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Rugby
Champions Cup
Cian Tracey: French may be in mourning over World Cup disaster but pose the biggest threat to Irish hopes
Champions Cup
‘It’s always good to be more versatile’ – Munster’s Tom Ahern using blindside move to catch the eye again
Munster Rugby
Blow for Munster as World Cup winner Jean Kleyn ruled out until the new year with eye injury
Rugby
Bundee Aki ‘good to go’ for Connacht’s Champions Cup clash with Bordeaux
Champions Cup
Rúaidhrí O’Connor: If Leinster don’t hold aloft the Champions Cup on May 25, something has gone amiss
Champions Cup
‘Real competition’ for places leaves Graham Rowntree with some thinking to do ahead of Munster’s Champions Cup date with Bayonne
Rugby
Brian Moore: It’s too early to take sides in rugby’s toxic brain injury debate
Champions Cup
Champions Cup explainer: What’s different, how the knockouts work and the complete schedule
Rugby
Brendan Fanning: It’s time for Leinster to strike against the head
Champions Cup
Bernard Jackman: Leinster will make Champions Cup knockout stages but need early marker against La Rochelle
United Rugby Championship
Sting in the tail for Connacht as Leinster steal win thanks to last-gasp Ciaran Frawley try
Rugby
RG Snyman set to join Johann van Graan at Bath next season after Munster exit
United Rugby Championship
‘The players are brave to take the space and be composed enough to execute under pressure’ – Leo Cullen hails team
United Rugby Championship
Ulster slump to home defeat as Edinburgh take spoils at Ravenhill
Rugby
‘If everyone buys in, even if it’s wrong, it’s right. That’s his mantra’ – What Leinster will get with Jacques Nienaber
Rugby
‘Make sure you include us, make sure you make us feel welcome’ – Rugby star Chisom Ugwueru’s message on racism in Ireland
United Rugby Championship
Ciarán Frawley shifts to full-back for Leinster as Connacht eye big interpro scalp
United Rugby Championship
‘I feel that I’m in a good place to crack on’ – Tom O’Toole happy with early Ulster return after surgery
United Rugby Championship
Ahern the leading man as brilliant Munster warm up for Europe by blowing Glasgow away
Rugby
‘There’s no place for mediocracy’ – Jacques Nienaber embracing Leinster’s great expectations
Rugby
‘Brian O’Driscoll said someone was going to get hurt. Unfortunately it was him who went off with a fractured cheekbone’
Rugby
Mack Hansen returns for Connacht as Leinster go with Harry Byrne at out-half for Sportsground derby
Rugby
Ruaidhri O’Connor: Young prospects and out-of-favour stars - what an Ireland 'A' side would look like
Rugby
Ireland Women set for Twickenham date as IRFU schedule home games for Dublin, Cork and Belfast
Rugby
‘We’ve a really competitive squad already’ – Terry Kennedy doesn’t think Ireland Sevens team needs 15s converts
The Left Wing
The Left Wing: Wayne Barnes on the World Cup final, TMO bunker and refereeing Johnny Sexton
Rugby
The England captaincy is a poisoned chalice – who would actually want to replace Owen Farrell?
Munster Rugby
‘He’s 130kg, 6ft 4… my god he’s a big man’ – Oli Jager’s journey from Blackrock to New Zealand to Munster
Leinster Rugby
‘I’m not light and I would back myself around carrying’ – Scott Penny dismisses notion that size counts against him
United Rugby Championship
Munster out to mind the gap against Glasgow as Jack Crowley leads the line
Rugby
Owen Farrell set to miss up to a year of international rugby – and may not play for England again
Rugby
Warren Gatland: I know how Owen Farrell feels – an ‘Irish d***head’ has my number and sends me abuse
Munster Rugby
Oli Jager to make Munster debut off the bench as Jack Crowley starts against table-topping Glasgow
Rugby
New Munster star Alex Nankivell: ‘I went behind my dad’s back and did a DNA test’
Rugby
‘There’s only so much someone can take’ – Mark McCall hits out at ‘shameful’ treatment of Owen Farrell
Rugby
How Owen Farrell, rugby's man of steel, was pushed to breaking point
Champions Cup
Bath v Ulster: What time, what channel and all you need to know
Champions Cup
Connacht v Bordeaux: What time, what channel and all you need to know
Rugby
Owen Farrell steps away from England set-up ‘to prioritise his and his family’s mental wellbeing’
Rugby
Harry McNulty named as captain of experienced Ireland Rugby Sevens squad for Dubai series
United Rugby Championship
‘I thought we were very close two years ago’ – 10-year Ulster veteran Stuart McCloskey on 18-year trophy drought
United Rugby Championship
‘It was important I left Connacht. To get away from that emotional attachment’ – John Muldoon on his coaching journey
Rugby
Ronan O’Gara to face French disciplinary committee ahead of clash with Leinster
Rugby
Munster blow as Peter O’Mahony ruled out of Champions Cup clash with Exeter
Munster Rugby
Graham Rowntree ‘delighted’ to keep Jean Kleyn at Munster
Rugby
Vikki Wall ‘ahead of schedule’ in adapting to demands of sevens rugby as she eyes Olympic spot
The Left Wing
The Left Wing: Ciaran Frawley's big chance, Simon Zebo's opportunity and a World Cup hangover?
Rugby
Munster blow as luckless RG Snyman facing another long spell out through injury
Rugby
‘I am sad not to ref Johnny Sexton again, I like him a lot’ – Mathieu Raynal
Britain
London’s High Court to hear plea for group action lawsuit on concussion claims from ex soccer and rugby players
United Rugby Championship
Prop Oli Jager in line for debut against Glasgow on Friday as Munster receive double injury boost
United Rugby Championship
‘The buzz he gives us’ – Mack Hansen fit to line out for Connacht against Leinster this weekend
United Rugby Championship
Robin McBryde on Ross Byrne injury and welcoming Jacques Nienaber ahead of Leinster v Connacht
Leinster Rugby
‘He’s arrived with loads of knowledge’ – Jacques Nienaber ‘hits the ground running’ at first Leinster training
Leinster Rugby
Leinster insist powerhouse prop Andrew Porter will get referees onside
Munster Rugby
Mixed news for Munster with RG Snyman leaving the province while Jean Kleyn signs contract extension
United Rugby Championship
Ross Byrne a Champions Cup doubt for Leinster as Jacques Nienaber is pictured on his first day of work in Dublin
Rugby
Brian Moore: Making scrums a pushing contest won’t make rugby more enthralling – changing replacement laws would
United Rugby Championship
Leinster pick the lock after Munster surge stuns Aviva
United Rugby Championship
Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Good won’t cut it for Leinster this season, they have to be aspiring to greatness
United Rugby Championship
Cian Tracey: Jack Crowley ahead in battle to be Irish No 10 as Ciarán Frawley has a different fight on his hands
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