Columns - Irish Examiner

Donal Lenihan

Now the World Cup numbers game begins

THE 12th season of the RBS 6 Nations championship will not linger long in the memory, with even winners England left feeling flat after leaving Dublin with the championship trophy on board but their reputations bruised.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2011

Lievremont’s position now untenable

IN A tournament devoid of any classic encounter to date, last weekend’s penultimate round of Six Nations Championship provided more incident and controversy than the previous three rounds together.

Wed, 16 Mar, 2011

The fine line between right and wrong

The Tactics

Sat, 12 Mar, 2011

Victory puts Irish in a good place

THE similarities between Wales and Ireland in terms of performance and results in this year’s Six Nations are quite startling and suggest there is little to separate the sides ahead of Saturday’s clash in Cardiff.

Wed, 09 Mar, 2011

Twitter threatens sanctity of the dressing room

AS ALL the teams in this year’s Six Nations prepare to negotiate the home straight, my over-riding feeling is that it has been a very strange tournament for Ireland.

Wed, 02 Mar, 2011

Why the Scots are the most frustrating foes

NOT one of the four half backs that started for Ireland or Scotland last time out in the Six Nations feature tomorrow at Murrayfield — with only Tomás O’Leary excluded on the grounds of injury.

Sat, 26 Feb, 2011

Why phase two has six appeal

FOR all the management teams, the Six Nations has now become a three-phase operation, with the key objective to be still in contention for honours when the final round of games are staged.

Wed, 23 Feb, 2011

Irish concerns, real and imagined

IT’S the same every year. We loseto France and immediately the reaction seems to be — “and they are not even a great French team”.

Wed, 16 Feb, 2011

Hand fearsome France the initiative and they’ll bury us

1. The Tactical Battle

Sat, 12 Feb, 2011

Azzurri shouldn’t stretch Irish