# Second best
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This year
2024
ANALYSIS
How Munster succumbed to steely Saints in the second half
Graham Rowntree’s side had two strong winning positions but lost out.
Murray Kinsella
21 Jan
4.0k
12
Last year
2023
Second best
'Maybe I got something wrong' - Stormers boss Dobson takes blame for URC final loss
27 May 2023
14.1k
12
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'Really sad day' – Mikel Arteta rues tame end to Arsenal’s title challenge
20 May 2023
4.2k
7
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'We weren’t quite good enough today' - Cullen rues Leinster's lack of cohesion
13 May 2023
12.9k
61
All time
Second best
Rowntree: 'In the white-hot heat of the battle we have to be better than that'
26 Dec 2022
21.0k
42
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'We were facing one of the top 5 teams in the world and we saw the difference' - Cisse
4 Dec 2022
7.0k
2
tough outing
All Blacks XV tear up the RDS on a painful night for Farrell's Ireland A
4 Nov 2022
74.2k
103
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Man Utd forced to settle for Europa League play-off despite win at Real Sociedad
3 Nov 2022
32.5k
50
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Connacht slip to another URC defeat as Bulls prove too strong in Pretoria
30 Sep 2022
10.7k
22
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France sweep to bonus-point win on a tough night for the Ireland U20s
24 Jun 2022
32.8k
2
Second best
Sheehan: Champions Cup final defeat 'a hard one to get the head around'
1 Jun 2022
5.0k
1
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Van Graan 'incredibly disappointed' after Munster fall short against Leinster again
21 May 2022
20.1k
25
well beaten
England power up to maul Ireland with 11-try victory in Six Nations
24 Apr 2022
14.4k
27
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Disappointment for Ireland 7s in defeat to South Africa on Olympics debut
26 Jul 2021
15.0k
10
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England are a better team than Ireland and more work is needed to close the gap
22 Nov 2020
34.4k
37
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Tielemans and Mertens strike as Belgium end England's Nations League hopes
15 Nov 2020
8.2k
2
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Ireland come up short in Paris as England crowned Six Nations champions
31 Oct 2020
62.9k
144
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Schmidt: 'This year hasn't been great, but Ireland are in a really good place'
19 Oct 2019
9.7k
41
Regrets
'We’re not going to suddenly sign five world-class players, it doesn’t work like that'
13 May 2019
27.6k
55
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All Blacks depart Dublin after being 'manipulated' by clever Ireland
19 Nov 2018
30.7k
20
Looking Up
All Blacks and November next in Schmidt's sights as Ireland's success rolls on
24 Jun 2018
12.5k
28
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Three debuts made as Ireland go down to Les Bleus at rain-soaked Stade de France
28 May 2018
29.8k
48
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Connacht collapse as Ospreys deal second home defeat of Pro12 defence
10 Sep 2016
19.8k
26
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Ireland's women lose out to the French in front of 11,158 in Perpignan
13 Feb 2016
21.4k
24
Second best
'Nothing can console me' laments Messi as world slips through Argentina's hands
14 Jul 2014
5.8k
7
Nearly Men
Opinion: Ireland call-ups and lack of signings to hobble Ulster's title ambitions
13 Aug 2013
3.5k
6