Monday Night Rugby at Thomond Park serves up a classic on opening night

I was quite apprehensive of this Monday Night Guinness Pro14 experiment. Thomond Park on a damp,…

Guinness Pro14: Round Eighteen Preview (Friday Night Fixtures)

The business end of the Guinness Pro14 campaign is beyond us and there is no margin…

Guinness Pro14: Round 16 Reflections

On a weekend where the Guinness Six Nations took the spotlight, key results in the Guinness…

Guinness Pro14: Round Sixteen (Saturday Fixtures)

The Guinness Pro14 fixtures set for Saturday are interesting in terms of the playoff ramifications come…

Guinness Pro14: Round 15 (Saturday Fixtures)

After Edinburgh Rugby, Ulster Rugby and Munster Rugby secured victories last night, focus switches to fixtures…

Guinness Pro14: Round 14 Preview

End of January. It is the end of the Heineken Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup…

Guinness Pro14: Round 11 Preview (Friday Night Fixtures)

December 21st. Christmas is fast approaching and that means that it is the matter of local…

Heineken Champions Cup: Round 1 Reflections

The first round of Heineken Champions Cup games are in the books. The round had it…

Heineken Champions Cup Preview: Pool 3

This has the potential to be a superb pool full of inventive play and bonus point…

Guinness Pro 14: Cardiff Blues 37 – 13 Munster Rugby

Prelude: On my preview of this fixture this week,  (http://hawkeyesidekick.com/2018/09/guinness-pro-14-round-four-friday-night-fixtures) I had commented that Cardiff Blues…