Tag Archives: Six Nations 2018

It’s been a week to remember for Munster captain Peter O’Mahony. From helping Ireland secure just a third Grand Slam in history, the 28-year-old Corkonian got engaged last week in Dubai as he enjoyed some well-deserved downtime from a gruelling Six Nations campaign. The subject of player welfare has been a hot topic over the last seven days, with the majority …

Jacob Stockdale has been named the NatWest 6 Nations Player of the Championship after scoring a record seven tries during Ireland’s Grand Slam campaign.  Stockdale has shown remarkable progress in international rugby since making his debut for Ireland during the tour of the USA and Japan last summer. Stockdale, who scored against England, Italy, Scotland and Wales during this year’s Championship, …

Former England scrum-half and current TV pundit, Austin Healey, has accused Ireland of “playacting” in their victory over England at Twickenham on Saturday. Ireland secured a dominant 14-25 victory at the home of English rugby to secure just their third Grand Slam in their history. The plaudits for Joe Schmidt’s side have come from far and wide and although Healey …

The post-mortem into England’s fifth-place finish in this year’s Six Nations is well underway and one of the main reasons which is being discussed is the load being put on some of England’s top stars. With the Lions tour taking place last summer, which extended the 2017/18 season for all those involved, there was concern surrounding the welfare of those players …

Wales secured second place in this year’s Six Nations championship after securing a narrow 14-13 victory over France at the Principality Stadium on Saturday. It’s not a game which will live long in the memory and there were only three points scored in the second-half, a 49th-minute penalty from Maxime Machenaud. The result means that Wales finish runners-up and they …

With the Six Nations now completed for another year, everyone is debating about who should be in a team of the competition. We produced our team of the Six Nations yesterday, which you can find here, but Opta has released their statistical team of the tournament based on a unique index system which awards players points for all their actions …

The Six Nations is over for another year and Ireland have won the Triple Crown, the competition and of course, the Grand Slam. Ireland will be brimming with confidence as they now look towards a June summer series against the Wallabies while Wales and Scotland will be relatively content with their three wins apiece, knowing that they showed some great …

With many Irish supporters waking up this morning perhaps a little worse for wear due to the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, they can at least take some comfort in knowing that Ireland are Grand Slam champions for 2018. The manner in which Ireland won their third Six Nations championship in five years was very impressive – their performances were based …

Sean McMahon reporting from Twickenham.  Eddie Jones was clearly dejected in his post-match media duties as he saw his side slump to a third successive defeat and in doing so, handed the Grand Slam to Ireland. Jones will have plenty of time to mull things over and plan ahead over the next few months before his side travel to South …

Sean McMahon reporting from Twickenham.  It’s hard not to be impressed with Garry Ringrose. Not only did he score a crucial try as his side produced a magnificent display to leave south-west London with Ireland’s third ever Grand Slam but he put in a defensive masterclass in a game where Ireland had much less possession compared to any other game …

Three first-half tries set Ireland on their way to a third ever Grand Slam as they withheld a second-half English fightback to emerge 15-24 winners in blizzard-like conditions at Twickenham. Garry Ringrose, CJ Stander and Jacob Stockdale touched down in the first half which had Ireland in touching distance of a Grand Slam and they clinched it in the second 40 …

Sean McMahon reporting from Twickenham.  In about 24 hours, Rory Best will lead his country out in arguably the biggest game of his glittered career to date. Best is already a Grand Slam winner with Ireland, he came off the bench in the 68th minute to replace Jerry Flannery on that fateful day in Cardiff in 2009 but now he …

All roads lead to Twickenham on Saturday afternoon as Ireland look to secure just a third Grand Slam in their history by beating England at the south-west London venue which would hand Eddie Jones his third successive loss as England head coach. The column inches have been filled this week with the controversy surrounding old comments made by Jones and the …

Mathieu Bastareaud leads France as Jacques Brunel makes three changes for Wales clash.

It’s been a remarkable journey for James Ryan, the highly-rated 21-year-old, who made his international debut before making a senior appearance for Leinster, has seven caps to his name for Joe Schmidt’s side and he has yet to lose a game. Ryan has played a key role in Ireland’s engine room so far throughout this Six Nations and despite being …

Sean McMahon reporting from Carton House. Joe Schmidt spoke to a packed room of media this afternoon as he named his Ireland team to take on England at Twickenham on Saturday. It was no surprise that the room was as full as we have seen during this Six Nations, considering Ireland are on the verge of securing just their third …

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named his side to take on England at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon as they look to secure their third ever Grand Slam. Schmidt has made one change to the team which sees Iain Henderson come in to partner James Ryan in the second row as Devin Toner drops to the bench. In stark contrast …

There are seven Irishmen in Will Greenwood's NatWest 6 Nations team of the week.