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Tyrone Howe

When a draw tastes just like a victory

You don’t get too many draws in rugby union and when you do, invariably there is last-minute drama.
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Tyrone Howe: England are a world away from where they want to be

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Tyrone Howe: England are a world away from where they want to be

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

It is approximately 287 miles from Dublin to London, but Croke Park and Twickenham must have felt as if they were solar systems apart.
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Tyrone Howe: Kidney’s men should look north to Ulster for inspiration

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Much has been made of the fact that the Wallabies are attempting to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1984 team’s Grand Slam achievement.
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Tyrone Howe: Ireland must roar like the hungry Lions

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Last weekend saw further confirmation that English and Welsh rugby has not pushed on from the considerable exploits of the British and Irish Lions tour during the summer.
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Tyrone Howe: Wilkinson will be good for the English once again

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

This coming Saturday will hopefully mark the end of one chapter and the start of another for one of world rugby’s undoubted stars - Jonny Wilkinson.
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Tyronew Howe: Ulster must try harder for rest of term

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

As life returns to normal for many schoolchildren, parents and teachers after the half term break, Ulster’s rugby players now have their own recess from the white shirt for a few weeks.
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Tyrone Howe: Henry’s great way to rotate

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

The All Blacks have long been admired for the way that they have set the standards in terms of innovation and thinking outside the box.
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Tyrone Howe: Justice is done, now let that be a marker

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Despite the protestations of all at Leinster, justice was served on Shane Jennings last week when his twelve-week ban for, “making contact with the eye area”, was upheld after appeal.
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Tyrone Howe: French fired up by thought of Paris

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

It was a case of deja-vu for Ulster last weekend as once again they surrendered a first half lead to lose to their Heineken Cup rivals Edinburgh.
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Tyrone Howe: Lion Man Geech’s human touch

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

Congratulations to the Ulster Branch on hosting a unique and highly successful event last Thursday evening, when ex-British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan, came to Ravenhill to endorse his autobiography, ‘Lion Man’, and field questions about his personal Lions experiences.
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Tyrone Howe: Ulster stepping out of the shadows again

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

A teaser for the rugby anoraks - when was the last time that Ulster was the only Irish provincial team to win their first match in the Heineken Cup? Not that I have the answer, but I am tempted to think that the past weekend might well have been a first.
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Tyrone Howe: Ulster in great shape for big kick-off

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Somehow it feels rather apt that Ulster are kicking off this season’s Heineken Cup with their home fixture against Bath on Friday evening.
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Tyrone Howe: Ulster in need of a kick-start to season

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Yesterday afternoon I received the following text from an ardent Liverpool supporter, “Giggs has just scored to make it 5-3.” Of course, the inherent joke was the extended injury time played by the referee in Sunday’s Manchester derby.
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Tyrone Howe: Look South to see how to win rugby matches

Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Just in case we needed reminding of the fact that the current crop of South African international rugby players are the best in the world, we had final confirmation last Saturday.
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Tyrone Howe: Confidence high for new, older and wiser Ulster

Wednesday, 2 September 2009

With achievements like a Six Nations Grand Slam and victories in the Heineken Cup, Magners League and Churchill Cup all taking place in the last six months it is fair to say that the 2008/09 season wasn’t too shabby for Irish rugby.
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Tyrone Howe: Cheating now part of game; it’s in the blood

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

The coverage surrounding the Harlequins’ ‘Bloodgate’ incident seems to have grown exponentially in the last fortnight.
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Tyrone Howe: Ulster will dearly miss one of the Best men around

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Just as the players are about to walk out onto Centre Court at Wimbledon there is a sign above the door which reads, “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.” The quote from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” finishes with the line, “You’ll be a man, my son.”
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Tyrone Howe: It’s bleeding obvious that Williams was a scapegoat

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

It is without apology that I feel obliged to return to the subject of last week’s article, namely the now ever-developing epic drama that is Harlequins’ fake blood substitution in the quarterfinals of the Heineken Cup.
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Tyrone Howe: Rugby heading for bloody mess if cheats prosper

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Waking up these past few mornings, the gloomy weather would certainly not make you think that August has arrived.
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Tyrone Howe: Pride of wounded Lions was there for all to see

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

When you think of a group of lions, the word ‘pride’ comes to mind. It was, however, pride of another kind that was restored to the battered and bruised British and Irish Lions squad with their resounding victory over the Springboks last Saturday afternoon.
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