Kidney sending a signal to Mike Ross?
Either Gerry Thornley is making stuff up or Declan Kidney is publicly flogging our most crucial player. Or Michael Bent is Clint Newland.A few points on Ireland beating Fiji…
Craig Gilroy good, selection and substitutions bad. Some points about Ireland's hammering of Fiji for Balls.ie.Ireland win (the first half) against South Africa…
A few thoughts on Ireland's loss to South Africa for Balls.ieFor Balls.ie: My Ireland team to face the Springboks
No Brian O'Driscoll, no Rory Best. As a cold shiver runs down the spine here's my Ireland team to face South Africa (part of the Balls.ie Rugby Nerds panel)Ireland vs. South Africa; Kidney’s lipservice to youth
Declan Kidney named his squad for the Autumn Series. An look at who he's picked, who he hasn't, and who should play against South Africa.Lance Armstrong – USADA Judgement Wordcloud
Full judgement available here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/109619079/Reasoned-Decision… Read more...
I Am The Secret Footballer: 42 years too late?
A new Adidas rugby boot with a single front stud?
Wrote about this for The Irish Times…
Single front stud trial raises a rake of issues
Banned for decades, the mooted return of the isolated single stud is sure to be controversial, writes ANDY MCGEADY
THE IRB have introduced several changes to the game’s laws in a series of worldwide trials.… Read more...
Ryan Braun, his pee and a basement fridge
In Major League Baseball, Ryan Braun is a big name. He should be a bigger name, considering he was named National League Most Valuable Player in 2011, but he plays left field for the Brewers. Milwaukee is not Manhattan and if Braun had put up a .330/33 HR/111 RBI season for a Mets or Yankees team that won a franchise-record number of games he’d be a megastar.… Read more...
Liverpool, the Red Sox and Pumpsie Green: why LFC would always have to back down
This piece appeared on The Journal on Monday, Feb 13th 2012: http://thescore.thejournal.ie/liverpool-the-red-sox-and-pumpsie-green-why-lfc-had-to-back-down-354104-Feb2012/
Pumpsie Green.
Today that name is unknown to, conservatively, 99.99% of Liverpool FC’s players, coaches and fans. They would have done well to have known it before the Suarez/Evra racism affair reached its nadir with yesterday’s non-handshake at Old Trafford.… Read more...
