Irish duo O'Driscoll and O'Brien miss England rugby clash

2011-08-25T12:30:41Z

Brian O'Driscoll and Sean O'Brien have been ruled out of Ireland's World Cup warm-up clash against England in Dublin on Saturday.

O'Driscoll suffered ...

Three injuries dash Scottish Six Nations hopes

2011-02-21T15:30:39Z

Scotland's hopes of beating Ireland in the Six Nations tournament at Murrayfield on Sunday were given a triple blow on Monday when Joe Ansbro, Hugo Southwell and Tommy Bowe and Jamie Heaslip have been ruled out of Ireland's Six Nations opener against Italy on Saturday week.

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New-look Springboks face tricky Ireland opener

2010-11-06T01:30:55Z

A Springbok squad without 13-injured players only arrived in Dublin on Thursday, with several of those still standing having played in last weekend's domestic Currie Cup final.

And whereas in years past few would have given much for Tommy Bowe scored two tries as Six Nations champions Ireland bounced back to beat England 20-16 at Twickenham here on Saturday to end their hosts' hopes of a Grand Slam.

Tries by Bowe and

16-man Ospreys edge Tigers to reach last eight

2010-04-16T07:23:53Z

Welsh side Ospreys secured their third successive European Cup quarter-finals spot on Saturday as they beat two-time champions Leicester Tigers 17-12 in a thrilling clash.

The one try of the match came from Ospreys' Irish winger Tommy Bowe, who touched down for his seventh try of the pool phase to become just the second player after Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll has been named to skipper the British and Irish Lions in their second match of their South African tour when they face the Golden Lions at

Bowe excited by Six Nations decider

2010-10-21T10:35:23Z

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Bowe stars for Ospreys

2010-10-21T10:28:53Z

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Ireland stun Pumas for World Cup lifeline

2010-04-16T14:13:21Z

Ireland secured their place in the second tier of the top eight seedings for next month's 2011 World Cup draw with a grinding victory against the Pumas here on Saturday.

Argentina had a setback before the start of the game when they were forced to resort to third-string outside half Santiago Fernandez after Juan-Martin Ferndandez withdrew.

The Pumas had already lost Ravenhill to the brighter lights of the Liberty Stadium, Tommy Bowe erred on the side of diplomacy, but he must be a relieved man. Bowe, playing at outside centre rather than wing, delivered his new employers the bonus point try in this alarmingly one-sided