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Saturday 17 April 2021
Watson won the prize ahead of Irish nominees Robbie Henshaw and Tadhg Beirne.
The Six Nations is back this weekend, the World Cup comes next year, then WXV launches in 2023.
The Tipperary woman has been a ruthless try-scorer on the World Sevens Series.
The out-half was dismissed late in the second half at the Stade de France.
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Scotland had not claimed an away victory over France since 1999.
Pivac’s men had been forced to wait an additional six days to discover their fate following Saturday’s last gasp defeat to France.
Ireland duo Peter O’Mahony and Bundee Aki deserved to be dismissed he said.
Scotland can secure their highest-ever Six Nations finish with an eight-point win over Les Bleus.
Rhys Ruddock would have loved more game time in the Six Nations.
The Six Nations will finally be decided by Friday night’s postponed game.
The lineout and scrum were superb during this championship but there’s lots of work to do elsewhere.
The second row was slapped with a two-game ban.
The ban comes as a big blow for Connacht ahead of their clash with Leicester.
RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney said on Tuesday no stone would be left unturned during the inquest.
The incident occurred in the 77th minute of Ireland’s win over the English.
The Connacht centre was dismissed during Ireland’s 32-18 win at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
Last weekend’s convincing win over England was a new peak for this Irish team.
The England head coach is facing calls for his dismissal.
Fabien Galthie’s side were 32-30 winners after a dramatic finale last night.
Ireland scored excellent tries through Keith Earls and Jack Conan, and nearly had a beautiful third.
The series against the Springboks has yet to be confirmed.
Ireland were dominant against Jones’ side in Dublin yesterday.
‘I don’t think you guys listened to us,’ said Jonathan Sexton after Ireland delivered the best performance of the Andy Farrell era.
Robbie Henshaw led the way in a convincing Irish win at the Aviva Stadium.
Gregor Townsend’s side ran in eight tries against the Azzurri.
The 30-year-old will play his final Test today against England in Dublin.
Andy Farrell’s men will need to be at their peak but that may not even be enough.
We’re giving away the last of these great prizes thanks to William Hill.
The 31-year-old scrum-half makes his return tomorrow against England.
The Six Nations clash will take place on 26 March at 8pm.
James Lowe drops out of the Ireland matchday 23 for the clash with England.
Bundee Aki, Jack Conan, Dave Kilcoyne, and Josh van der Flier all start.
Second-row Romain Taofifenua, fly-half Matthieu Jalibert and flanker Dylan Cretin keep their places.
Joe Marchant comes onto the bench for the trip to Dublin but England are unchanged otherwise.
Matt Proudfoot recalls seeing Stander breaking through into South African rugby.
Will Connors has excelled at openside over the last two weekends.
Despite still being just 22, Tom Curry is already a dominant force in Test rugby.
The 31-year-old is free to play again after his suspension.
The flying wing scored twice against Andy Farrell’s side last autumn.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, the 5km travel limit was lifted allowing people to travel within their county borders or within 20km of their home across county borders.
This opens up new locations for most people, including the chance for those who live near or in coastal counties to visit the sea.
However, sea swimming is not for everyone, especially during the colder months.
So today we’re asking: Do you swim in the sea?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
The biologist and writer shares an extract from his book Entangled Life.
The Sinn Féin TD says the move leaves the future of the Irish banking sector uncertain.
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