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Thursday 9 December 2021
Respective victories over Meath and Galway set up a Croke Park showdown on 12 September.
The South Africans finished the second Test with huge momentum.
With the sides tied at one win apiece, the series will be decided in Cape Town on Saturday.
Alun Wyn Jones is looking forward to seeing Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw playing together.
The Wexford man teams up with Ken Owens and Wyn Jones in the front row this weekend.
The two teams will go head-to-head at GAA HQ on Saturday.
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Scott Robertson’s side have been the dominant force in recent years but won’t be part of next weekend’s decider.
Johann van Graan’s men have hopes of securing a place in the decider in Italy.
Ronan O’Gara and co. will have to see off Toulouse to claim their first European title at Twickenham.
The Cork man’s coaching philosophy continues to impress.
The southern province will have a chance to end their 10-year trophy drought later this month.
Saoirse Noonan followed up yesterday’s heroics for Cork’s Gaelic footballers with both goals in victory over Treaty United.
Kilkenny and Galway will meet in this year’s Leinster SHC final.
Promising out-half Noah Lolesio scored 13 points for Dan McKellar’s side.
There were zero positive results in the latest round of PCR testing.
The 24-year-old second row has fully recovered from his shoulder injury.
St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge defeated Naas CBS.
The former Wales boss will be head coach on a third Lions tour next year.
The Tribesmen are hoping to retain their crown.
World Rugby is intent on the fixture taking place this weekend.
They’ll meet again on 7 July.
Dave Rennie’s side should prove a difficult proposition on home soil.
The Heineken Champions Cup finalists are extremely evenly-matched.
They had 20 points to spare over Top 14 rivals La Rochelle on Friday night.
The beaten TG4 All-Ireland finalists rounded off the league campaign in style.
Throw-in at Parnell Park is at 4pm on Sunday.
Munster back row Jack O’Donoghue helped the Limerick club while he was out injured.
Leo Cullen praised James Lowe but said there is still a decision to make with his ‘non-European players’.
Division 1B outfit Armagh could become the first Ulster side since Ballynahinch in 2009 to claim the national trophy.
Railway Union saw off Old Belvedere this evening, after the defending champions got the better of Blackrock.
23,644 supporters watched Donegal enjoy a two-point victory over the Royals.
The fullback was forced off with a shoulder injury against Scotland and has yet to take a full part in training.
The Women’s Inter-provincial Series goes down to the wire in Donnybrook tomorrow night.
Leinster have yet to concede a point in this year’s championship.
Martin Stackpoole proved the hero for Lixnaw.
The Ireland head coach is missing Garry Ringrose, Dan Leavy, Andrew Conway and Iain Henderson.
Jackie Shiels scored all the points in a victory over Railway Union, while Bohs beat Galwegians well.
The Hospital-based school comfortably saw off their Belfast counterparts.
‘TIS THE EIGHTH of December, the day when it was tradition for people from down the country to come up to Dublin for a day of festive shopping.
Back decades ago years ago when that tradition was in full swing in Ireland there wasn’t an option to shop online – but after the Covid-19 pandemic forcing a lot of us to do our gift shopping online, some of us may ditch tradition in favour of convenience and avoiding crowds.
So we’re wondering: Are you doing the bulk of your Christmas shopping online, or in-person this year?
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This week, our reader is busy renovating her home, which she purchased with her partner in August.
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