Ed Sheeran, who has a history of being drinking buddies with Russell Crowe, has an Irish background, with many cousins from west Cork, and an aunt in Baltimore. New Zealander Russell Crowe grew up ...

With the Irish (and British) Lions tour of Australia three-ish months away, Andy Farrell now has his coaching team in place, Nathan Johns reporting on confirmation that Simon Easterby, John ...

Image: Richard Wigglesworth, Simon Easterby and Andrew Goodman have been confirmed as part of Andy Farrell's British and Irish Lions coaching team Richard Wigglesworth, Simon Easterby, Andrew ...

Last Saturday against France at the Kingspan Stadium, Niamh O’Dowd put in her biggest shift yet in an Irish jersey ... her progress to the backing of her team-mates and coaches.

Lions head coach Andy Farrell has turned to three of his assistants from the Irish set-up – Simon Easterby, Andrew Goodman and John Fogarty – to form the spine of his coaching team for the ...

The 15th Under-19 men's World Cup begins this week in South Africa; here's all you need to know about the tournament UAE and Ireland also tasted victories to kick off their campaigns, defeating ...

This is also the first time since 2001 that a Lions coaching team hasn't featured a single coach from the Wales set-up. Ireland strength and conditioning head Aled Walters and ex-Ireland ...

Ireland’s women's soccer team are heading back to Super Valu Páirc Uí Chaoimh after it was confirmed they will play their final UEFA Nations League Group 2 match against Slovenia in Cork on June 3 ...

Goodman has an intriguing background both in his native New Zealand and Ireland, and promised that the team would be “unpredictable” when asked about their attacking identity on Wednesday.

“This is a special day for The British & Irish Lions and our five new Assistant Coaches who came together yesterday for the very first time. “Putting together a Lions coaching team is an ...

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He also made the 2023 Ryder Cup team.In the 2022 Presidents Cup, as a captain’s pick, he posted a record of 2-1, winning his singles match and splitting his two team matches.In last year’s ...