The European Rugby Champions Cup Preview (and definitely not the Heineken Cup)

EPCR Trophies unveiled - Credit EPCRugby.com
A look ahead to the competition and a few selected first round games for Paddy Power

“The ability to do a running spiral is priceless” – a chat with Dave Alred, kicking guru

I went to Carton House to have a chat with Dave Alred, noted kicking and performance coach. We discussed goal kicking, baseball and the lost art of the spiral kick. And later I tried not to embarrass myself in a kicking session being watched by an Irish rugby great.

A 2300 word season preview for the Aviva Premiership? Ok, here you go…

For Setanta Sports. With lots and lots of Opta stats. Oh yes.

Anthony Foley and Jamie Heaslip at the Guinness Pro 12 Launch

Interviews with Anthony Foley and Jamie Heaslip for The Score

Title win fills IRFU coffers

A report from the IRFU's annual meeting for the Irish Examiner...

Ken Quarrie and his Kicking Model

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The second in a series looking at goal kicking in rugby. A chat with Ken Quarrie, NZ Rugby Senior Scientist.

How good was that kick, really? Two men decided to find out.

The first of a series of pieces on goalkicking in rugby

Heineken Cup Final preview

A preview of the last Heineken Cup final for Paddy Power

An Ireland men’s Sevens team? Not quite. But they’re tipping their toe in the water.

Ireland, without a men's Sevens team since 2009, is sending a team to the u19 Sevens European Championships in Portugal this weekend. I wrote about this for the Irish Examiner.

Podcast: The Science of Sport

Leinster's Emmet Farrell, Dublin's Ray Boyne and I chat with Ger Gilroy about analysis in sport