Famous final flops
In case you haven’t already seen it, here is the penalty shoot-out between Cardiff and Leicester
Time for the cruelty of penalty shoot-outs to be replaced
South Africa weary of visiting Lions
De-Villiers eyes Munster
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Alan Quinlan’s ‘eye-gouging’ incident against Leinster looks likely to cost him his place on the Lions squad for the tour to South Africa later this month.
European Rugby Cup (ERC) confirmed that Quinlan, the Munster flanker, must appear before a disciplinary panel “as soon as is practicable,” after being cited for making contact with the eye [...]

 
“It’s always a huge honour to be picked out as one of the elite of four countries, a massive honour. It’s something I don’t take for granted. I’m just so proud really.
“I’ll try not to sound like Deccie (Declan Kidney) but it’s one of those days where it’s for all your school teachers, underage coaches, [...]

Tomas O’Leary
“It’s brilliant news for me and all the lads in the Munster squad - we’ve got a good contingent in the Lions,” he told TV3 Sport. There was no advance warning. I was just in the gym in Cork, doing a bit of training. We turned on Sky, there was a bit of a crowd [...]

14 Irishmen will travel with the Lions touring squad for South Africa, with Paul O’Connell confirmed as captain. Ireland’s previous highest was 11 in 2005.
Rob Kearney, Luke Fitzgerald, Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll, Keith Earls, Ronan O’Gara, Tomás O’Leary, Jamie Heaslip, David Wallace, Stephen Ferris, Alan Quinlan, Donncha O’Callaghan, Jerry Flannery and Paul O’Connell(capt)
Coach Ian McGeechan [...]

All the discussion and speculation on the squad for the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour will be over tomorrow. At lunch on Tuesday 21st April the squad to tour South Africa with the 2009 British & Irish Lions will be announced. The two front runners for the captaincy are the Ireland captain Brian [...]

Praised by team mates as the hardest trainer they know, Johnny spends hours practicing his kicking every week. However, he is well known for his diligence in the gym also. The video below is an insight into some of the work he does with his personal trainer. If it weren’t for a number of injuries, [...]

 
Even though some label him as a thug, Peter Clohessy is an all time legend among Munster Rugby supporters. He has become used to the usual rumours regarding his character and although he admits his ambition for his life after rugby is to spend his Saturday afternoons abusing referees from the sidelines, he smiles and [...]

Sadly the RBS 6 Nations is over for another year. Fortunately this is a special year, its a British & Irish Lions year. Now we can review the performances of all the participants from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales with a view to them travelling to South Africa in 9 weeks time.
On Tuesday [...]

A poll is currently being run on the Sky sports website to asking people who would
they like to see as captain for this years British and Irish Lions tour to
South Africa.
The names to vote on are
Paul O’Connell, Brian O’Driscoll, Ryan Jones, Phil Vickery, Martyn Williams, Mike Blair,
Steve Borthwick, other.
If you do not agree with any [...]