Team Of The Tournament
We pick the team, player, coach and try of the tournament - have your say![Read More]
Two Quick Points - Ref and Points Difference
Two quick points around which there is some confusion.
1) The ref is Wayne Barnes, and not Steve Walsh.
2) Wales only need to win by 13 to win the Championship.
[Read More]Wales v Ireland - mental approaches
What is the thinking behind the different approaches adopted by Warren Gatland and Declan Kidney during the build-up to this weekend’s match? Brendan Cole takes a look at the different styles.[Read More]
Selection – Ireland v Wales
Ireland's team selection hints that they will try to win this RBS 6 Nations by taking Wales on down the middle, writes Brendan Cole.
Selection - Huge Calls For Kidney
Ireland are due to announce the team at lunchtime on Tuesday and he has at least four big calls to make – three in the first XV and one on the bench. Brendan Cole surveys the options.[Read More]
Selection Gives Ireland Best Chance of Success?
Is this selection a ‘gamble’ in the strictest sense or is it, in fact, the best percentage play? [Read More]
O’Gara Debate A 2007 Hangover?
Is the debate over the selection of Ronan O'Gara at out-half still infected by the bankrupt thinking of the O'Sullvian era? Brendan Cole surveys the issues.....
Lions Talk Hotting Up - Forwards
With an Ian McGeechan/Warren Gatland/Shaun Edwards coaching ticket, Wales were, in some quarters at least, expected to dominate the upcoming Lions Tour to South Africa......Brendan Cole looks at the battle for places in the pack.[Read More]
Team Selection - Wales 22 to play Italy
Warren Gatland has dropped a typical bombshell by making 10 changes in his team selection for Wales's next match against Italy, writes Brendan Cole.[Read More]
Links Between Past And Present?
We're often told that the game has changed out of all recognition in the past five or 10 years (it is ever thus with rugby by the way) but I like to think there are threads that link past and present.
Ten Years Of Being Pretty Good......
"Rather than consider these Welsh failures surprising in the context of subsequent successes, we should really see them as being integrally important. Wales succeeded exceptionally because they failed exceptionally", writes Brendan Cole.[Read More]
What Did BOD Mean?
'Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.' says BOD. Erm, quite.
Ireland v England: Ask The Experts
Ireland v England is shaping the biggest clash so far in this RBS 6 Nations campaign and we’d hate to miss an angle and to that end, we’re opening the floor to questions for RTÉ's panel of rugby experts - George Hook, Brent Pope and Conor O'Shea.[Read More]
Ireland's Team Selection v England
Which players give
Ireland the best chance of beating a defence that presses up on Ronan O’Gara? Brendan Cole looks at the options.
