Tag: Tom Farrell

  • O’Brien shines brightest as dull Ireland stumble to win

    O’Brien shines brightest as dull Ireland stumble to win

    IRELAND… 41 JAPAN… 10 It might be something to do with the lunchtime kick off. Because it certainly tends to be the case in souccer that, the lunchtime kick off in the Premier League tends to have faded from memory by the time Match Of The Day comes on a Saturday night. I’m not sure…

  • The West’s Awake but there’s strife in the deep south

    The West’s Awake but there’s strife in the deep south

    “When all beside a vigil keep, the west’s asleep, the west’s asleep/but hark me boys, like thunder spake, the west’s awake, the west’s awake”. It’s not all that long ago the the brain-less trust were advocating the abolishment of of Connacht altogether. As a rugby team, not literally. With the idea being that players deemed…