Leinster's Jamie Osborne is the only uncapped player

From war to Wagatha Christie, what a year it's been

The Irish Men’s Sevens player says going for a hike or going out into nature helps to cheer him up if he is having a bad day

The two-year Rugby Headgear Effectiveness Study which is due to commence in the first half of 2023

It was Munster’s unrelenting commitment in defence and refusal to have their try line breached that saw them home in the end

A second successive Champions Cup defeat can turn January sour. This is when pressure makes an unwelcome appearance in thought and deed, in what we do and decide not to do. In how we discard trusted routine.

White was seen clearly stumbling after contact to the head

Ross Byrne kicks penalty to win it for Ireland

It’s a dizzying rise for the former Bandon Grammar student who has started at ten only half-a-dozen times for his province

Jack Crowley really knows how to make an impression on and off the pitch

The Ireland coach will use Australia’s visit to Paris the previous weekend as Ireland’s reference point ahead of his side’s final Test of the year

Cian Prendergast and Jack Crowley also earned their first Ireland caps 

The 33-year suffered a groin injury while making his 100th appearance for Ireland last Saturday

Forget talk about processes, progress or evolution, this isn’t about the means for the former back row, just the ends.

Letters from Ronald Reagan and Daniel Radcliffe, a team photo from his Young Munster rugby days, and the best actor award from Cannes will be among the items shipped to UCC in the near future

The Pumas dominated large parts of the final hour and there was a very real threat of them pulling off a remarkable comeback win.

It is of no surprise that new rules, here in Ireland and overseas, affecting the participation rights of trans women in rugby should be subject to legal challenge.

Farrell said he had been in talks about extending his deal beyond next year's World Cup since before the New Zealand series.

God is in his heaven, and all’s right with the world. I know it’s not appropriate for a humanist like me to be quoting Robert Browning’s little hymn to nature, but right now there may be nothing else that quite sums it up. For three reasons.

IRELAND 15 Hugo Keenan: Did everything asked of him on a night when the All Blacks offered surprisingly little to disturb his comfort.

Summer Tour New Zealand 12  Ireland 23  Ireland made history in Dunedin on Saturday as they ...

After decades of disappointment, Andy Farrell's class of 2022 became the first Irish side to secure victory on New Zealand soil. 

Saturday's win sets it up nicely now for next week’s third and final test in Wellington, but perhaps the real impact of this victory will come in over a year at the World Cup in France.

How they rated in the first Test

The Ireland head coach suggested his fly-half would not necessarily be subjected to the new stand-down period of 12 days as he passed a HIA post-match.

A repeat of the Hamilton horror show from a decade ago was on the cards, so Ireland will rightly take some encouragement

The ball is king in New Zealand, says the La Rochelle head coach

All Blacks gain revenge for autumn defeat in Dublin with a six tries to three win 

There was a matchday communication gap in showing a video of the incident to medics 

Sheehan gets to start in the absence of provincial squad rival Ronan Kelleher through injury

The interval stats laid out a timely warning of what will happen over the next few weeks if Ireland are off the mark

The Munster scrum-half, like many of the 40-strong playing squad in New Zealand preparing for Ireland’s rigorous schedule of five games in three weeks, is experiencing an international tour for the first time in his fledgling Test career after two years lost to the Covid pandemic.

Ireland, touring New Zealand for the first time since 2012, will be seeking both a first victory over the Maori All Blacks when they meet in Hamilton this Wednesday and then a maiden Test win in New Zealand against the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday.

The major event kicks off this week in Musgrave Park.

Staying put was a no-brainer for the Athlone man

“A lot of us on the team are very adaptable. A handful have played from an early age but the rest of us have come from other sports"

Issues at out-half and in the front row stand out for Andy Farrell before the next World Cup but there are areas of concern in the second row and at full-back too

The thought struck as Scotland threatened to make life difficult in the second-half on Saturday that the Ireland squad would be left picking at some serious mental scars had the game turned against them at the Aviva Stadium.

Richie Murphy’s U20s completed a bumper St Patrick’s weekend for Irish men’s rugby.

Beat their Celtic neighbours this weekend and it will be a 12th Triple Crown for the men in green, even if France are likely to thwart ambitions of a title

Andrew Conway, who is being managed for a knee niggle, drops out

Following away wins in France and England, the unbeaten Irish welcome winless Scotland to Musgrave Park in Cork on Sunday afternoon with a chance to emulate the heroes of 2007 and 2019 and claim the Grand Slam. 

Sexton believes Ryan was particularly unlucky with blow he shipped against England

“We definitely won’t be underestimating them. We know some of the big results that they’ve had over the last couple of years are away from home. They hadn’t a good record away from home and then in the last couple of years they’ve beaten France, they’ve beaten England. Wales as well. They’ve had some big scalps away from home.