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Six Nations: England 30 Ireland 9

Six Nations: England 30 Ireland 9

This one was hard to watch – and it’s still hard to write about a couple of days later. Ireland were taken apart at scrum time in a disappointing game with England dominating the [more]

Women: England 23 Ireland 6

Women: England 23 Ireland 6

There can be no doubt that the Irish Women’s game has taken a huge leap forward this season, however the match on Saturday afternoon, against England at Esher RFC, showed that they still have [more]

U20: England 20 Ireland 9

U20: England 20 Ireland 9

Ireland’s winning run came to an end, losing 20 – 9 at Adams Park on Friday night against England. The match was more one-sided than the score suggests as Ireland’s youngsters found it [more]

Women: Teams for England v Ireland.

Women: Teams for England v Ireland.

It feels a little disloyal arguing the toss over the women’s team selection, especially as you just know the huge amount of commitment that all the girls have put into their professional performances for [more]

U20: Ireland 26 Scotland 0

U20: Ireland 26 Scotland 0

Ireland U20′s, led by Ulster’s Patrick Jackson, have set up a Grand Slam encounter against England next weekend with this 26 – 0 win against Scotland on Friday night. Shane [more]

Six Nations: Ireland 32 Scotland 14

Six Nations: Ireland 32 Scotland 14

Ireland battled their way through this difficult fixture, scoring four tries to see off an awkward, but somewhat subdued, Scotland. I’d expected to see more from the Scottish who, despite their results, [more]

Women: Ireland 20 Scotland 0

Women: Ireland 20 Scotland 0

Ireland Women kept their home record intack last night with a 20 – 0 win against Scotland. First half tries from Sophie Spence and Ashleigh Baxter plus a Niamh Briggs conversion [more]

Six Nations: France 17 Ireland 17

Six Nations: France 17 Ireland 17

Ireland failed to hold on to a first half 6 – 17 lead in this rearranged RBS Six Nations fixture with France fighting back in the second half to level [more]

Women: Ireland 36 Wales 0 (With Video.)

Women: Ireland 36 Wales 0 (With Video.)

Ireland Women racked up a resounding 36 – 0 win at Ashbourne today in the re-arranged RBS Women’s 6 Nations match against Wales. First half tries from Joy Neville, Sophie Spence and Niamh [more]

Six Nations: Ireland 42 Italy 10

Six Nations: Ireland 42 Italy 10

The Women’s and U20′s Six Nations matches this weekend between Ireland and Italy established the pattern of Ireland building a lead, the Italians fighting back and Ireland going clear late [more]