From Ireland.com: "Langer refuses to lie down". I presume it's about golf as opposed to an overdose of sildenafil.

Not only did we beat Slovakia 1-0, but we actually looked like a professional team for most of the game. Some excellent play from players that I've not heard of because the team's been so crap I gave up watching them. Turns out one of the stars is from my home county...

Well, we beat Italy. Boy howdy did we beat them. Then France did to us in the championship what they did to us at Croke Park: snatched the win from us right at the last second. Bah.

Well, that was somewhat unexpected: England 26, France 18. This means we're in with a chance of winning the championship: we have to beat Italy by more than 4 points than France beat Scotland. Of course, if Scotland beat France, better still.

Well, that was controversial: Italy's winning try was scored by a player who should arguably have been sent off for deliberately punching an opponent in the face while tackling him, and then Wales were denied their final move of the game through a disagreement on the amount of time left between the television official and the referee. Still, Italy ( Read more... )

Well, we won, but just barely. Ireland's 9th triple crown is, as they say, in the bag, but by a single point. On to Italy next week to see how close we can get to the championship.

Bloody hell. George Hook is still going on about how the Triple Crown isn't the same now that there's an actual trophy for it.

Well, we looked good to win for all of, oh, 30 seconds. Ireland 17, France 20.

From the GAA Official Guide:
42 Non Affiliated Bodies
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(b) A Club or other unit shall only participate, as such, in games controlled by the Association and against a Club or other unit of the Association, unless the prior sanction of Central Council has been given.
Today, Ireland plays rugby against France at Croke Park. Much is being made of the ( Read more... )

We are totally kicking Australia's ass right now. Not just in scoreline, but in actual play. Woohoo!

update: final score: 21-6. We rock!

I thought the fact that several players got standing ovations as they were substituted was pretty neat, too.