London Wasps 24 -23 Munster
In a gripping game Munster were edged out by defending champions London Wasps. Rua Tipoki’s converted try gave Munster an early lead with Shaun Payne’s try further extending Munster’s lead to 20-13 at half time. The wasps were clearly stung and came out in the second half with intent to ruin [...]

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10 minutes into the game you would be forgiven for thinking that Ireland just might cause the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history. Ireland started well and the team looked promising, they were certainly hitting the rucks harder than the previous two matches.
At only 3-0 down Ireland were very much in the game, [...]

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Ireland scraped together a win over Georgia in what became a dismal display for Ireland’s most capped team to ever play. In the final five minutes we were just hoping to win after a lack lusting Ireland faced an opposition who simple wanted the win more than us.
It was a surprise to see an [...]

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Sunday 9th December
Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Kick off: 19:00
The Team: Here is the Irish team which will face Namibia in the opening match.
Backs: G Dempsey (Leinster); A Trimble (Ulster), B O’Driscoll (Leinster, skipper), G D’Arcy (Leinster), D Hickie (Leinster); R O’Gara (Munster), P Stringer (Munster).
Forwards: M Horan (Munster) R Best (Ulster) J Hayes (Munster), D O’Callaghan (Munster), [...]

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Ireland arrived at their world cup HQ yesterday with some exciting news on the fitness of O’Driscoll. It looks like Brian will be fit for the Namibia game this Sunday, it’s a great morale boost for the time and will give Brian vital match time before the France game.
IrishRugby.ie have some photos posted of the [...]

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In this rugby round up we learn from the BBC that O’Driscoll could play Ireland’s opener against Namibia in the world cup.
It seems that Brian has recovered well from the injury he picked up in Bayonne and has surpassed expectations on when he will be available to play.
O’Sullivan said O’Driscoll took a full part in [...]

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