The FRONT ROW UNION

What a difference a day makes in International rugby. On Saturday morning Ireland was a team under performing and under fire as they rolled out one stilted performance after another under the [more]

The Ireland team to play Argentina in the final game of the Guinness Series has been named and contains one new cap in winger Craig Gilroy. Gilroy comes in to [more]

Ulster’s youngsters will have give Declan Kidney a few selection headaches as they moved seamlessly into the International Arena with an exhilarating  performance against a hapless Fiji. Man of the Match [more]

The Ireland XV to play Fiji in Thomond Park on Saturday, November 17th (kick off 5:30pm) has been named. There are eight Ulster players included in the match day 23 [more]

Ireland stumbled to a 12 – 16 defeat against South Africa on Saturday afternoon in a substandard game at the Aviva. The only try of the game came from Ulster’s [more]

Jamie Heaslip will captain Ireland in the opening game of the 2012 Guinness Series against South Africa this Saturday. The Leinster No.8 will be leading his country for the first [more]

It’s an interesting sign of the times that instead of providing a dash of early-season glamour and excitement, these days I’m more inclined to view the November international series as [more]

The IRFU have announced the provisional squad for the Autumn Internationals. It’s a big step up for Iain Henderson and Luke Marshall who join Rory Best, Tom Court, Darren Cave, Tommy [more]

Having flagged Iain Henderson a few years ago we at The Front Row Union are delighted to see that he has been called up into the senior Ireland training squad. Henderson is [more]

‘Irish Rugby is home.’ The catchphrase used throughout Ireland’s Autumn Internationals to mark the historic return to old Lansdowne Road. Yet, ask anyone and they’ll say it wasn’t a homecoming [more]

Ireland were hoping for a win as they faced up to the Pumas in their last fixture of the Autumn Internationals. Despite a less than perfect performance, Ireland managed to [more]

Operation flog a dead horse continues as Declan Kidney announces another uninspiring team for the final and pretty meaningless Autumn International match against Argentina on Sunday. KO 2:30pm. To tell [more]

Ireland’s Autumn International series continued yesterday, when they hosted current Tri-Nations champions New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium. It was a fierce battle between the two sides, yet despite a [more]

While I may have put the above picture of Kidney up a couple of weeks ago as a bit of a joke it appears,after two pretty dismal performances from the [more]

After last week’s disappointing start to their Autumn International campaign, Ireland were looking to their second fixture against Samoa to improve their performance and end their losing streak. Yet despite [more]