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Quiz: How well do you remember Ireland's tour success in Australia?
Ireland were hot property in 2018 and they scorched to a landmark tour success down under.
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Jun 23rd 2020, 8:30 AM
'Eight as one': Ireland pack braced for U20 World Cup opener against England
Noel McNamara’s men have left the Grand Slam behind them as they travelled to Argentina.
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Jun 4th 2019, 10:03 AM
Here's The Sunday Game's Football Team of the Year for 2018
Ciarán Kilkenny was the unanimous pick as Footballer of the Year.
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Sep 2nd 2018, 10:56 PM
'The youth teams seemed a bit of a shambles - I wanted to give it the respect it deserved'
In the final part of our Boys of Summer series, Brian Kerr looks back on before, during and after Malaysia twenty years ago.
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Jun 18th 2017, 11:30 PM
'People still remember me for marking Ronaldo in the FA Cup final and it's quite nice to tell my kid'
Robbie Ryan was part of Brian Kerr’s team who reached dazzling heights at the Fifa Youth Championships but he will always be remembered for his role in Millwall’s remarkable FA Cup adventure.
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Jun 18th 2017, 10:00 AM
'There was a magic about Noel - he had a special vibe, an aura of humility and brilliance'
Noel O’Reilly’s contribution – not just to the remarkable success of the Irish team in Malaysia in 1997 but to so much more – is never forgotten.
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Jun 18th 2017, 5:00 AM
‘I swapped shirts with Pablo Aimar in the team hotel... he didn't speak English but I think he got the gist of it’
Micky Cummins recalls his memories of the U20 World Cup in 1997.
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Jun 16th 2017, 9:45 PM
‘I’d been released by Blackburn... I was at a crossroads in my career’
Thomas Morgan recalls emerging from a low point in his footballing life to captain his country to a historic achievement.
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Jun 15th 2017, 10:27 PM
16 players from the 1997 World Youth Championships who became stars
20 years ago this month, the world caught a glimpse of some prodigious talents.
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Jun 14th 2017, 8:30 PM
‘Brian always believed in us. We slowly started to believe in him as the tournament went on’
Colin Hawkins recalls his memories of the 1997 FIFA U20 World Cup.
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Jun 13th 2017, 9:30 PM
Mars bars, diarrhoea, Connect 4 and a once in a lifetime triumph: an oral history of Malaysia '97
Players, staff and journalists recount the finer details of the Republic of Ireland U20s’ historic journey 20 years ago.
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Jun 12th 2017, 5:28 PM
Boys of Summer: We celebrate Ireland's golden generation and their golden moment
We launch a new series commemorating an historic Irish sports moment that occurred in Malaysia twenty years ago.
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Jun 12th 2017, 4:00 PM
From the uncapped to the peerless captain: 5 players key to Irish U20 hopes next week
Big performances from this quintet will go a long way to making it a good tournament from Ireland.
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Jun 3rd 2016, 5:45 PM
'It felt like the first time in a while where we were properly enjoying ourselves'
Simon Zebo was superb in attack as Ireland hammered Italy in Saturday.
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Mar 14th 2016, 9:42 AM
14 reasons we’re glad The Sunday Game is back
The boys are back in town [RTÉ studios] tomorrow.
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May 17th 2014, 9:30 AM
Omission doesn't rule Stephen Ireland out of summer tour -- Martin O'Neill
The Ireland manager will speak to the Stoke midfielder personally after the Premier League concludes this weekend.
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May 9th 2014, 11:22 AM
Hoops, guns, dodgy plugs and pool boys: It's the Irish rugby team on tour
The Irish rugby team has arrived in the USA with a bang.
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Jun 3rd 2013, 8:06 PM