Irish Rugby
Jun 30, 2010: "If a third-string Irish side can run the Wallabies to a converted score, a full-strength Ireland must have a genuine shot at victory when it really matters." Hugh Farrelly writes
Irish Rugby
May 18, 2010: "Irish rugby is currently staggering towards the finish line of the 2009/2010 season so now seems like a good time to look back on the last ten months of toil." Hugh Farrelly writes
Heineken Cup
Apr 14, 2010: "Quite how Clermont Auvergne have yet to win a Top 14 or Heineken Cup title is hard to fathom given the strength of their squad." Hugh Farrelly writes
Comment
Mar 9, 2010: "Gert Smal is a master tactician at the lineout and has willing students in second-rows Paul O'Connell, Donncha O'Callaghan and Leo Cullen." Hugh Farrelly writes
Comment
Feb 2, 2010: "Those Italian encounters summed up the unremitting awfulness of Irish rugby in the mid-1990s." Hugh Farrelly writes
Comment
Jan 13, 2010: "If Connacht fail to qualify and the gap between the have and the have-nots in Irish rugby is only likely to widen." Hugh Farrelly writes
Comment
Nov 30, 2009: "Ireland's ever-modest rugby coach would recoil from the suggestion that he is some sort of messiah or saviour." Hugh Farrelly writes
Irish Rugby
Oct 20, 2009: "Healy's progression and scope for improvement means Ireland could have a regular at loose-head for the next decade." Hugh Farrelly writes
Irish Rugby
Sep 15, 2009: "There is no shortage of incentive for Ireland and Kidney to reach the last four, at least, in 2011." Hugh Farrelly writes