Ireland defence coach Hugh Hogan said the expectation for his side this weekend in their opening game of the Six Nations is ...

It is a measure of the huge strides made by the Irish team compared to the corresponding first round game 12 months ago in Le ...

Leinster have referee Pierre Brousset for their game against Harlequins; he, of course, is a regular performer in the Top 14.

The former Munster and Ireland star is very concerned about the depth chart and age profile that Ireland are working with with the 2027 World Cup in Australia in mind - and says the answer is giving m ...

The historic and record-breaking attendance at Connacht’s maiden rugby game at MacHale Park last Saturday was an enormous success. No, the hosts didn’t get the required result in the United Rugby ...

Coach Scott Bemand opts for cohesion - thirteen players play their club rugby in Leinster with the remaining duo based in ...

Despite losing just one game, to eventual champions France, nobody can afford to paper over the worrying cracks that have come to the fore over the last seven weeks.

Former Spingbok and professional coach Andre Prestorius fears that 'future general' Sam Prendergast may be incompatible with ...

It has cost us. To the tune of 10 failed World Cup campaigns dating back to the inaugural competition in 1987, during which ...

Has an ageing squad been exposed by Les Bleus, or was Saturday's French thrashing merely a blip for the venerated green machine?

For the record, this was the first time Northampton Saints failed to score a point at Franklin’s Gardens in the Gallagher ...