Posts Tagged "Ronan O’Gara"

Ronan O’Gara, Ireland’s most capped player and top points scorer, announced his retirement from rugby union on Saturday and will take up a coaching role at big-spending French club Racing Metro.

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Today’s announcement that Denis Leamy is to retire due to a hip injury is yet another punch in the guts for Munster followers.

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A Ronan O’Gara drop goal two minutes from time denied Italy a first ever Six Nations victory over Ireland as the 2009 Grand Slam winners sneaked away with a 13-11 victory at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome on Saturday.

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Jonathan Sexton kicked all Ireland’s points to give his team a 15-10 win over world champions South Africa on Saturday.

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Unfortunately for Australia’s grand slam hopefuls, leading Ireland to their first Six Nations crown in more than half a century hasn’t quenched Brian O’Driscoll’s appetite for major rugby spoils.

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Morne Steyn’s last-second 53-metre penalty sealed a dramatic 28-25 victory as South Africa clinched a 2-0 series win over the British and Irish Lions at Loftus Versfeld.

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Discussions about the Springboks tend to start and often finish with forward power, lineouts and scrums. Not surprisingly given the presence of household names such as Botha, Matfield, Beast Mtatawira, Burger, and prop, John Smit, leading the team.

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Just like first girlfriends are fondly remembered, so too are first sightings of touring rugby sides. For me, my first girlfriend in rugby terms was the British and Irish Lions side.

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