Archive for the ‘Fullback’ Category
Universal approval
What to say about Barcelona that hasn’t already been described to death since Saturday’s superlative-stretching performance in London.
Excuses, excuses
Ireland might have collected their first silverware since Jack Charlton’s team took Iceland.
Mission improbable accomplished
Whether they got a sneak preview of Osama’s ‘Is féidir linn’ speech or what, something happened midway through last Saturday’s Heineken Cup final
Protocols and photocalls
An ex-GAA president escorting Queen Elizabeth II by the elbow is scarcely on a par with Martin Johnson making Mary McAleese take a walk on the wet side of the red carpet at Lansdowne Road.
Hoops better than Blues?
there’s a strong argument to be made that Carrick United may well be the best side in and around the Waterford ‘district’.
Bobby Power’s iron will steered the way
Carrick has a history of producing stellar and steely sportsmen.
God’s Gift to Golf
He rewrote the course-management manual, redefined the bounds of possibility, but superlatives aside, more than anything Seve made golf gripping.
Class versus crass
Anyone I’ve spoken to who saw last week’s low-key BBC2 documentary about Bobby Charlton was struck by the same thing – the sheer humility of the man.
Tom’s mile of a lifetime
Tom Queally’s stunning runway success on flat racing’s latest ‘wonderhorse’ Frankel in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.