FORMER WALES INTERNATIONAL Ryan Jones has been forced to announce his retirement from rugby with immediate effect. Jones celebrates a win over Ireland in the Six Nations. Source: James Crombie The 34-year-old has failed to recover from a shoulder injury and has taken medical advice to hang up his boots. Jones won Grand Slams with Wales…
TO PARAPHRASE ANOTHER nation’s anthem, when will we see his likes again? Paul O’Connell bade farewell to the Aviva Stadium today after playing his final Test match on home soil. He wasn’t able to turn the tide of a supercharged Welsh outfit, but he took Ireland very close. This is an end, but not the end….
JAMIE HEASLIP HAS revealed that Usain Bolt visited the Ireland squad in the build-up to yesterday’s World Cup warm-up against England to deliver a speech. Bolt and the Ireland squad pose in the Jamaican’s characteristic fashion. Source: Dan Sheridan/Inpho Joe Schmidt invites guest speakers into Ireland’s team base at Carton House from time to time,…
THEY WERE THE best of times they were the worst of times. It was the the 20th century, the age of Ireland hosting Rugby World Cup games and… well, you tell us. Answer all the questions to see your result! Johnny and Joe – the partnership that could propel Ireland into uncharted territoryHaving a flutter?…
WATCHING DECLAN KIDNEY watching his team during the warm-ups at Musgrave Park on Friday was an odd experience. The observant pose – hands behind the back, eyes calmly scanning the pitch as his coaching staff led the players through their drills – was familiar but the sight of Kidney in London Irish gear felt strange,…
– If WWE was trying to get attention online with their Alexa Bliss dressing room segment, then they were successful. The Raw segment, which featured a stagehand walking in on Bliss changing, is well on its way to becoming the most watched video from last night’s episode. As of now, the segment has 2.092 million…
PWInsider reports that a new, expanded edition of Bruno Sammartino’s autobiography is in the final stages of completion. The expanded take on Bruno Sammartino: An Autobiography Of Wrestling’s Living Legend was bneing worked on last year before Sammartino’s passing and was pushed back in order to include his passing and legacy. Sal Corrente, who managed…
WWE Fastlane 2019 Pre Show WWE Fastlane Kick Off show starts with Pre-Show Panel Jonathan Coachman joined by Sam Roberts, David Otunga and WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix. The panel discuss the card talking about the WWE Fastlane matches. Panel mention on Kick Off is Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev Vs The New Day –…
The seventh match on the WrestleMania card has been made official on WWE.COM, with WrestleMania veteran Randy Orton taking on the Phenomenal AJ Styles. The two had an in-ring segment during Smackdown this week, arguing on who built “the house,” referring obviously to the Smackdown brand. Orton didn’t like the fact that AJ says Smackdown…
Télé-réalité et football font bon ménage. Ces dernières années, plusieurs candidates d’émissions telles que Les Anges (NRJ12), Secret Story (TF1 puis NT1), Koh-Lanta (TF1) ou encore Les Marseillais (W9) se sont amourachées de sportifs, notamment de footballeurs aux salaires souvent élevés. Zoom sur ces couples et leur train de vie, du plus au moins luxueux……