![Ireland blow Romania away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=798)
Ireland blow Romania away
Consider Ireland's confidence restored, as confident team overcome Romania with ease.
Consider Ireland's confidence restored, as confident team overcome Romania with ease.
Shelagh O'Connell, mother of Irish lock Paul O'Connell, will get to see her son play against France, but only after winning a newspaper competition.
Mention Ireland's surge up the world rankings to coach Joe Schmidt, and he pulls out an outstanding vocal fend.
When Joe Schmidt arrived to take his seat at Musgrave Park in Cork last month, to watch the Ireland Wolfhounds take on England Saxons, every step up the stand led to another delay.
It is a small world, and an even smaller rugby world.
From the get-go, this clash appealed as the tightest fixture of the day.
England's three-cap centre Luther Burrell has to find a way to control the 139-test Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll - and he cannot wait to have a go.
Something will not seem quite right when the Six Nations kicks off this weekend. After 14 straight seasons of combat, Ronan O'Gara will be missing - and he is not about to deny he will miss it something rotten.
The All Blacks completed their first perfect season as a last-gasp try by Ryan Crotty and an Aaron Cruden conversion defeated Ireland 24-22.
The All Blacks lapped Ireland with a brand of high-octane, high-skill, power rugby which few teams could have parried.
The Irish rugby team discuss last week's play and their tactics for this weekend's game at a conference held in conjunction with Ireland's captain's run.