As we bid farewell to a year most will be more than happy to leave behind, 2021 promises to be even more frantic for professional rugby, writes Donal Lenihan

What price is too high to pay for a professional rugby career?

There have been signs since the start of the season that Munster are shifting to a new level

Leo Cullen has been front and centre for all four of Leinster’s successes

It may have sneaked up, but the opening round of this season’s reconfigured Heineken Champions Cup proved fascinating in so many ways

One wonders why Andrew Conway appeared to fall out of favour as the campaign progressed

What the Autumn Nations Cup has confirmed is that Ireland are the best of the rest with a fifth-place world ranking. I’m sure Australia and Argentina, in sixth and eighth place respectively, would fancy their chances against us right now

Donal Lenihan looks at three key areas in Ireland's Autumn Nations Cup third-place play-off with Scotland

The French management will have extracted the maximum return from this international window. Can the Irish say the same?

The 13-point win over Georgia must be seen as a disappointment from an Irish perspective