Triple Crown beckons
Ireland celebrated captain Brian O'Driscoll's century of caps by cruising to a victory which leaves them one win away from claiming their fifth Triple Crown in seven seasons.
Man of the match: Tomas O'Leary
Vincent Hogan: Working miracles
In Galilee, they'd have put Declan Kidney in charge of weddings. We've no desire to blaspheme here, but that 'Miracle in Cana' business has, of late, been getting plagiarised by 15 men in green.
Heaslip full of praise for 'world's best player' O'Driscoll
JAMIE HEASLIP frequently refers to the fact he is not a big studier of rugby in his spare time.
Wales offer no defence to Kidney's green giants
15 Mar 2010
WHEN the Welsh management team trooped in to the media room, they were understandably a trifle glum.
Peter Bills: England's ugly style years out of fashion
15 Mar 2010
Britain in 1939, New Zealand sent simple, humble, wonderful men -- farmers, labourers, whoever -- to help save Britain in its hour of need. Now Britain's largest rugby nation could do with the favour being repeated.
Green machine is upwardly mobile
14 Mar 2010
Even allowing for the fact that there has been a lot right with Irish rugby since the turn of the century, a return of nine wins from 12 starts against Wales is more comprehensive than you could have imagined when the tournament expanded to become the Six Nations.
Good news expected over D'Arcy
15 Mar 2010
GORDON D'ARCY is the major injury concern for Ireland ahead of their Triple Crown-chasing clash with Scotland at Croke Park on Saturday.
Ruthless Les Bleus warm up for Slam
15 Mar 2010
England will have found little encouragement as they attempt to gatecrash France's Grand Slam party in this ruthless demolition of an abject Italy side in the Stade de France sunshine.
A touch of class
14 Mar 2010
Ireland continued their dominance over Wales with a comprehensive win at Croke Park yesterday which marked the 100th cap for Brian O'Driscoll.
Hard to have sympathy for ragged welsh
15 Mar 2010
While it would be somewhat arrogant to suggest we ran riot, a 15-point margin is a pretty substantial winning difference when all is said and done.
Peter Bills: Remembering Bill McLaren
12 Mar 2010
A memorial service for the great, late Bill McLaren was held at Murrayfield last night. I should declare a particular interest at this stage – I wrote Bill’s last book with him, his lifelong autobiography.
Breakdown in communication
15 Mar 2010
An interesting cameo halfway up the Cusack Stand on Saturday. An acrophobic friend has warily abseiled down from what was an indecently lofty perch for someone so petrified of heights to watch a rugby match.
Vincent Hogan: 100
13 Mar 2010
HIS first cap. He has forgotten many things, but not Ben Tune and how the world seemed to grow small around the big Wallaby that day in Brisbane.
Features
Reasons to be cheerful in slick show
IT felt a little strange at Croke Park yesterday. Ireland and Wales games in recent times had developed such an edge that, sometimes it seemed as if the fate of the planet depended on the outcome of their annual jousts.
O'Driscoll's ton is simply an almighty achievement
BRIAN O'Driscoll has had more than a decade in which to become accustomed to being Irish rugby's golden boy.
Emerging from the Hayes
FEBRUARY 27, Twickenham, and Tim Payne is in party-pooper form. John Hayes is playing his 100th international for Ireland but England's loose-head is determined to spoil the Cappamore man's big day.
