Rugby can at times be attritional and based more on brute strength than grace but nobody told Chris Ashton as he flew to land a try for Saracens against Ulster at Twickenham in the Quarter Final of the Heineken Cup on Saturday. Billy Stickland of Inpho was the man on the spot to capture the moment.
Sometimes you just cannot pin down why a team has such guts and stomach for the fight. And sometimes you see an image such as this one of Paul O’Connell driving Munster to another ‘impossible’ victory and it becomes a little clearer.
Hurling is a sport which leaves those who have never seen it in awe. It involves moments of sublime skill and many more of putting your body on the line where others would walk away. Dublin’s victory over Limerick to secure Division 1A status and a place in the Allianz National League on Saturday was primarily based on a strong defence.
The greatest success of this year’s Aintree Grand National was that not a single horse or jockey suffered an injury. It was important given a rough few years for the iconic race and the triumph of 66-1 chance Aurora’s Encore was a victory for pin stickers everywhere.
Amid all the sport across Ireland and involving Irish participants this weekend, perhaps the one with the most glamorous roster of sponsors took place at Catleknock tennis club where Ireland hosted Finland in the Davis Cup. Hugo Boss and BNP Paribas were among those on display.Inpho.ie is the official photography partner of Sport for Business. To discover more about how images can lift a sponsorship or an event, contact them here.
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