Murray Kinsella
@Murray_Kinsella
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Siya Kolisi and the Springboks singing their way onto their flight back to South Africa. The back-to-back World Cup winners!
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Tadhg Furlong: "I never dreamed of captaining my country as a young fella.". @ashoreilly: "What did you dream of?". Furlong: "Spuds, gravy, the mother's roast.".
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Stuart McCloskey makes his World Cup debut and then gets to bring his newborn son onto the pitch at Stade de France. Great pic by @DanSheridan2012!
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12 years on, Keith Earls has another medal with Munster. Has been through a hell of a lot on and off the pitch in that time. Have never heard a bad word said about the man. Proper Munster legend.
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Rieko Ioane on Instagram:. “Put that in the book 🃏 “
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12,000 people were here to see the Irish team. Defo the best banner from Anne Kirwan, Shay Henry, Máire Henry, and Fintan Duffy. Inspired by ROG!
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Watch this from Owen Farrell. Absolutely elite awareness and work-rate to mark the ball. That's leadership.
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One of the staff in Kings Park Stadium just dropped these over to the table where the Irish media are working. SA fans and media very congratulatory toward Ireland.
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Ireland form the figure of 8 and The Fields drowns out the Haka.
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Antoine Dupont is definitely the best rugby player I have seen in my life.
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When you're down getting treatment but your skipper gets pushed.
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What it means to Ireland. Peter O'Mahony in tears as Ireland seal their series success in New Zealand.
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Andy Farrell of Ireland has been named World Rugby coach of the year.
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Siya Kolisi on new Racing 92 team-mate Camille Chat:. "I still haven't found Camille Chat's neck. I looked carefully but there's no separation between his head and shoulders. It's incredible. "I think Head & Shoulders should sponsor Camille."
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Divine effort from these Irish fans!. Incroyable.
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It’s farewell to South Africa after two brilliant weeks on tour!. Such a warm welcome everywhere and met so many good people who love their rugby. A real privilege to cover those two Tests. Can’t wait for another visit in the future. 🇿🇦 🙏
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This kinda sums up Bongi Mbonambi. Willie le Roux seems to be calling for chase on the final Pollard penalty. Bongi: "For South Africa, for South Africa."
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Ireland women's 7s are going to the Olympics!. They've qualified for the first time ever.
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That's Ireland's fourth Six Nations title in the last decade, second Grand Slam. A better record than any other nation in the last 10 years. Phenomenal stuff. Now for the World Cup. .
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Josh van der Flier has been named World Rugby men's player of the year. He follows in the footsteps of Keith Wood and Johnny Sexton.
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There's something brilliant and slightly comical about a load of forwards being sprung from the bench all at once.
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Kini Murimurivalu beats two defenders with the one fend.
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Munster captain Peter O'Mahony:. "I think I trained with a guy who was born in 2004 the other day. "Earlsie could have been his father, we reckoned!"
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Great news from Ireland camp. Garry Ringrose was out jogging at the captain's run. He has remained with the squad and been integrally involved, especially around defence. He presented Josh van der Flier's jersey to him last night and said a few nice words ahead of VDF's 50th.
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New Ireland game plan: Let Robbie Henshaw do it all. It's working.
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‘Our colours, our history’. Stunning front and back page of L’Équipe today. Current players alternating with legends of French rugby, all facing down the haka. Superb work.
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Phenomenal scenes from La Rochelle. A great rugby town, a great rugby team.
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Great @DanSheridan2012 of Bundee Aki with his family. The Ireland centre is in monstrous form.
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What scenes!. Portugal have beaten Fiji. Their first-ever World Cup win.
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Scrum-half after a hectic opening 14 minutes vs. tighthead prop after a hectic opening 14 minutes.
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Hearing that World Rugby will appeal the Owen Farrell decision. No word on when the new hearing might take place but presumably has to be before this weekend.
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The Springboks are going on a four-day trophy tour of South Africa from Thursday. Pretoria, Johannesburg and Soweto on Thursday. Cape Town on Friday. Durban on Saturday. Eastern Cape on Sunday.
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Justin Tipuric made 29 tackles for Wales against Ireland. This one in the 83rd minute was magnificent.
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There’s two-time World Cup winner Felix Jones. He’s 36!
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Gareth Steenson. 2006: Told there's no place for him in Ulster. 2008: Joins Exeter after stints with Rotherham and Cornish Pirates. 2010: Kicks Exeter to promotion into the Prem. 2017: Kicks winning points in Exeter's first Premiership title win. 2020: Champion of Europe.
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L’opportunité c’est f*cking énorme!. Group of Irish fans from Cork, Waterford, and Amsterdam inspired by ROG.
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Ireland take a step forward as The Fields of Athenry drowns out the haka.
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Big work rate from Peter O'Mahony to deny Ben Smith. Crucial moment in Ireland's win.
