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Best plays down Welsh rivalry
February 4, 2012, 4:11 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland hooker Rory Best has played down exacting World Cup revenge against Sunday's opponents Wales, instead looking at the bigger picture and replicating the successful 2009 RBS 6 Nations campaign. » read full article
Ireland v Wales women's clash abandoned due to frozen pitch
February 4, 2012, 2:06 am sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland Women led Wales 10-3 at half-time when their RBS 6 Nations opener in Ashbourne was called off due to a frozen pitch. » read full article
McFadden replaces Earls for Ireland
February 3, 2012, 5:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Fergus McFadden will start for Ireland against Wales on Sunday in their RBS 6 Nations opener after Keith Earls withdrew from the side. » read full article
RBS 6 NATIONS LIVE CHALLENGE COMPANION APP LAUNCHES
February 3, 2012, 3:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
New for the 2012 RBS 6 Nations, RBS has launched rugby's first ever interactive in-game companion app, the RBS 6 Nations Live Challenge. » read full article
Wales women aim to open account against Ireland
February 2, 2012, 7:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Wales women head coach Rhys Edwards is targeting three wins in the RBS 6 Nations and wants to kick things off by opening their account against Ireland at Ashbourne on February 3. » read full article
O'Connell: New arrival won't affect Earls
February 2, 2012, 9:06 am sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Stand-in Ireland skipper Paul O'Connell is confident Keith Earls will be a more than adequate replacement for talismanic centre Brian O-Driscoll - partly because of the new arrival in his family life. » read full article
Neville eyeing Welsh revenge
February 1, 2012, 7:07 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland No. 8 Joy Neville is itching to get started on the 2012 RBS 6 Nations - but that doesn't mean she's expecting an easy ride in their opening clash with Wales. » read full article
Ruddock raring to send his Under-20s into battle
February 1, 2012, 7:07 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland Under-20s head coach Mike Ruddock believes his side are raring to go for Friday's opening RBS 6 Nations game against Wales in Athlone. » read full article
Kidney vows to take fight to Wales
February 1, 2012, 2:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland head coach Declan Kidney has promised his side will step onto the offensive in their RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales in Dublin on Sunday. » read full article
O'Gara eyes another Grand Slam
January 31, 2012, 12:07 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Legendary Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara believes this year's RBS 6 Nations is wide open and has targeted another Grand Slam to avenge their World Cup disappointment. » read full article
Coghlan optimistic despite lack of preparation
January 30, 2012, 7:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland women's captain Fiona Coghlan insists they are geared up for their opening RBS 6 Nations clash against Wales on Friday - but admitted a lack of preparation could thwart their chances. » read full article
Kidney settled on O'Driscoll replacement
January 30, 2012, 12:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland coach Declan Kidney knows only too well the impact of Brian O'Driscoll's absence from the RBS 6 Nations - but insists he hasn't been left wondering where to turn to find his replacement. » read full article
D'Arcy eyeing Wales revenge
January 28, 2012, 1:37 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland centre Gordon D'Arcy has vowed to right the wrongs of their World Cup quarter-final heartbreak against Wales and claims they are the better team. » read full article
O'Connell relishing Welsh rivalry
January 27, 2012, 1:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland captain Paul O'Connell admits he is relishing the opportunity to start the RBS 6 Nations Championship against Wales to gain a measure of revenge for their World Cup defeat. » read full article
Henderson - Earls can be Ireland's new lucky 13
January 25, 2012, 7:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Keith Earls should be anointed as the long-term successor to the king of Irish rugby Brian O'Driscoll according to the Ireland centre's former midfield partner Rob Henderson. » read full article
O'Gara relishing battle with Sexton
January 25, 2012, 11:36 am sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ronan O'Gara is relishing going head to head with Jonny Sexton for the Ireland No.10 jersey for the 2012 RBS 6 Nations - claiming he proved his doubters wrong with his form at the World Cup. » read full article
Injuries force Kidney into reshuffle
January 24, 2012, 12:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland have been forced into a trio of changes to their training squad ahead of their opening RBS 6 Nations clash against Wales with Fionn Carr, Craig Gilroy and Jack McGrath all drafted in by coach Declan Kidney. » read full article
Zebo reminds Kidney just what he can do
January 22, 2012, 1:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Simon Zebo made a point to Ireland boss Declan Kidney ahead of the RBS 6 Nations in the best possible fashion with a stunning hat-trick in Munster's Heineken Cup demolition of Northampton. » read full article
Robshaw dejected by Harlequins defeat
January 21, 2012, 2:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Chris Robshaw, a potential captain for England during the RBS 6 Nations, suffered a chastening experience as his Harlequins side suffered a 9-8 defeat to Connacht to leave their Heineken Cup campaign hanging by a thread. » read full article
Ireland appoint Kearney as manager
January 21, 2012, 12:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland have appointed Michael Kearney as their new rugby manager - just two weeks before the start of the 2012 RBS 6 Nations. » read full article
Kidney's selection comes in for criticism
January 19, 2012, 1:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland boss Declan Kidney has come under fire for sticking with the same players who crashed out of the World Cup quarter-finals in New Zealand for the RBS Six Nations from Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin. » read full article
Fitzgerald and O'Leary left out by Ireland
January 18, 2012, 6:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Leinster wing Luke Fitzgerald and Munster scrum-half Tomas O'Leary have both been omitted from Declan Kidney's Ireland squad for the RBS 6 Nations. » read full article
Fitzgerald and O'Leary left out by Ireland
January 18, 2012, 6:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Leinster wing Luke Fitzgerald and Munster scrum-half Tomas O'Leary have both been omitted from Declan Kidney's Ireland squad for the RBS 6 Nations. » read full article
Heaslip: O'Driscoll absence an opportunity
January 17, 2012, 12:36 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Ireland No.8 Jamie Heaslip admits Brian O'Driscoll will be a big miss during the RBS 6 Nations but has backed his Leinster club mates to fill the void. » read full article
Farrell inspires Saracens to victory
January 16, 2012, 4:06 pm sourced from feedproxy.google.com
Owen Farrell's nerveless kicking proved the difference as Saracens all but sealed their passage through to the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup with a 20-16 win against Biarritz on Sunday. » read full article
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