2023 is slowly building up towards this year’s biggest event, namely the Rugby World Cup. (RWC). The green-clad Irish team seem to be on a roll ahead of the prestigious championship, as their performance in the Six Nations Championship is going exceptionally well. So, what will the Irish effort at the championship look like? Fan engagement is a crucial part of the Rugby World Cup experience, and the tournament organizers go to great lengths to ensure that fans feel a part of the action, whether they are on-site or watching from home. For far-away fans, social media has become an increasingly ..read more

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Champions of the world. The 2023 Six Nations got underway on February 4th weekend, and to say the competition got underway with a bang would be an understatement. Scotland beat England for an unprecedented third consecutive year, picking up a 29-23 victory at Twickenham to ensure that the Calcutta Cup remains north of the border for another year. Tournament favorites France scraped past Italy in Rome, while Ireland hammered Wales in Cardiff. The tournament looks wide open this year and will provide a great indicator as to who the front runners may well be when the 2023 Rugby World Cup gets un ..read more

Reinforcements Ireland’s 2023 Six Nations campaign gets underway this weekend with a huge clash against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Andy Farrell’s side come into this year’s championship as hot favourites alongside holders France – with both Les Blues and old rivals England at home in the Aviva Stadium this year. Captain Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong are both expected to be fit in time for the opener following recent injury setbacks for both players, but one man who has emerged as a doubt is Leinster hooker, Ronan Kelleher. According to the42, Ulster’s 22-year-old hooker T ..read more

Not good. Munster came up just short in their Heineken Cup champions Cup clash with Toulouse yesterday afternoon but they may be lamenting what could have been had this shocking tackle on Joey Carbery been picked up by the referee and TMO on the day. The province trailed 11-0 after just 17 minutes but fought back to lead 16-14 with just twenty minutes left in the game. But two late Jaminet penalties sealed victory for the home side, leaving Munster now with a tough away trip to South Africa against the Sharks in the last 16. Things might have played out a little differently, however, had a hi ..read more

Cheeky. The caterpillar ruck is one not exactly popular in rugby with many fans calling for it to be removed from the game for obvious reasons. In the Premiership, it’s particularly prominent and it leads to some pretty frustrating scenes and just slows down the game. It’s horrible to watch, simple as. But if you’re so used to getting away with it, it can lead to laziness, and if you’re playing against someone like Sharks and Springboks lock, Eben Etzebeth – you’re gonna get punished. And that was exactly the case in Harlequins vs Sharks in the Champions Cup this afternoon with the towering l ..read more

Not long to go. Ireland boss Andy Farrell has named a 37-man squad for the upcoming Guinness Six Nations Championship, which kicks off with an away trip to Cardiff to face Wales on Saturday, 4th February. Ireland finished second to France in last year’s Championship with four wins and five bonus points for a total of 21 points, claiming the Triple Crown for the first time since 2018. There is one uncapped player named in the squad, Leinster’s Jamie Osborne. Osborne was first integrated into the Senior squad in November 2021 as a Development Player and has since featured for Emerging Ireland a ..read more

Back in business. Rugby Australia have appointed former England boss Eddie Jones as their new head coach on a five-year deal, a little over a month after his sacking by the RFU, with Dave Rennie departing the role to make way for him. Jones was dismissed from his position as England head coach on December 6 after seven years in charge, and returns to the Australia set-up nearly 18 years after departing. Rugby Australia confirmed the shock appointment on Monday morning local time, with Jones scheduled to start on January 29. “It is a major coup for Australian rugby to have the best coach in t ..read more

Imagine. Inter-provincial transfers have become pretty commonplace in the modern game, with players regularly moving around the provinces in search of pastures new. In recent years we’ve seen the likes of Robbie Henshaw, Joey Carbery, Jordi Murphy, Adam Byrne and John Cooney to name but a few, head up, down, or across the motorway to join a rival province for a variety of reasons. But there was a time when this just didn’t happen and imagine during the era, the best player in the country decided to swap a blue jersey for a red one… Yes, Brian O’Driscoll was ‘approached’ to sign for Munster by ..read more

About bloody time As part of its sports slate, Netflix has greenlit two new docuseries: an as-yet-untitled series at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, featuring exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage of all 32 teams from the tournament – and Six Nations, an exclusive, inside look at rugby’s greatest championship. The Six Nations series will be produced by the same team behind Drive to Survive, with the following synopsis issued: Six Nations and Producers of Formula 1: Drive to Survive are planning to get fans closer than ever to this year’s Guinness Six Nations Championship. The series will take u ..read more