Talk to Len Dineen, they said. There’ll be stories, they said. Well, the Limerickman, who recently retired after 40 years as a rugby commentator, settled in ...

As Six Nations’ Grand Slams go, the one Rory Best collected amid the snowflakes at Twickenham beats them all.

Hearing about the sudden passing of a former team-mate is always shocking. When the first of many texts started to arrive early yesterday, I was stunned. 

From counting shower heads to booking Usain Bolt, Mick Kearney’s duties during five years as manager of the Irish rugby team were as varied as they were challenging

Thomond Park has played host to many chapters in Munster’s storied rugby journey but pride of place remains the game against the otherwise unbeaten New Zealanders on October 31, 1978, an occasion that understandably claims pride of place in a new book ‘Where Miracles Happen - The Story of Thomond Park’, by Charlie Mulqueen and Brendan O’Dowd.

Romania were once a force to be reckoned with in rugby but it will be very difficult for them to spring a surprise against Ireland today, writes Donal Lenihan

As a loyal Kildare servant, Damien Hendy has become accustomed to criticism.

Years of patient hard work and dedication came to fruition at Thomond Park on Sunday when a group of Limerick teenagers from Newcastle West, Shanagolden and Abbeyfeale combined to win the Munster Youths U18 title for the first time.

Tomás Clancy is chasing his own piece of history this weekend.

In Currow they boast about Irish international players like Moss Keane, Mick Galwey and the Doyle brothers, Mick and Tom, but Siobhán Fleming is the only local legend to have won a Grand Slam.

It’s funny the things you remember.

“Don’t let the game pass you by. Don’t worry about the outcome, worry about the job at hand. What are you going to do? Thinking about winning doesn’t mean you are going to win. Don’t sit back and wait for it.”

One of the downsides of all these evening kick-offs is that it’s well past midnight before you shut down the laptop.

The true grit of the men from Currow is legendary in rugby circles.

Anyone expecting the French to pitch up in Dublin on Saturday and roll over after losing their opening three games in the Six Nations for the first time since 1982 had better think again.

Writer and director, John Breen, has no problem being known as the guy who wrote Alone It Stands.

How ironic that a decision by the Welsh Rugby Union to swell their coffers by adding an additional fixture to their schedule could now end up costing them a fortune.

Munster rookie JJ Hanrahan could hardly have asked for a better first competitive that Thomond Park on Friday night.

The late Con Houlihan had “an extraordinary pride of place”.

THE statistician who compiles player data for Easter Sunday’s match programme at Thomond Park won’t have any quirky job specs to attach to the players.

“THE first half was even and the second half was even worse” was how the late Moss Keane described a pretty dour, unentertaining game of rugby.

THE Guardian’s elegant columnist Frank Keating had a typically sharp piece in his newspaper last week, a simple concept butexecuted with precision and wit.

THERE IS a growing public perception that this season’s AIB Munster Club Football Championship is destined to climax in a Crokes v Nemo Rangers face-off, but both clubs still have some work to do before that glamour pairing becomes a reality.

AFTER only a few minutes of Saturday’s Heineken Cup contest at the Madejski Stadium, it became abundantly clear just why we love this tournament so much.

Lansdowne 61 UCC 13

London Irish 23 Munster 17

A BIG funeral for a giant of a man.

JASON HOLLAND says Munster have drawn on the example of the late Moss Keane, who died during the week, ahead of their Heineken Cup clash with London Irish tomorrow.

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt will wait on the fitness of captain Leo Cullen and out-half Jonathan Sexton in naming an extended 25-man Leinster squad to face Racing-Métro 92 in Saturday's Pool 2 Heineken Cup opener at The RDS (KO: 1.30pm).

Rugby legend Moss Keane has been laid to rest in Co Offaly this afternoon.

THE worlds of sport and politics paid glowing tributes yesterday to the late Moss Keane, with many pointing to his mastery of skills across the codes of rugby and Gaelic football.

MOSS KEANE was the biggest, funniest man I have ever met. He filled whatever room he was in.

UNCLE Moss is dead.

MOSS KEANE – mad, mischievous, marauding, magnificent.

IRFU president Caleb Powell led the tributes from across the sporting spectrum to Moss Keane.

HE may have played 51 times for Ireland and toured with the Lions but for many rugby followers throughout this island, Moss Keane will be best remembered for his memorable contribution to Munster’s famous victory over the All Blacks on October 31, 1978.

MUNSTER and Ireland stalwart Mick Galwey last night credited Moss Keane, who died yesterday, as one of the key inspirations behind the province’s remarkable European success in the professional era.

I OFTEN wondered what those people working in the high-rise office block behind the Shelbourne Hotel thought of it all.

SOME people take up more space than they might and Moss Keane, in the very best possible ways, took up a lot more than even a six-foot-five Kerryman should.

Irish rugby hero Moss Keane was remembered today as a true sporting great after he died aged 62.

Munster and Ireland rugby legend Moss Keane has passed away at the age of 62.

ROCKWELL COLLEGE, one of the traditional powerhouses in the game for more than a century, and Castletroy College, who have burst on to the scene in sensational fashion over the past few years, clash in an intriguing Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary this afternoon (3pm).