); When it didn t work out in Leinster, I wasn t sure if it was me being a journeyman
Gavin Mullin is now part of the Ireland 7s set-up who are targeting Olympics qualification. By Murray Kinsella Sunday 23 May 2021, 10:00 AM 2 hours ago 12,525 Views 3 Comments
Mullin in action for the Ireland 7s.
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Image: Dan Sheridan/INPHO
WEEKEND MORNINGS for Gavin Mullin as a young fella meant one thing: Super Rugby.
He’d be planted in front of the TV with his breakfast, delighting in the latest show of audacious offloading and side-stepping excitement.
Watching the Crusaders was sacrosanct. To this day, the Kiwi side remain the 23-year-old’s favourite team and he has never lost his
); We re in 2021 and it s not clear to me as a rugby person who s going to drive Irish women s rugby
Bernard Jackman and Murray Kinsella gave their thoughts during a difficult week, and after a stop-start few years, for Irish women’s rugby. By The42 Team Thursday 22 Apr 2021, 9:47 PM 10 hours ago 8,983 Views 2 Comments
Emilie Boulard of France celebrates a try against Ireland.
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Image: Bryan Keane/INPHO
THURSDAY BROUGHT ANOTHER stacked episode of
The42 Rugby Weekly, wherein Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and host Gavan Casey followed up last week’s acclaimed special on recruitment in professional rugby with a deep-dive into the sport’s structures in Ireland, and where the professional sport is either failing or causing disenfranchisement among ‘the silent majority’ working at grassr
All of them are the Tommy Gunn character lobbing bombs in the alleyway.
Garry Ringrose was a decent shout to tour in 2017 but Gatland went with Jonathan Davies while also bringing two Kiwis in Ben Teâo and Jared Payne. Ringrose was high up the list of potential Lions until his latest season-interrupting injury.
Henry Slade and Henshaw or a fully fit Manu Tuilagi are serious partnerships, so Ringrose probably needs to feature against La Rochelle.
In the back three, Anthony Watson, Jonny May and Louis Rees-Zammit are the main contenders with Duhan van der Merwe bringing that Afrikaner physicality to put pressure on Jacob Stockdale â who was slick against Northampton â Hugo Keenan and Keith Earls to turn Gregorâs head. I worry that 50-50 calls will fall for Welsh and Scottish players.
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Adam Griggs’ team begin their campaign away to Wales on 10 April. By Ciarán Kennedy Sunday 4 Apr 2021, 5:11 PM 4 hours ago 1,487 Views 0 Comments
Ireland s Anna Caplice tackles Beibhinn Parsons.
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Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
FOLLOWING MONTHS OF disappointments and setbacks, the Ireland Women’s squad are “jumping out of their skin” as they head into their first match week of the delayed 2021 Six Nations.
The tournament was due to take place in it’s usual February-March window but was postponed due to concerns surrounding coronavirus.
The Women’s World Cup, scheduled to take place in New Zealand this autumn, has also been delayed a year, while Ireland have also seen qualification fixtures for that tournament shelved.