MUNSTER HEAD COACH Johann van Graan says he has no regrets over selecting Joey Carbery for last weekend’s Heineken Champions Cup victory over Edinburgh after he limped off with a recurrence of a hamstring injury, which threatens his participation in Read More …
IAN MADIGAN, Stuart McCloskey and Tommy O’Donnell are among the most notable omissions from Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad to travel to South Africa for a three-Test tour next month. Ulster back row Sean Reidy and Connacht lock Quinn Roux are the Read More …
JOE SCHMIDT NAMED his 32-man squad for a three-Test tour of South Africa this afternoon. The full list of inclusions is here and some of our snap judgements are below. A Bolter Sean Reidy is perhaps the very definition of Read More …
ENGLAND OUT-SCORED WALES by five tries to one to record a convincing 27-13 victory at Twickenham ahead of the teams’ upcoming southern hemisphere tours. Warren Gatland’s men were quick out of the blocks this afternoon, opening up a 10-point lead Read More …
CONNACHT SECURED A stunning victory over Leinster on Saturday which saw them crowned Guinness Pro12 champions for the very first time. A 20-10 win in the final in front of a crowd of 34,550 at Murrayfield, thanks to tries from Read More …
IT WAS ALWAYS going to take something truly special for an Ireland international men’s team to finally beat New Zealand, and that’s what Nigel Carolan’s promising U20s crop delivered in Manchester for a stunning 33-24 victory. In the pouring rain, Read More …
IT HASN’T BEEN a happy return for CJ Stander. The Ireland star has been sent off against his native South Africa in the first test of the summer tour. The Munster man — seemingly inadvertently — smashed into Pat Lambie Read More …
Ireland and Sweden fans in Paris today ahead of Monday’s Euro 2016 fixture. Source: James Crombie/INPHO HomeThe Ireland squad were given the day off training and media duties today by the management team ahead of their first game at Euro Read More …
Rory Keane reports from Cape Town TAKING ON THE Springboks at Newlands is quite the way to make a comeback. Like many of his Irish comrades, it took Jordi Murphy a while to recover from a World Cup hangover. The Read More …
MICHAEL CHEIKA HAS accused New Zealand’s Steve Hansen of taking a cheap shot with his “shallow” suggestion the Australian was letting England mentor Eddie Jones bully him. Hansen, after England claimed an unprecedented series victory in Australia, said he was Read More …