On the Line·Nov 4Ireland’s WXV Series: An EvaluationThe revamped WXV has finally come to a conclusion, having run on and off since the middle of September. I’ll admit I’m not a fan of the…
On the Line·Oct 6Ireland v Japan Part 2 — What Have We Learned?This was fairly comfortably the best and most complete of the three Irish performances in this international window to date, despite the…
On the Line·Sep 28Ireland v Japan — What Went Better?At 31–24, it was a nervier win than expected in the Dexcom, but it was, nonetheless, a win. Along with some of the other recent WXV…
This Sporting Planet·Sep 23Rugby Is Not Sport’s Biggest Short. This Is How The Prem Proves It.Twenty clubs, forty teams, free-to-air television, a draft and a calendar built around the players. A plan for English, Welsh and Scottish…
On the Line·Sep 21Ireland v USA — Where It Was LostIn the last couple of years, we’ve become used to the Irish women’s team falling valiantly against stronger opposition — England, France…
