Tag: Thomond Park
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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…
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Snyman comeback tops typical Thomond turnaround
Munster… 34 Stormers… 18 As debuts go, rupturing your ACL in the early stages thereof and missing the rest of the season thereafter fairly stinks. Yet the giant RG Snymann had shown enough in that maiden outing to leave Munster fans in no doubt as to what they’d be missing for the remainder of last…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 29th 2021
3.40: ENA BAIE – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (7)/LIZ DOYLE) 4.15: SULLY DOC AA – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (3)/ANTHONY HONEYBALL, IN GB) 4.50: STAND UP AND FIGHT (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 5.25: FRENCH DYNAMITE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MOUSE MORRIS) 6.00: LYNWOOD GOLD (ROBBIE POWER/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 6.35: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: MAGIC DAZE (RACHAEL…
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Zebo homecoming a timely boost for stagnant reds
Johnny Sexton’s early departure from Leinster’s victory over Exeter last weekend for yet another Head Injury Assessment (HIA) enabled Ross Byrne to deliver his best and most important performance yet in the blue jersey. Whilst not in any way seeking to construct the rugby obituary of the former World Player Of The Year just yet,…
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Strength in depth trumps bravery and faith any day
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 down to the fact that Leinster’s strength in depth was always going to trump their…