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Opportunity knocks for fringe players

Saturday November 21 2009

THERE were three options open to Declan Kidney for today's meeting with Fiji at the RDS. Firstly, he could have left well enough alone, focused on lack of game time and, except for the injured Cian Healy and Luke Fitzgerald, reselected the team that lined out against Australia for the second week running.

Eagles fully committed to bridging the global divide

Saturday November 21 2009

The old beer ad with Sally O'Brien and 'the way she might look at you' came to mind last Sunday. It has become the emigrant's cliche, I suppose. The cold beer, the smile, the egg you could fry on a pavement, "if you had an egg". I sat in a small hotel room in Montevideo watching Ireland rein in Australia on TV, thinking how, even though the world is just an outsized village now, Croke Park seemed galaxies away.

Jones issues Welsh rallying call ahead of Puma tussle

Saturday November 21 2009

Wales captain Ryan Jones wants a bold and ruthless approach from his team as they aim to rediscover their scoring touch against Argentina today.

Bench brigade eager to impress Kidney

Saturday November 21 2009

WITH the nation still staggering beneath a giant chip on its shoulder following the fallout from Wednesday night's World Cup catastrophe, the Irish rugby side's meeting with Fiji at the RDS this evening seems like small potatoes.

Our own tongue brings us riches

Saturday November 21 2009

With regard to Mary Devane Wilson's views on converting Ireland into a western outpost of Chinese, or a Spanish oasis on the Celtic fringe (Letters, November 17) I say, get real.

sangiovese secrets

Saturday November 21 2009

It is Italy's most planted grape variety, but it may be easier to identify a bottle of Sangiovese in Australia, California or even Argentina. It's those European wine-making laws again, that traditionally give pride of place on the label to the terroir rather than the name on the grape.

'Standout nominee': Brian O'Driscoll. Photo: Getty Images

Williams: O'Driscoll worthy successor

Friday November 20 2009

Wales winger Shane Williams believes Brian O'Driscoll should succeed him as International Rugby Board player of the year.