Owen Cowzer

1 month ago | thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer

SEÁNI MAGUIRE is set return to action for the first time in 11 games when Cork City host Derry City at Turner’s Cross on Friday. Striker Maguire, 31, has not featured since City’s third game of the season against Waterford because of a hamstring injury. But boss Tim Clancy has confirmed he is close to a return, with hopes he gets the green light from medics to feature on Friday.

2 months ago | thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer

ALI REGHBA and his Maribor team-mates recently found themselves face-to-face with their ultra fan group after a disappointing loss. But his experiences in the six years since the former Ireland youth star left Bohemians to move abroad mean that something so out of the ordinary is not that unusual. The attacker told SunSport: “We lost a league game against a team that was bottom of the table. “There were a lot of reasons why we lost . . . but we lost and the ultras had a word with us after the game.

2 months ago | thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer

GARRY RINGROSE remembers his first Champions Cup win. Ireland had just claimed a Grand Slam with ‘Ringer’ a key cog at centre, Leinster were the kings of Europe and he was just 23. But if there was ever a risk that he would think that rugby was easy, Leinster club captain Isa Nacewa was soon in his ear. Ringrose said: “After we’d won in Bilbao, we were playing Munster in the PRO12 semi-final the following week and preparing for that.

2 months ago | thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer

JAMES CULHANE has been through the school of hard knocks when it comes to injuries — but he hopes they are now behind him. The 22-year-old 6ft 4in back row is one of Leinster’s most highly rated prospects, as was in evidence last week against Ulster. But that was just his ninth start in three seasons around Leo Cullen’s team as, too often, he has been struck with bad luck. And that even goes back to Culhane’s school days when playing rugby for Blackrock College.

2 months ago | thesun.ie | Owen Cowzer

CommentA Premier League giant are keen on Shamrock Rovers teen Victor OzhianvunaMASON MELIA should be seen in the flesh here before he leaves — as should Cathal O’Sullivan and Victor Ozhianvuna. But the League of Ireland’s . . . err . . . old boys club are must-see too. Jack Byrne turned 29 yesterday, which means he is still a few years short of newspapers giving him veteran status. But he has been rolling back the years lately.