CHELSEA have sacked Thomas Tuchel in the wake of Tuesday’s chastening 1-0 Champions League defeat at Dinamo Zagreb, the Premier League club have announced.
Dave Kilcoyne hopes Ireland can use their record loss to England as a World Cup cautionary tale.
Stuttering Ireland tiptoed out of Rome with an unconvincing 26-16 Guinness Six Nations victory, claiming the four-try bonus point but suffering a serious scare from Conor O'Shea's men.
Marius van der Westhuizen has been stood down from assistant refereeing duties for Ireland's Grand Slam clash on Saturday, after attending an England training session.
Watching Ronan O'Gara boot Ireland to Grand Slam glory fixed James Ryan's resolve to chase a Test rugby career.
Andrew Porter insists Ireland's desire to atone for last season's defeat to Scotland will quell any Grand Slam talk.
THE British and Irish Lions got their tour back on track yesterday with a ruthless win over the Crusaders that did enough to suggest that the three-Test series against the All Blacks might not be a formality after all. The tourists’ points all came from Owen Farrell penalties, but just as importantly the England stand-off delivered a masterclass with the ball in hand as the home team went down to their first defeat of the season.
Ireland’s linchpin fly-half will return from a month battling calf trouble for Saturday’s clash with Les Bleus in Dublin, once again the main target of France’s physical approach.
Hat-trick hero CJ Stander insists Ireland are still not back in the RBS 6 Nations title race despite thrashing Italy in Rome on Saturday.
Ireland have refused to gamble Johnny Sexton's RBS 6 Nations fitness on Saturday's tournament-defining encounter with Italy in Rome.
