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Six Nations: Ireland lose Richardt Strauss due to injury

Richardt StraussIreland have lost their South African born hooker Richardt Strauss for the entire Six Nations Championship due to an ankle ligament injury.

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End Of Year Tours: Heaslip to captain Ireland.. and Strauss against Strauss at hooker

There will be a family ‘feud’ in Dublin on Saturday when cousins Richard Strauss and Adriaan Strauss confront each other for the first time in a Test.

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End of Year Tours: Ireland against South Africa – Strauss v Strauss perhaps

Ireland’s South Africa-born hooker Richardt Strauss is set to come face-to-face with his cousin Adriaan in Saturday’s Test match in Dublin.

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End Of Year Tours: Richardt Strauss in Ireland squad

A 31-man Ireland squad, including four uncapped players, has been named by Ireland head coach Declan Kidney for the upcoming GUINNESS Series games against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina.  Centre Luke Marshall and forward Iain Henderson named in the panel and who were involved in the Ireland training camp in September are included in the squad as are prop David Kilcoyne and hooker Richardt Strauss, who is now eligible to play for Ireland based on his residency for the past three years.

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RaboDirect Pro12 awards for the season

The RaboDirect Pro12 ‘dream team’ for the season 2011/2012 was announced last week. There is a fair mix of representation of players from Irish, Welsh and Scottish clubs with no Italian clubs having any players in the team.  On Sunday evening, in Cardiff, various awards for this season were handed out with the accolade for player of the season going to Edinburgh try scoring machine Tim Visser.

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