Mikaera Tewhata called it an unfortunate reflex, watch this video for yourself. It is clearly a targeted punch to the face of Brian O’Driscoll which seemed unprovoked by rugby standards.

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Ireland 42 - 6 Bayonne
Brian O’Driscoll has suffered a fractured sinus after being punched in the face, while the injury is not as bad as first thought the IRB have demanded the French rugby union investigate the incident. This was supposedly a friendly match between Ireland and French club Bayonne but instead resulted in five [...]

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Horgan has been included in Eddie’s 30 man world cup squad announced this morning. Horgan twisted his knee warming up for yesterday’s Scotland match. Horgan was included in the squad even though he may miss early pool matches. This was an obvious decision as Horgan will be critical to Ireland’s success in key matches after [...]

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While it was a game of two halves a dominant first half performance by the Scottish pack was enough to claim victory against an unfamiliar Irish side.
It was clear that the Scottish players have been putting in the hours at the gym and this showed early on as aggressive play from Scotland’s forwards was rewarded [...]

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Here is the team going into Sunday’s Game:
G Murphy
B Carney
B O’Driscoll (capt)
G Duffy
T Bowe
P Wallace
I Boss
B Young,
J Flannery,
S Best
P O’Connell
M O’Kelly
N Best
S Ferris
J Heaslip

Replacements: R Best, J Hayes, A Quinlan, K Gleeson, E Reddan, R O’Gara, S Horgan.

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Welcome to the newly designed IrishRugby.co.uk, it has been a couple of months in the making but I am very happy with the new look. I hope all the visitors and readers enjoy the new design for the coming season and Rugby World Cup. I will be adding lots more interactive areas and features to [...]

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