SHANE LOGAN’S POOR TACTICS
SHANE LOGAN’S POOR TACTICS
May 31, 2018
FOR BIG rugby clubs facing into a World Cup season, this is an important time but Ulster Rugby, where chief executive Shane Logan remains... Read more »
HEASLIP AND VAN DER FLIER
May 31, 2018
INTERESTING to see a firm called Abbey International Finance (AIF) pumping over €2m into the operation behind the flavoured water brand Coco Fuzion100. This... Read more »
AFTER PADDY JACKSON AT ULSTER
May 3, 2018
DESPITE THE successful stage management by the IRFU of the “joint Ulster Rugby and IRFU” Jackson/Olding contract review, Ulster Rugby’s grim tide has been... Read more »
The Chronicles of Jamie Heaslip
April 5, 2018
Former Irish Rugby captain Jamie Heaslip must have been delighted with the send-off he got at the Aviva last weekend at Leinster’s Champions Cup... Read more »
BLAZERS GET DOUBLE-TEAMED
April 5, 2018
SOME WRINKLES to the IRFU’s annus mirabilis have begun to appear with the official arrival in Dublin of the players’ organisation, International Rugby Players... Read more »
Grand Slam media battle kicks off
March 22, 2018
THE RECENT spat between the IRFU and the rugby writers’ group (see The Phoenix 23/2/18) has focused attention on the battle for dominance of... Read more »
Joe Schmidt’s tactics
February 22, 2018
THE long-standing love-in between the IRFU and rugby journalists reportedly came to an abrupt end a fortnight ago when Irish coach Joe Schmidt cancelled... Read more »
INJURY TIME FOR THE IRFU
February 8, 2018
EUPHORIA after Stade de France but the storm clouds are gathering for Irish rugby as its ability to hold onto the best players is... Read more »