Rugby

JACK'S FIRST TEST

JACK'S FIRST TEST

Woodstown and Waterpark celebrate O’Donoghue’s debut “The whole place is so proud of Jack now,” Waterpark RFC Junior Drohan told fellow clubman turned rugby scribe Murray Kinsella prior to Jack O’Donoghue’s international rugby debut against Canada on Saturday last. “The whole...
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Return of the King

Return of the King

Paul O’Connell didn’t so much as come back for Munster against Connacht on Saturday night. He thundered back. He steamrolled back. He roared back, like the Lion he’ll surely be again should he maintain his fitness between now and the end of the season. Watching the spiritual leader of the men in red return to the...
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Take it as RED

Take it as RED

Please forgive this Gok Wan-ish kick-off, but white shorts are back in Munster Rugby vogue. Reminding us of an age when a soaked rugby jersey weighed like chainmail in the driving rain, when players trudged out the laps with illumination solely provided by a Cortina’s headlights, Munster’s white shorts have returned....
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