France are European rugby’s true heavyweights, and ominously this was the first time they won both the men’s title and the Under-20 title in the same year, while Ireland’s wooden spoon at ...

Jake White’s team went down 19-16 to the Stormers in their last United Rugby Championship encounter on March 1, but will hope to propel their push for a top-two spot against the Irish giants on ...

Apparently the Italian Federation had to stop the sale of tickets to rugby supporters in Ireland, and Italian sources estimate that on the basis of ticket sales as many as 25,000 Irish fans are ...

My father was a proud Ulsterman from Belfast and a staunch Ireland rugby fan. As I grew up during the ‘70s and ’80s, we watched Ireland countless times in the televised Five Nations and it was ...

Tadhg Furlong, Mack Hansen and Garry Ringrose all return as Ireland name their squad for final Six Nations fixture; Ireland play Italy at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday after a heavy loss to ...

It is the final weekend of the Guinness Six Nations and Ireland will finish this ... final weekend it promises to be a super Saturday of rugby. Here is all you need to know ahead of the game.

The Six Nations saw a shake-up in the World Rugby rankings for the first time in weeks after another eventful weekend. Ireland's Grand Slam dreams were shattered on Saturday as France dominated in ...

For more rugby news, visit our dedicated section. No Irish player will appear before the Six Nations disciplinary committee despite France demanding that two do so for the ruck clear-out that caused ...

But according to Irish interim boss Easterby, it was nothing more than a “rugby incident”. Speaking after the contest, Easterby said: "I think it's just a rugby incident. Tadhg [Beirne] cleans ...

France took charge of the Six Nations title race in sensational style as they produced an outstanding performance to dash Ireland’s grand slam dreams with a 42-27 thrashing. The hosts’ hopes ...

SHANE Lowry will be sitting pretty before his third round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational - while watching Ireland battle France. He is in chipper form after his second round of 67 vaulted him ...

Kevin Lynch is a London-born, Dublin-based writer and journalist. The author of Steve Jobs: A Biographic Portrait, Kevin is a regular feature writer for a number of tech sites and the former ...