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Connacht’s first chance to back up Euro form
Connacht Rugby return to action on Sunday (5pm) hoping to translate their successful European form into the Magners League.
Ian’s hopes for Irish cap are now within his grasp
Kilkenny’s Ian Dowling has fast become a rugby great and is known as a talented winger who rarely puts a foot wrong. Dowling, who started for Munster in their 2006 and 2008 Heineken Cup final wins, is one of Ireland’s unsung rugby heroes.
Kilkenny woman appointed to management position
Thomastown woman Grainne Doyle has been appointed Business Development Manager for the Hospitality Partnership. She joined the partnership from Slattery Communications in 2005 as Accounts Director.
A return to rip off
“What’s your cheapest pint o’ beer?” I asked out of curiousity in a popular Dublin pub last Thursday.
Connacht’s cup credentials will be tested by in-form London Irish
Billed as the glamour home match of their European season, Connacht host pool favourites London Irish in a crunch Challenge Cup fixture tomorrow evening (7pm).
Connacht’s form will be tested by in-form London Irish
Billed as the glamour home match of their European season, Connacht host pool favourites London Irish in a crunch Challenge Cup fixture tomorrow evening (7pm).London Irish, last year’s Heineken Cup semi-finalists and currently sitting in sixth place in the English premiership, are favourites to top Pool 1, but Michael Bradley is banking on Connacht’s recent fine form and a strong home support to upset the odds and make it two out of two.The task will be immense. This is a side that hammered Sale Sharks (Munster’s opposition this weekend) 28 - 6 in their last premiership outing. Last weekend they ran in 12 tries against Rovigo - London Irish's highest points score in any competition in the professional era.
London Irish defeat Connacht in Challenge Cup
Connacht's hopes of topping their European pool to gain automatic qualification into the quarter-finals lost momentum on Friday night when a stronger London Irish proved their credentials of regaining Heineken Cup status.
Let’s all resign...for the principle of it
Hasn’t this been a mad week? It’s so mad, I’ve been tempted to resign in disgust or threaten to resign in disgust because hey, after all that is what everyone who is anybody is doing these days. If they’re not resigning, they’re withdrawing their support. Or refusing to clarify if they will support someone. We thought the last few weeks were mad with the banks collapsing, the developers imploding and a mad moosehunter being just a dodgy skin cell away from the White House. But this week takes the biscuit. For a short while there, we nearly had a general election.
