The Milan veteran belied his inexperience with a stunning victory in the Boyle Sports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse. The Emmet Mullins-trained seven-year-old had run just five times under the rules heading into Easter Monday’s feature, a streak that included a major win at the Punchestown Festival last year followed by four furlongs over fences … Read more
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The Milan veteran turned the BOYLE Sports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse into a parade with a classic display. Trained by Emmet Mullins and owned by Paul Byrne, Soldier In Milan (6/1 favourite) won the stakes in the three mile and five furlong contest, winning unchallenged by 16 lengths on debut. The seven-year-old showed the … Read more
Following Exeter Chiefs’ 31-21 win over Munster at Sandy Park, here are our five takeaways from the Challenge Cup Round of 16. The top row An early four-try haul and 31 unanswered points secured Exeter Chiefs’ path to the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup as Ireland’s Munster chiefs are now out of all EPCR competitions. … Read more
Mike Blair: ‘I regret my time with the British and Irish Lions’ Men’s international Lions player Mike Blair looks on during a British and Irish Lions training session at Bishops School on June 15, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) https://www.rugbypass.com/news/mike-blair-i-regret-my-time-with-the-british-and-irish-lions/ The All Blacks’ new attack coach is a man … Read more
Mike Blair sees the All Blacks coaching job as an opportunity to ‘fix’ his disappointing position with the British and Irish Lions as a player. The 44-year-old former Scotland scrum-half was left out of the 2009 Lions squad to tour South Africa but was called up following an injury to Tomas O’Leary – the only … Read more