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Gerry Thornley: Ireland may need to win Grand Slam to claim historic third title

The Irish Times 11 Feb 2025
As in most sports, the rhythms and flow of a stadium’s soundtrack are generally an accurate barometer of what is unfolding on the pitch. Close your eyes and you can imagine how the game is panning out ... READ MORE ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Whisper it quietly, but Simon Easterby is the perfect fit for Welsh rugby

The Irish Times 11 Feb 2025
All things being equal, if the Welsh rugby had money to burn and had their pick of coaches out there, Simon Easterby would be the obvious choice to succeed Warren Gatland as their next full-time appointment ... Listen . 38.41 ... READ MORE. Six Nations ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Italy v Wales may be more important than Warren Gatland wishes to admit

The Irish Times 07 Feb 2025
Ex-players turned pundits are expected, even encouraged, to indulge in a little hyperbole. That’s the game after the game ... Listen . 36.14 ... READ MORE. ‘A red rag to a bull’ - Peter O’Mahony continues Scotland rivalry. .
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Gerry Thornley: How about an alternative look at Ireland’s Six Nations win over England?

The Irish Times 04 Feb 2025
That was the opening weekend that was, and a reminder that as annual tournaments or autumnal series or summer tours go, nothing quite matches the Six Nations ... Credit for that goes in some part to England ... Maybe that’s true ... Maybe that’s true too ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Six Nations presents a chance for Maro Itoje to vie for Lions captaincy

The Irish Times 31 Jan 2025
But, heck, let’s go for it already. It’s impossible, really, not to take note of one of the subplots to this Ireland-England opener, which arises from Steve Borthwick’s decision to bequeath the English captaincy to Maro Itoje ... Listen ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Ireland face tough task for third Six Nations in a row against Antoine Dupont-inspired France

The Irish Times 28 Jan 2025
Time was when the old Five Nations used to kick-off within three or four weeks of Christmas Day. Up to and including 1997, in fact, before it was shunted back and even finished in April ... READ MORE. Owen Doyle ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Ulster ponder dubious reward while only one prize will satisfy spoiled Leinster fans

The Irish Times 21 Jan 2025
So that was the sprint through to the Round of 16, a total of 48 matches played to evict just eight of the 24 teams, or a third of the participants. The pool stages of the Champions Cup are far more about jostling for position than muscling through ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Is a slimmed down Champions Cup the answer to the competition’s woes?

The Irish Times 17 Jan 2025
Last weekend was a good one for the Champions Cup, and the competition needed it, but it is still far from perfect. To say the pool stages are a slow burner and lack jeopardy is an understatement ... Listen . 25.22 ... READ MORE ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Natural squad regeneration on show in Simon Easterby’s Six Nations selection

The Irish Times 15 Jan 2025
Once more unto the breach, and in the first Six Nations campaign without Andy Farrell there was even less cause for ripping things up and starting again ... READ MORE. Gerry Thornley ... .
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Gerry Thornley: An ugly but important win for Leinster on otherwise beautiful day in La Rochelle

The Irish Times 12 Jan 2025
Although Leinster came up short for the third final in a row last season, their most significant pool win in ultimately negotiating a home route all the way to the London finale was their rain-sodden win in La Rochelle ... .
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Gerry Thornley: The IRFU’s desire to ‘respect our game’ seems somewhat selective

The Irish Times 10 Jan 2025
This would also be seen to back the IRFU and their team of officials after Hansen had been largely excoriated amid the campaign for justice, while solely impacting Connacht rather than Ireland ... READ MORE. The Counter Ruck ... .
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Gerry Thornley: Connacht’s gripes with officials founded in something that feels real

The Irish Times 07 Jan 2025
“In the last two seasons, they have lost all nine of those interpros and, significantly, only in one of them did the penalty count go in their favour ... READ MORE ... .
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Callum Thornley on patience, or his lack of it, and becoming a pro bike racer

Yahoo Daily News 31 Dec 2024
If patience is a virtue, then it’s one that Callum Thornley’s very much lacking ... Thornley’s optimism is not misplaced ... Thornley admits he’s almost completely happy with how his most recent season panned ...
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Thornley to serve as Exeter zoning official

Kent County Daily Times 26 Dec 2024
EXETER – Until recently, the town of Exeter has been acting without a zoning inspector ... Hal Morgan and David Thornley ... ....
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Gerry Thornley: Last weekend crystallised the waning appeal of the Champions Cup

The Irish Times 17 Dec 2024
That was the weekend that was, and the weekend which crystallised the waning appeal of the Champions Cup ... Maybe it’s too small a sample size, but even the opening two rounds last season were sprinkled with competitive, closely fought games ... READ MORE ... .

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