THE Towns Cup campaign for Tullow got off to a great start at the Black Gates on Sunday when we beat a very committed Clane side by a score of 22-6.
THE group stages of the Heineken Cup were wrapped up at the weekend and it provided all the usual excitement and drama.
IT was another great weekend for the Irish provinces with Ulster, Munster and Leinster all winning and Connacht performing very well in Toulouse, but unfortunately suffering another defeat.
As the crowds streamed into Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day, not far way a member of a famous Irish racing family departed this life.
AFTER a very quiet Christmas it was back to reality last week and a training camp down in Mayo with the Senior Cup team in St Michael’s that I coach and then a trip to Cork Saturday morning to play Pres Cork followed by a quick dash to Limerick where I was working for RTE TV as an analyst for the Munster against Treviso game in the Rabo Direct Pro 12 league.
JACK IN THE PACK
Bernard Jackman
IT was another successful weekend for the Irish provinces with bonus point wins for Ulster and Leinster and a win for Munster at home to the Scarlets.
IT was another good weekend for the Irish provinces with three wins and a losing bonus point to show from the four games.
LEINSTER were rampant at the RDS on Friday night with some of the younger players continuing to build the positive reputations that they have been developing under Joe Schmidt’s tutelage.
I WAS part of the panel on Setanta Sports’ live chat show on Sunday morning called ‘iTalk Sport’.
WHILE this weekend’s Heineken Cup action wasn’t as exciting as the previous one, Munster once again stole a game at the death through another brilliant Ronan O’Gara drop goal to get four vital points from their trip to the south of France.