Tom Savage

Contract rumours part and parcel of media commentary but is there more to it?

By Tom Savage / December 13, 2018 /

Hi Tom, the 12 contract announcements earlier in the week really struck me as good business, especially with how quickly Earls, Murray, Kleyn, Farrell and others were wrapped up earlier…

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Sport is fun – Try to enjoy it

By Tom Savage / December 6, 2018 /

Not every rugby game is good but there’s something good in every rugby game. I wrote this stupid little sentence down in my t-shirt ideas pad a few years ago…

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Savour the moments as they may not come again

By Tom Savage / November 21, 2018 /

Perspective can wait. In this sports media game, I’ve learned that looking too far ahead of yourself can lead to a joyless experience. It wasn’t long after Ireland’s Grand Slam…

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Ireland need to lay down physical marker against the All Blacks in Aviva

By Tom Savage / November 13, 2018 /

Rugby is a game where everyone talks about respect when there’s a live mic or a reporter around. When there are no mics or no mouthy reporters around, the “respect”…

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Hype is no bad thing when the talent is real

By Tom Savage / November 8, 2018 /

“He wouldn’t get too carried away. Each game is a learning experience for him – because you kind of forget how young he is – so he knows that every…

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O’Mahony grunt paved the way for Scannell kick for glory

By Tom Savage / November 1, 2018 /

The headlines are Rory Scannell’s, and rightly so. Kicking the winner with the clock gone red from forty-five metres out against your biggest in-conference rivals is the kind of stuff…

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Munster’s ‘identity’ is safe for now

By Tom Savage / October 25, 2018 /

“Munster’s best performers on the day both came from outside the province. Tadhg Beirne … what are the other Munster pack members doing when this guy is doing his stuff?”…

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Williams redemption in Exeter should silence boo boys but it won’t

By Tom Savage / October 18, 2018 /

“Feck off Scrumcap, you’re no good,” bellowed the man in the red woolly hat into the cold Cork night air. His friends chuckled. Everyone else in the terrace shifted awkwardly.…

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Refereeing performance in Leinster game not up to scratch

By Tom Savage / October 10, 2018 /

I played at #7 for most of my days slogging in rugby so it’s safe to say that referees and I don’t really get along all that well. There’s respect…

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OPINION: Rugby’s Panic Pundits akin to Pro-Wrestling heels

By Tom Savage / October 4, 2018 /

It’s the time of the year for overreaction. Whenever Munster play Leinster, a fever seems to descend on the rugby press of this great nation of ours and, all of…

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