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Video: Irish fans won't be compensated and ticket refund 'up to the French'

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

NO compensation will be available for thousands of rugby fans who travelled to Saturday night's Ireland-France match which was controversially called off just before kick-off because the pitch was frozen.

A blessing in disguise

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

YES, it was a farce, a shambles and a travesty. Yes, it is ridiculous that one of the finest stadiums in Europe cannot cater for a bit of ice and that the French Rugby Federation could not have seen this coming despite warnings all week.

Friday night fixture ruled out as dust settles on French farce

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

IRELAND'S postponed Six Nations clash with France will be played on either March 3 or 4 rather than next weekend as the French would prefer.

David Kelly: Icy chill cuts through Six Nations' credibility

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Rugby's assumption of smugness, so often paraded narcissistically in the face of uglier cousins of the round-ball variety, was left hopelessly exposed by the shambolic events that unfolded in the Stade de France.

Wood joy as Clontarf find feet on road

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

CLONTARF and Old Belvedere could not be in more contrasting situations after their Division 1A encounter at Anglesea Road.

Ruddock hails Irish effort after historic victory

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

France U-20 12 Ireland U-20 13

Brave Parisse left deflated as Lancaster marches on

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Just before kick-off in the Eternal City's modern version of the Colosseum of old, a band of Azzurri followers let off a flare high in the Curva Nord section of a stadium transformed overnight into a winter wonderland.

Keeshan finds range to end St Mary's run

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Dolphin are clearly a force to be reckoned with on home turf -- they have now beaten all of the top three teams in Division 1A at Musgrave Park.

Kidney anxious for quick decision on refixture

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

A decision is expected tomorrow from the Six Nations committee on a new date for last night's postponed tie between France and Ireland at a frozen Stade de France.

Warren Gatland: 'We tell the players, if something is on to go for it'

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

When the Wales players reported back after last weekend's victory over Ireland in Dublin and went through a debrief with the management, one area highlighted was a kick to touch that led indirectly to a conceded try.

French clubs want postponed Ireland match rescheduled for end of season ... in June!

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:53:58 +0000

FRENCH club sides have weighed into the debate over when to re-programme the France versus Ireland Six Nations game, demanding that it be held after their season finishes in June, informed sources said

ail at a glance

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Star turn

Video: Frustrated, dejected and seriously out of pocket

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

IRISH rugby fans arrived back home last night to count the cost of Saturday's Six Nations match cancellation fiasco.

Brendan Fanning: A most spectacular cock-up

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

For what seemed an age in the Stade de France last night, the band of the Paris Fire Brigade stood centre-pitch waiting to strike up.

Keeshan puts boot into Mary's title aspirations

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

St Mary's league hopes suffered a setback at Musgrave Park as Dolphin dented their title push with a deserved victory.

Video: England avoid slip-up in Rome

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

It only seems to snow in Rome when England arrive for the Six Nations, as if their style of play so offends the gods they would rather not have to watch.

Jim Glennon: Shambles a slap in face for travelling fans

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

What a shambles. An unprecedented combination of French arrogance in administration and English ineptitude in match officiating provided a real slap in the face for the thousands of travelling Irish -- and then they had the brass neck to remind them that their tickets would be valid for the refixed date.

Neil Francis: This delay could prove convenient for Ireland

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Well, an inconvenient decision to postpone yesterday's eagerly awaited crunch match. The documentary An Inconvenient Truth won't be getting another airing in this household for quite a while. I'm not sure whether the global-warming theorists are now as embarrassed as the FFR.

France v Ireland match postponed

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:20:41 +0000

Ireland's RBS 6 Nations clash with France tonight has been postponed due to the weather conditions in Paris.

England dig deep for a hard fought win against Italy

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:47:20 +0000

England dug themselves out of a snow-hole in freezing Rome to beat Italy with another charge-down try from Charlie Hodgson and Owen Farrell's perfect kicking display.

George Hook: Too high a price

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:25:00 +0000

TWO announcements this week regarding Ireland hit the headlines.

Tony Ward: Ireland must return to pressure game

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:17:55 +0000

IN THE lead-up to last week’s game, much of the attention focused on how Ireland would adapt to the absence of our lynchpin Brian O’Driscoll, and to the change in attacking strategy under the new backline think-tank of Mark Tainton and Les Kiss along with Declan Kidney.

Ruddock urges U-20s to be more clinical in French test