The Ireland women’s rugby team are RBS 6 Nations champions for 2015.
Ireland won their final match against Scotland 73-3, a championship record score.
G’wan na mban!
Match Report: Ireland v Scotland
Meanwhile….
This afternoon.
The men’s Ireland rugby team led by Paul O’Connell return to Dublin Airport following their victory over Scotland in Edinburgh and securing the Six Nations Championship.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
This morning.
Donal Quinn writes:
Defiant Currach in Barcelona harbour warming up for @CurachRegataBCN [Since 2009 Iomramh has organised the Mediterranean Currach Regatta in the Port of Barcelona, a celebration of Irish tradition and culture on Mediterranean waters].
Update:
The regatta begins…
Murrayfield, Scotland (top) this afternoon.
And how the Six Nations looks ahead of England V France this evening.
Cheer up.
It might happen.
Thanks NUIG Students Union
Tom McGurk is recalled for RTÉ’s promo of today’s final round of 6 Nations games.
Eight hours, EIGHT! of Pope, Hook and O’Shea in an orgy of eggball chit-chat.
Can you handle that?
Can anyone??
Previously: Like A Moss
Meanwhile, in Edinburgh
*hic*
Thanks Michael Colgan
Like pizza?
Love rugby??
You can combine both.
Brian Healy writes:
The last round in this Years Six nations comes to a head. Ireland, England & Wales are drawn so far but can Ireland pull it out of the bag to retain the Six Nations championship??? Find out this Saturday 21st March from 2.30pm in The George Bar.. Oh! and there’s Free Pizza.
‘Nom Ireland!
Connolly Station, Dublin, this afternoon.
*cracks open sugary caffeine rich soft drink*
Thanks Daniel Kelly
Rugby referee Steve Walsh
Controversial bearded boulevardier and ladies favourite Steve Walsh has called time on his rugby refereeing career less than a week after ducking out of officiating Ireland’s loss to Wales.
Steve Walsh citing personal business reasons for his retirement said:
I have lived my dream and I am truly grateful for every experience that I have had in rugby. It’s been an incredible journey.
Aww mate.
Steve Walsh blows whistle on career (New Zealand Herald
Thanks Richie McCormack
For the weekend that’s in it.
Saturday, February 2nd, 1980.
Ireland faced Scotland off the back of a whipping from her old master.
Ballerina-footed Ollie Campbell and the greased ferret like elusiveness of Colin Patterson lead the charge, backed by southern musclemen, Donal Spring and first-time in green try scorer Moss Keane.
Niall Kiely wrote in the following Monday’s Irish Times:
Our resident Scotsman in a busy restaurant came from Troon, and named, inevitably one-felt, Brown. He had found problems to transcend the day’s woes, one of which led him to beseech every woman present for a needle and thread – a terrace scrimmage had seen him split his only pair of trousers – yet further tragedy stalked in that he had belatedly discovered that Galway , where he wanted to visit an old flame, was not a suburb of Dublin.
Och!
Previously: Giving It A McLash, 1985
Retro Rugby on Broadsheet
Ireland’s selection for Saturday’s rugby international with Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh with twitter handles instead of names.
As you do.
That’s Proper Church.
RUCK!
Thanks Shane Griffin
