The Barbarians squad v Gloucester and Argentina has been finalised. It features a delightful blend of attacking guile, youthful enthusiasm and gnarled, hard won experience. The side will be coached...
Fresh from defeating Australia in the World Cup final, New Zealand pair Beauden Barrett and Nehe Milner-Skudder gave the thumbs up to a Cork school’s team ahead of the coming...
Leo Cullen chose to replace Jamie Heaslip as Leinster’s permanent captain with Isa Nacewa ahead of last weekend’s Pro 12 clash with Treviso. Rightly or wrongly, that decision brought back to the fore...
Leinster are hopeful the in-form back will be available for their Champions Cup opener against Wasps. The 28-year-old showed everybody just how lethal he could be in the backline when...
European Player of the Year Nick Abendanon has hit out at the England team’s selection policy following their pool stage exit at the Rugby World Cup. Abendanon plays his club rugby...
New Zealand are the Kilkenny of World Rugby Paul O’Connell took time out from promoting his electricity brand Pinergy today to discuss his injury, Ireland and the World Cup among...
New Zealand have scaled the highest peak in the history of rugby’s world rankings, with the All Blacks having 96.10 points after their Rugby World Cup victory against No.2-ranked Australia...
RTÉ rugby analyst Donal Lenihan believes that, commercial concerns aside, Ireland “ticks all the boxes” as a potential World Cup host as the nation gears up its bid to host...
From Rugby World Cup final referee to officiating a game between two villages in Wales, Nigel Owens will have experienced two very differing rugby worlds in the space of a...
Wasps’ out-half Jimmy Gopperth has been cited for ‘punching or striking’ Matthew Tait during his side’s loss to Leicester on Sunday. The ex-Leinster player received a yellow card 54 minutes...
