While Joe McCarthy ended the week back at national squad training in the IRFU High Performance Centre in Blanchardstown, the remaining quintet of Irish players were named in Leo Cullen’s ...

Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne made his name at Scarlets but a Welsh Grand Slam winner had already had a huge influence on his ...

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Stormers hooker JJ Kotze in action during their URC clash against the Lions at the Cape Town Stadium ... cap when the sides meet in their United Rugby Championship (URC) derby at Ellis Park ...

More info Garry Ringrose is facing the toughest battle of his rugby ... Ireland/Lions picture focuses on defence as well and, firstly, whether Ireland are comfortable adapting the Leinster ...

The 13 th-placed Lions will host the 10 th-placed Stormers ... to bounce back strongly from back-to-back defeats against Leinster and the Bulls – the latter a heart-breaking one-point defeat ...

Two weeks ago, in a comment on my post here on the second round of the Six Nations and on Facebook, I suggested that Simon ...

Munster back-rowers Gavin Coombes and John Hodnett, Leinster’s Diarmuid Mangan and Ulster trio Stuart ... Hansen and Joe McCarthy are back training with the squad,” an Irish Rugby statement explained ...

Zebre Parma produced successive shock victories on the road in the United Rugby Championship (URC ... as they now sit above the Lions, Connacht and the Dragons. For Edinburgh this defeat is a ...