# clash of styles

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January 2023

Playing with David Clifford and Shane Walsh: 'It’s crazy how different they can be'

Facing down David Clifford and Shane Walsh in training is some task but there are plenty of lessons in it too.

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Jan 12th 2023, 5:42 PM

Last year

2022

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Guardiola responds to critics who say he overthinks crucial Champions League ties

‘I always create new tactics and ideas, and tomorrow you will see a new one,’ promised the Man City boss ahead of their quarter-final first leg with Atletico Madrid.

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Apr 4th 2022, 4:28 PM

All time

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'I won't be having that conversation with the ref about protecting Johnny'

The mic’d up interactions between Johnny Sexton, Rory Best and Romaine Poite will be an intriguing sub-plot of Leinster v Ulster.

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Mar 27th 2019, 3:00 PM

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'I'd be lucky to be tying my laces at 36': Dynamic Taylor's admiration for stalwart Rory Best

‘Saturday is going to be a bloody physical battle,’ says Codie Taylor, a hooker cut from very different cloth to his opposite number.

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Nov 14th 2018, 8:05 AM

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Bernard Brogan: 'I wouldn't be the biggest fan of Jim McGuinness' style of football'

The former Player of the Year respects the ex-Donegal boss’

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Oct 9th 2014, 8:15 AM

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Costa Rica's Cinderella fairytale faces history-seeking Greek roadblock

Mikey Stafford reports from Recife, where both sides are aiming to achieve historical feats.

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Jun 29th 2014, 8:58 AM

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Madigan to face stiff competition from Gopperth -- Murphy

Leinster’s skills and kicking coach expects ‘a great little battle’ from the two number 10s.

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Sep 3rd 2013, 8:55 AM