“I was like, ‘What?!’“ Brian O’Driscoll has no hesitation when he is asked for the one young player that most impressed him when called in to train with Ireland, when he was still playing. Having played for Ireland from 1999 to 2014, O’Driscoll has seen some of this country’s best ever players when they were […]

3 years ago

“Steve Tandy will be having a lot of harsh words.” On Saturday, after France defeated Scotland at Murrayfield, Shane Horgan didn’t spare Finn Russell. The former Ireland winger absolutely went to town on him. Speaking on Virgin Media, in Ireland, Horgan used words like ‘pathetic’ and, in calling Russell’s work-rate into question, said you’d never […]

4 years ago

Another big blow to the Lions. Finn Russell is nursing an Achilles injury that may yet rule him out of the remainder of the British & Irish Lions’ Tour to South Africa. There is a call-up for Marcus Smith but Johnny Sexton is not required by Warren Gatland. The Scotland star had, earlier today, been […]

5 years ago