Dan Sheehan has challenged his British and Irish Lions team-mates to match the passion of the Western Force underdogs in Saturday’s tour opener in Australia. Sheehan will captain a Lions team with only two starters – Sione Tuipulotu and Tadhg Beirne – who were in the XV for the defeat by Argentina on Friday. “I’m...
Ireland’s Dan Sheehan will captain the British and Irish Lions in their opening game on Australian soil against the Western Force on Saturday. Sheehan is one of five players in the starting line-up who will make their Lions debut, his Leinster team-mates Garry Ringrose, James Lowe, Joe McCarthy and Josh van der Flier being the...
Director of football Richard Montague said: “We’ve been very impressed with Alan since he’s taken over as caretaker head coach for a second time. “It was important that we carried out a thorough and detailed process for appointing our new head coach. “We had to get this decision right, and we are very happy with...
Cabango said it was “a great feeling” to hit Swansea’s 58th-minute winner at Sunderland. But he also relished a third successive clean sheet as part of their rearguard. “I feel like we’re loving defending as a team right now. Everyone’s just giving it everything,” Cabango said. “We’re recovering well. If there’s a mistake, we’re always...
Sheehan will be at the helm for the remainder of the season, with Swansea looking to cement their second-tier status as quickly as possible as they head into the final seven games of another turbulent campaign. After successive defeats, Sheehan’s side lifted the mood with a rousing draw at high-flying Leeds United last weekend, but...