Tag: Jack Carty

  • Irish eyes smiling for different reasons

    Irish eyes smiling for different reasons

    It had to happen, didn’t it? Anytime they have been required to deliver big when it mattered most, Munster have answered the call. Against the All Blacks, 1978, The Miracle Match, then defeating Glasgow days after Axel Foley was laid to rest. And again on Sunday. Yet, in ways, for this observer at least, Sunday’s…

  • A bit of routine and some pleasant surprises – Rugby Wrap Part II

    A bit of routine and some pleasant surprises – Rugby Wrap Part II

    On another weekend, the latest chapter in the Munster European heroics tome would be more than enough to keep aficionados sated. Being the first helping of continental fare for the season, it was never likely to be the only talking point. Not even from an Irish point of view. Teams from the Emerald Isle going…

  • Munster go try-Axel to trailer more points

    Munster go try-Axel to trailer more points

    Munster…20 Connacht…18 There are two certainties about October. I will get a flu (check) and Munster will produce at least one remarkable performance at Thomond Park. If the second half of that hadn’t been accomplished before last night, the box was well and truly ticked by the time the 80 minutes had elapsed under the…