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Sunday 9 May 2021
From The42
Organisers aim for a ‘return to normality’ in 2022.
Jack Conan talks us through some of his play for Ireland and Leinster in recent months.
The former out-half is expecting ‘a cracker’ in Donnybrook today.
The Australian presided over a fifth-place finish for the second time in his Twickenham reign.
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.
From The42
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.
HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS will be able to open their doors for the first time since December tomorrow as Ireland ramps up its phased easing of restrictions.
Last summer’s reopening saw queues form outside barber shops in the middle of the night, while those trying to get into salons faced lengthy waiting lists.
The demand looks exceptionally high again this time around with hairdressers reporting barrages of phone calls and messages seeking appointments.
Those who have secured an appointment are being asked to cancel their bookings if they are unable to attend as no-shows had a hugely negative impact on the industry last year.
So today we’re asking: Will you go to a hairdresser this week?
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