Tom Savage
“We are running a project called ‘The Maldini Project’ and Paolo Maldini is the role model we are using for these guys. Why are you thinking it is the end just because you are a certain age? “You can’t buy experience. You can’t just turn to a guy who is 23 and give that experience,…
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Time is weird these days. I was walking a few days ago and trying to recall something from last year as I was doing it and I slowly realised it wasn’t last year – it was the year before that I was thinking about. 2019. You know, the year of the last World Cup. To…
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When I was a teenager, I thought the world operated on a set of rules. You do well in the Leaving Cert and that means you can go to college. If you get your degree in college you get to go out and get a job related to your degree and then, that was your…
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Tom Savage looks at the scrutiny that goalkickers face and the lessons Munster and JJ Hanrahan can take from the Leinster defeat.
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“Right now, this is my rival, this is the person that beat me. So it immediately makes him stand out above everyone else. Jon Jones’ been going on this whole thing how this is no different than any other fight and if that’s his approach, great. But I know there’s more to it. I will…
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I spoke last week about how Ulster needed to have a look at bridging the gap between someone they feel is their future – David McCann – and their immediate needs in the short term in Marcel Coetzee’s absence. I think Munster have given an illustration of how this could work over the last two…
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Everything is inevitable after it happens. You look back at Munster’s glorious strech from, say, the 21st of January 2006 to the 24th of May 2008 where they picked up iconic wins and two European Cups and everything that had to happen to lead Munster to that point, did happen. Declan Kidney left his Leinster…
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Tom Savage of Three Red Kings looks at the young talent coming through at Munster and the need to hold onto them
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Being a pro rugby player is class. You get paid to train, push some iron around and then play in games where, if you’re lucky, you’ll get to do cool stuff and have every think that you’re unreal, at least for a time. Look at Ben Healy against the Scarlets. Clock in the red, a…
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Ireland’s recent loss in Paris felt especially disappointing. Not just because it was an 8 point loss when a 7 point win would have secured the championship – although that doesn’t help – but because of the manner of the performance. Forget about Stockdale’s late consolation try because it wasn’t any kind of consolation, really.…
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