Tom Savage

“Rugby is going through an evolution and it’s happening right in front of our eyes”

By Tom Savage / October 14, 2020 /

While I was waiting for the Glasgow vs Edinburgh game to start last Sunday I happened to catch one of the classic games that Eir often use to fill airtime…

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Tom Savage: Young players “have the ability to power Munster through the glass ceiling”

By Tom Savage / September 30, 2020 /

The ending of the locked-down 2019/20 season was a bad one for Munster Rugby. Losing to Leinster in a knockout game in Dublin has become an unpleasant yearly tradition for…

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New attacking weapons have to be created ahead of Pro 14 return

By Tom Savage / September 9, 2020 /

I’m not sure why this semi-final hurt more than the last two. Maybe third time’s the charm. Either way, three days out from another defeat to a Leinster side that…

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It’s time to go to work for Munster as season comes to a head on Friday

By Tom Savage / September 1, 2020 /

So it comes down to this. A season like no other, disrupted by a global pandemic, comes to a head this Friday night in an empty Aviva Stadium. It’s a Guinness…

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Snyman’s injury continues unfortunate pattern for Munster signings

By Tom Savage / August 26, 2020 /

A few hundred people showed up at Cork airport in 2003 to welcome a slightly confused looking Christian Cullen to Munster. Cullen was one of the very best back three…

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Influx of top South African sides can be a huge positive in a potential PRO16

By Tom Savage / July 15, 2020 /

Money talks, bullshit walks. When it comes to rugby union post-Coronavirus, I think that idiom will become money shouts through a megaphone, bullshit sprints away to the airport with papers flying…

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Carbery remains the best option to help Munster end drought

By Tom Savage / July 6, 2020 /

JOEY CARBERY has played 17 times for Munster since his acrimonious move south in the summer of 2018. It feels like more, and less, all at the same time. I…

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“This place is for crazy people,” the voice would say “and you’re not crazy”

By Tom Savage / June 23, 2020 /

You may or may not know that last August – coming up on a year ago now – I was admitted to a psych unit at 1 AM on a…

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Discipline needed for our beloved sporting action to return

By Tom Savage / May 6, 2020 /

COVID 19 has changed the world in some ways that are obvious and in ways that we haven’t even imagined. It struck me today as I was walking along a…

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An in depth look at what an attacking rugby shape actually is

By Tom Savage / April 25, 2020 /

Forget about forward formations and stuff like that for a moment. Break it down as simply as you can. Ultimately, it’s about aligning yourself in a lateral structure that best…

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