When interest becomes ratcheted up in the PRO-14 rugby, the conclusion that you are well down the rungs of the ladder in terms of seeking sporting salvation becomes an unavoidable truth. However, regardless of the merits of the level of … Continue reading Plenty of positives for under-fire Farrell
Easter Saturday, 1993. The talented but luckless David Hirst gives Sheffield Wednesday a very early lead at Old Trafford. On a day that, if Manchester United won, they would virtually have one hand on their first League title in over … Continue reading Two red corners on very different paths
A quick ramble on what was a major upset on the opening day of the 2021 of the six nations championship rugby as Scotland recorded their first win at Twickenham since 1983. Continue reading Sideline Cuts 10
At various times over the years, the fact there’s a fairly extensive video library in Boylan Talks Sport HQ has surely got a mention. That and match programmes. The latter are actually quite the big deal. As was discovered when … Continue reading Superman will have to go shopping again!
Munster…… 10 Leinster…… 13 It was another case of shoulda, woulda, coulda for Munster last night as their wait to eclipse their great rivals has now reached a half dozen games. In this typically attritional arm wrestle, the outcome boiled … Continue reading Strength in depth trumps bravery and faith any day
In some ways, things in sport are cyclical. Unless of course there happens to be an all-dominating force at the head of affairs. Manchester United in the early years of the Premiership, Dublin currently in Gaelic football, Willie Mullins in … Continue reading Red Alert! The Shannon tide is murmuring
To my knowledge, I’ve only been blocked by three users on Twitter. Two of which were Nigel Owens and Joseph O’Brien. While the reason for the young horse trainer putting up the barricades remains a mystery, the occasion which apparently … Continue reading Nigel made me see things in a different light
IRELAND……32 WALES……9 When yours truly was in the formative stages of understanding fare with the oval ball, it seemed like the Five Nations Championship – as it was then – generally ended up a tug of war between England and … Continue reading Plenty done, lots more to do after weak Welsh challenge
Leinster loosehead prop Cian Healy will ascend into a unique group of players in Paris on Saturday when collecting his 100th Test cap as Ireland take on the French with the Six Nations Championship at stake. The Clontarf clubman – who made his debut against Australia in 2008 during the period when Croke Park was home to Irish rugby – takes his place in the front row alongside Rob Herring and Andrew Porter. Meanwhile, the team shows one change from the combination which put a half tonne of points on Italy last weekend with Robbie Henshaw replacing his provincial colleague … Continue reading Healy hits 100 with Championship on the line
It would be fairly well accepted at this stage that Dublin should have won most if not all of the four games against Meath in the first round of the 1991 Leinster SFC. To a large extent, the reason they didn’t was the almost unerring accuracy of Brian Stafford from placed balls. The Kilmainhamwood sharpshooter remains the best place kicker the one seeing eye here has ever seen. Dean Rock is, in fairness, only a short head or a neck behind him presently but the fact is ‘Staff’ never seemed to miss when he was needed most. And that was … Continue reading Trouble with big numbers becoming a major issue
