); 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
Owen Doyle: Henshaw can count himself lucky his Lions dream is still a reality Hard to see why the laws were not applied fully to his tackle on Robert Baloucoune
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Robbie Henshaw is tackled by Iain Henderson and Nick Timoney of Ulster during the Guinness Pro 14 Rainbow Cup game at the RDS. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Leinster beat Ulster 21-17, that’s four points, but Henshaw’s try-saving tackle in the 30th minute denied Ulster at least five points. This was a typical attempted man and ball ‘take-out’ – if Baloucoune had got his pass away there were two unopposed team-mates outside him. It looked very much like they could have walked the ball over the tryline.
Leinster s Lions help turn the screw as spirited Ulster fall to another defeat
Tried from Jack Conan and Robbie Henshaw helped Leo Cullen’s side come from behind to win at the RDS. By Ciarán Kennedy Friday 14 May 2021, 10:15 PM 4 hours ago 12,975 Views 60 Comments
Robbie Henshaw scored the decisive try against Ulster.
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Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
Ciarán Kennedy reports from the RDS
HAVING BEEN BEATEN in their opening two games of the Rainbow Cup, this round three tie was about as inconsequential as an interpro derby could get for Dan McFarland’s Ulster team.
You’d never have known it.
Cooney and Treadwell ruled out of Ulster s trip to RDS
Scrum-half Cooney continues to recover from the neck injury he suffered against Leicester while lock Treadwell injured his ankle in training. By The42 Team Tuesday 11 May 2021, 9:25 PM May 11th 2021, 9:25 PM 3,468 Views 3 Comments
Ulster s John Cooney exiting injured against Leicester during the Challenge Cup semi-final.
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Image: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
JOHN COONEY AND Kieran Treadwell have been ruled out of the northern province’s visit to the RDS to face Leinster on Friday night (eir Sport, 8:15pm).
Scrum-half Cooney sustained a neck injury in Ulster’s Challenge Cup semi-final defeat to Leicester Tigers and remains an absentee, while lock Treadwell suffered an ankle injury in training and has joined Dan McFarland’s injury list ahead of the R