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George Hook: Sexton not best foil for unbalanced back-row new
TOMORROW in the Aviva Stadium there will be a Six Nations international between Ireland and Wales, but there will also be a plot line of Shakespearian proportions bubbling beneath the green grass of the oldest rugby international ground in the world.
Frost foils girls in green
Ireland's icy weather conditions took their toll last night as the Women's Six Nations opener against Wales was abandoned due to heavy frost at Ashbourne.
Tony Ward: Kidney must cast off shackles and make the most of backline talent new
WITH the hype surrounding selection under control, it's time for the chosen few to deliver. We all have our take on who Declan Kidney should have picked, but there’s a general acceptance that the side named is close to the best available.
Mick Cleary: Scots have ‘nowhere to hide’ from lurking England new
ENGLAND step out at Murrayfield this evening buoyed by the knowledge that they have already recorded a minor triumph in diluting the ‘Braveheart’ element that usually spurs a Scotland side into frenzied action against the auld enemy.
Defeat could end Six Nations hopes and Kidney's Lions aspirations
THE phrase 'win or bust' is over-used in sport and should only properly be applied to contests where everything is on the line.
Barry John: ‘No, I don’t enjoy modern game’
As one of the anointed few to populate Welsh rugby's magic circle, Barry John rarely had to pause when taking stock of a situation.
Billy Keane: Ireland must learn from old testaments to begin next epic
Life is a journey and we are all related. Most of us, it seems, are descended from just a few hardy souls who travelled from Africa to Europe over a period of thousands of years.
Pragmatic Saint-Andre going back to basics
Is Philippe Saint-Andre the man? Can the new France coach make the best use of the undoubted talent at his disposal?
Remember how this felt
"HALLO, what are you boyos still doing here? Thought you would have gone home by now."
Kidney's crew to call Welsh bluff and lay old ghosts to rest
Once it was Newport to the east, Llanelli and Swansea to the west and then those awesome citadels of the Valleys -- Ebbw Vale, Maesteg, Pontypool and Pontypridd -- whose appearance would bring on the collywobbles in our younger days.
Inside Rugby
- Priestland and Roberts win race to make Aviva showdown
- This is the 118th meeting between Ireland and Wales
- Fergus McFadden comes in to replace Keith Earls for Wales showdown
- Six Nations live blog: Ireland v Wales
- Paul O'Connell is perfectly cast to be leading man
- What needs to change
- I definitely see myself playing this year - O’Driscoll
- Kilkenny pack puts Andrew's on back Foot
- 'Home' not where heart is for Jones
- Rampaging Byrne leads Clongowes rout of Belvo
- Hugh Farrelly: Why we must trust in our own abilities
- Lancaster puts faith in English pride as his greenhorn side begins new era
- Doyle targets fast start
- Hidden Irish gem Lynch ready for the Welsh invasion
- After hammering on door, Trimble is desperate to shine
- Downey 'will enhance reds'
- RBS Six Nations: Team-by-team preview as the big guns get ready for battle
- Video: England trio to make debuts in Six Nations clash against Scotland
- O’Connell backs Earls to deliver in Six Nations opener against Wales
- Sexton out to make his point on return to director’s chair
- Six Nations: Earls misses training - to look after new born daughter
- Ulster change stuns Trimble
- Tony Ward: Kidney making right calls -- with the exception of Ryan
- Hook: I'm over World Cup blip
- Experience the main component in Irish Six Nations battleplan
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