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Ireland walk towards the haka. Peter O’Mahony leading the way.
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Johnny Sexton on Billy Burns:. "You've got to go for it. We were five points down and you've got to put it five metres out. "Other days you're the hero. That's the life of a number 10, it can come down to small margins.".
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When you've put absolutely everything into your 51-minute shift.
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Johnny Sexton:. "I've never, ever seen a crowd like that. "There's no way there was 30,000. It wouldn't surprise me if there were 60,000. "We play for them and they gave us the edge tonight.".
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It's genuinely brilliant that Italy are so good now. Makes the Six Nations even better. They're great to watch too.
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Ireland will have lots of regrets - hugely damaging first quarter, key scrum penalties, momentary lapses in defence, breakdown turnovers. But only right to recognise how good the All Blacks were tonight. Vicious physicality and utterly ruthless. Brilliant performance.
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Berry: "You OK?". Lowe: "Poked in the eye. It's fucking sore.". Berry: "Yeah, it was one of your own team-mates.". Lowe: "What an idiot."
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Joey Carbery absolutely carving up for Munster. Magic stuff.
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As we saw after the Italy game, Andy Farrell is still succeeding in getting his grandson, Tommy, to wear an Ireland jersey. Good pace, sign him up!
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Ireland wing Mack Hansen has died his hair green and shaved 'KE' into the side of his lid in tribute to Keith Earls, who will win his 100th Ireland cap tomorrow.
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Ref looks like he's heading for TMO review. Siya Kolisi: "Held up, I'm held up.". Ref: "OK. He didn't get it down, confirmed it. Goal-line drop-out.". Sound. #URC
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Peter O'Mahony and Conor Murray have been part of five Six Nations title successes with Ireland, with two of them Grand Slams. Good going. Pic by @MorganTreacy.
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November Tests tomorrow. 😍. Italy vs. Georgia, 2pm.Scotland vs. Fiji, 2.30pm .England vs. New Zealand, 3pm .Wales vs. Australia, 5.20pm .USA vs. Samoa, 5.30pm .Ireland vs. Argentina, 6.30pm.France vs. South Africa, 8.05pm. Cancel any plans you had, stock up on food and drink.
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Mack Hansen has given away his shorts to a fan. Great stuff.
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Andy Farrell absolutely thrilled with Keith Earls' try.
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When you're ready to deliver the most physical performance of your Test career. 💪
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Jack Crowley dragged into the crowd!. Alex Nankivell, Shane Daly, and Simon Zebo in there.
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Ian Madigan slotted an 88th-minute game-winning conversion for Pat Lam's Bristol in their vital 26-24 victory away to Northampton yesterday. #IrishAbroad
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Andy Farrell says Keith Earls is retiring along with Johnny Sexton and calls this the end of an era.
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Jack Crowley played every minute of Ireland's Six Nations title success, as did James Lowe and Caelan Doris. Massive for Crowley to finish his first campaign as Ireland's starting out-half with a winner's medal. Photo by @bennnbrady.
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Three days on, still thrilled by this delightful AJ MacGinty pass. Glorious.
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Ireland's Bundee Aki is among the nominees for World Rugby player of the year.
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Unreal achievement by Graham Rowntree to win the URC in his first season as a head coach. Will put my hand up, I didn't think Munster had a trophy in them this season but they have done this the hard way, on the road for weeks. An utterly different side to a year ago. Huge.
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It's put to Andy Farrell that there's so much for Ireland to lose. "No there's not. It's a game of rugby.".
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Bothers me every time!. Ireland scored third try off this lineout. Law 18.22: The player throwing in the ball stands on the mark of touch with both feet outside the field of play. The thrower must not step into the field of play until the ball has been thrown.
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This was a very smart 50:22 kick by Jack Crowley. It was an Irish free-kick after a scrum. Clever stuff.
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Peter Stringer for Munster against Biarritz in 2006.
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"He's a mouthy c*nt, isn't he?". Dane Coles on Johnny Sexton.
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One of the best halves of rugby ever. That was sensational. Rugby of the gods.
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Breaking: Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy and Conor Murray will retire from Ireland duty at the end of the Six Nations. O’Mahony and Healy retiring from all rugby at end of season, Murray is heading abroad.
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Tom Curry approached referee Ben O'Keeffe in the 23rd minute of last night's game and asked him, "Sir, if their hooker calls me a white c***, what do I do?". More here:
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Galthié delighted with a massive win to take control of the Six Nations. Edwards seething about the late Irish tries.
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Fabien Galthié and Antoine Dupont not happy about the refereeing. "We could have had some crucial penalties but I don't want to be a bad loser," says Dupont. "But I'm not sure the refereeing was up the level of what was at stake.".
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Superb card work from Wayne Barnes. Rare to see such good technique off both hands. Very fluid, very accurate.
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