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Nobody expected Conor Murray to be Ireland’s first choice scrum-half during the 2011 World Cup — or to overtake his Welsh and English rivals in the battle for the No 9 jersey on the & Lions tour last year.
Thu, 31 Jul, 2014
Brian OāDriscoll may be calling time on his stellar career at the end of the season but his former Ireland team-mate Peter Stringer is set for at least another year.
Tue, 18 Mar, 2014
Peter Stringer has signed a one-year extension to his contract at Bath Rugby after a snub by Munster.
Wed, 10 Apr, 2013
Munster scrum-half Peter Stringer will remain at English club Bath until the end of the season after the Premiership outfit and Munster agree terms to extend what was initially intended to be a short-term loan.
Tue, 19 Mar, 2013
The weather tends to be just a little less atrocious each time Munster hand James Coughlan the captainās armband.
Thu, 27 Dec, 2012
THE silver trophy is in the shape of rugby ball, but, contrary to the instincts of a scrum-half, this was one oval sphere Conor Murray was not keen to let go of.
Sat, 14 May, 2011
THE waiting game is always the worst and Denis Hurley is hoping against hope that a scan on an injured right knee will provide good news today.
Thu, 03 Mar, 2011
IT MAY have been Peter Stringerās opposite number, Samoaās Kahn Fotualii, who claimed the man-of-the-match award, but Irish players and management were effusive in their praise of their scrum-half in the aftermath of their Test win.
Mon, 15 Nov, 2010
MUNSTER donāt expect a definitive report on the calf injury that forced Jerry Flannery out of last weekās Heineken Cup game against Toulon until later in the week.
Wed, 20 Oct, 2010
SPEAK softly but carry a big stick: that must surely be themantra of Irish rugby coach, Declan Kidney.
Wed, 11 Mar, 2009
THE HEAVENS rained down on Rodney Parade and this Magners League dogfight, but the Newport Gwent Dragons failed to rain on Munsterās quest for a unique League and Heineken Cup double.
Mon, 09 Mar, 2009
MIRACLE matches should now carry a Munster trademark.
Mon, 15 Dec, 2008
ALAN GAFFNEY believes so strongly that Munster are now a ābetter balancedā side than when he left the province three years ago, that he plans to have a little wager on them to beat Toulouse in the Heineken Cup final on May 24th.
Mon, 28 Apr, 2008
IT all began for Ian Dowling on a lovely spring afternoon in 2004.
Sat, 15 Dec, 2007
THIS morning 30 young Irishmen will wake up in Bordeaux. Like so many millions of Irish people before them they will wake in a foreign place, their hearts full of hope, their ambitions fervently shared by everyone they left behind at home.
Thu, 06 Sep, 2007
THE battle to be Peter Stringerās deputy at Septemberās World Cup in France is set to intensify during Irelandās two test tour of Argentina, which kicks off at Santa Fe on Saturday.
Thu, 24 May, 2007
FINALLY heās a marquee name, Ronan OāGara, respected now wherever rugby is played as one of the worldās best out-halves.
Fri, 30 Mar, 2007
SHAUN PAYNE, Trevor Halstead and Federico Pucciarello have huge roles to play, but the European champions could never be the same or mean the same to their massive band of supporters without a strong core of home-grown players.
Mon, 18 Dec, 2006
RONAN OāGARA has been tipped to head the Lions challenge in New Zealand next summer by one of the best out halves the world has known.
Mon, 29 Nov, 2004
AMID all the excitement surrounding the win over South Africa, and the reshuffling of manpower to face the USA, the fact that Peter Stringer reached the magical 50-cap milestone against the Eagles has been all but forgotten.
Wed, 24 Nov, 2004
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