It’s always one hell of a show at Stade de France these days. From the minute’s applause in memory of France U18 Medhi Narjissi, swept out to sea in South Africa in August through the anthems ...

The Tullaroan attacker is fast becoming one of the more underrated players in the Kilkenny lineup and he was superb once again on Sunday as he scored five points from play. As well as Keoghan, there ...

It is nonsense, though, for anyone to suggest that it was down to a lack of bottle or anything like that. Winning at any level is not easy and it’s even tougher in one of these events.