster), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors), Phil Godman (Edinburgh), Rory Lamont (Sale Sharks), Rory Lawson (Gloucester)*, Calum MacRae (Edinburgh), Graeme Morrison, Dan Parks (both Glasgow...
Ashton looses Corry
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Brian Ashton will have to be more careful, he has lost a second top class forward in less than a week. Careless!
Corry declined Brian Aston's invitation to join the England squad for the Six Nations. He had a good game Sunday and could still have done a job for England.
Story from The Irish Times - Tue, Jan 08,
ASM Clermont Auvergne v Munster gam...
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Setanta's are not listing the Munster game in their programming for the US this Sunday. I hope this will change.
The only definite listing I can find is on FR 2 in France at 16:00 local time on Sunday.
RTE are not yet listing the game on their website either. Can someone check the RTE Guide?
For Australia the ESPN Pacific Rim has two blocks of Heineken rugby on Saturday (from...
Try of the Week: Runner Up – ...
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Great support and clinical finishing from Leinster's (and surely Ireland's) in form Number 8 Jamie Heaslip. Luke Fitzgerald has gas and hopefully he'll mature into a top class
Try of the Week: Andy Goode chip f...
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Andy Goode makes it look easy. His body language points the Harlequins defense towards a crossfield kick but he dinks one against the grain of the defense for Tom Vardell to score his first of three tries on Sunday. I only caught the first half, which was pretty close, but Leicester ran out easy winners in the
Ulster v Munster match off
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Due to frozen pitch - not sure what rugby will be on today.
BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Irish | Ulster v Munster match called
O’Driscoll back
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Hope Brian O'Driscoll and the rest of the Leinster back line can refind some form. They have looked ponderous and flat since the end of the RWC. Maybe BOD's rest over Christmas will have done him extreme good. Would Irish rugby be better server with Sexton at fly half with a BOD/Contepomi combo in the centre and D'arcy at fullback? This is grossly unfair to Girvan Dempsey but Ireland needs depth...
BBC reports Dallaglio quiting Engla...
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BBC are reporting that Laurence Dallaglio will be announcing his international retirement at a lunchtime press conference tomorrow.
It is probably the right time for him to go after having a fantastic World Cup. While never a huge fan I have always respected his ability as a player and leader.
FULL REPORT FROM BBC SPORT
UPDATE: He is done. The Sun are quoting Dallagio as saying "I have...
Is Howlett the back to take Munster...
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Starting this Friday we'll see the difference Doug Howlett will make for Munster. Is he the scoring class behind the scrum that Munster have lacked for years? I think he is he will provide real line breaking cut and will improve the space that other backs will have. I hope this will improve ROG's confidence coming into the six nations. Went to Leinster v Ulster on St. Stephen's Day in the RDS and...
