Tom Savage

Tom Savage: Ireland need to learn from their mistakes or face full reset

By Tom Savage / November 4, 2020 /

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…

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Personal responsibility on players to keep the show on the road

By Tom Savage / October 28, 2020 /

We’ve got a lot of rugby ahead of us over the next few months. There’s Super Saturday in the Six Nations, the PRO14, the very Pro Evolution 5 sounding Autumn…

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“Form isn’t just temporary – I don’t think it exists”-Larmour, Zebo and form

By Tom Savage / October 21, 2020 /

Even before his unfortunate dislocated shoulder suffered away to Benetton, there were rumblings about Jordan Larmour and his “form” coming into the restarted Six Nations Championship as Ireland’s incumbent fullback…

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“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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The Breakdown EP143: The Boy Who Cried Wolfpack

By Jack Neville / September 25, 2020 /

In this weeks Breakdown podcast, Raff and Tom look back on the week in Rugby. They examine Leinster’s loss to Saracens in the Champions Cup as well as Ulster’s reversal…

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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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The Breakdown EP142: Bitter Disappointment as Munster Fail to Fire in Semi Final

By Raffaele Rocca / September 8, 2020 /

It was very much a case of history repeating itself as Munster’s search for a first trophy since 2011 is set to continue after what could only be described as…

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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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The Breakdown EP140: The Pro 14 makes its long awaited return

By Jack Neville / August 19, 2020 /

After an absence of five months, the Guinness Pro 14 returns to our screens this Saturday with the Interpro meeting of Leinster and Munster in the Aviva Stadium. It will…

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