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 ...

Most of the Irish players were making a jump up in standards to the highest Test level from a Celtic Challenge tournament that is still failing utterly to stress test them in their iterations as ...

Former Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson has said his friend Eddie Jordan, who has died aged 76, jokingly called him a "mug" when he ... bought London Irish rugby club in early 2025.

Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak says last season’s strong finish to the United Rugby Championship can act as inspiration this ...

Imperious yet vulnerable, France face a less clinical version of themselves as Scotland aim to spoil the hosts' Six Nations title hopes, writes Tom English.

Defeat could spell relegation for Mayo and Donegal don’t want a poor run of form. But winning could spell something even less ...

I want a Louis Bielle-Biarrey mug with his mug on it ... There’s nothing necessarily new in this – rugby’s always been a collision sport – but the extent to which the more powerful teams are now ...

After almost a year of grueling rehabilitation, Irish rugby’s sensation ... to reach a milestone when he makes the team in Belfast in the United Rugby Championship Clash. The stormers side ...

Irish rugby has traditionally offered a “Céad míle fáilte” to rugby players who came to play here, an embrace that didn’t diminish as the sport transitioned from amateur to professional.

"He sorted me out, got the whole team to sign it and it was stuck above my bed ever since I was 10." Representing Ireland had always been target one. "Coming into the Irish rugby team has always ...