#Leinster Rugby

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Your sport on TV this week: Leinster v Munster, club championships and Women's FAI Cup final
Your sport on TV this week: Leinster v Munster, club championships and Women's FAI Cup final
It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV with Leinster and Munster going head-to-head in GAA HQ, the club championships around the country continue and the Women's FAI Cup final - all you need to know here.

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025

Clayton McMillan 6/10/2025
Clayton McMillan will have 'deep understanding' of how to challenge Munster players, says Tyler Bleyendaal
Leinster, unusually, will start Saturday’s URC game looking up the table at their southern neighbours after just one win in their opening three games. Munster have harvested 14 points from their trio of opening efforts.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

Leinster v Munster - United Rugby Championship
Leinster v Munster in the URC: kick-off time, TV details and team news
It is the first interpro of the new URC season with old rivals Leinster and Munster going head-to-head.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Leinster Rugby Squad Training
Lions Test omissions will fuel Leinster's Josh Van der Flier
Andy Farrell, who coached the Lions and now returns to the day job with Ireland, went a different direction Down Under.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Leinster v Hollywoodbets Sharks - United Rugby Championship
Cullen praises Osborne and Byrne as Leinster get off the mark to claim first win of season
Following back-to-back reversals at the hands of the Stormers and the Bulls on a recent mini tour of South Africa, the URC’s defending champions secured a first victory of the 2025/26 campaign.

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Leinster v Hollywoodbets Sharks - United Rugby Championship
Early tries kickstart Leinster on way  to first URC victory of campaign
Having picked up just one point in total from their recent two-game mini tour of South Africa, Leinster registered a convincing bonus-point triumph over the Sharks.

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Leinster Rugby 12 County Tour
Lions begin to filter back in as Leinster seek first win of season against Sharks
It’s no coincidence that the majority of Leinster players who featured heavily in the three-Test series against Australia are still absent

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Your sport on TV this week: Munster v Edinburgh, Ireland face Portugal and Premier League
Your sport on TV this week: Munster v Edinburgh, Ireland face Portugal and Premier League
It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV with round three of the URC, Ireland travelling to Lisbon to face Portugal in the World Cup qualifiers and the Premier League continues - all you need to know here.

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

James Lowe 16/9/2025
James Lowe understands that Leinster's returning Lions must hit ground running
Lowe and all bar one of Leinster’s other 13 Lions stayed behind in Dublin the last fortnight while the rest of the squad started the URC season with that shocking 35-0 loss against the Stormers and an eight-point defeat to the Bulls, both in South Africa.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

James Lowe 16/9/2025
Leinster to lean on returning Lions as they go in search of first URC win
All told, Leinster had 17 players in Oz with Andy Farrell’s tourists.

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Vodacom Bulls v Leinster - United Rugby Championship
'He's learning, he’ll be better for it' - Leo Cullen backs Sam Prendergast after tough night in South Africa
Prendergast had an eventful conclusion to Leinster's loss to the Bulls, missing a drop goal before seeing a pass picked off.

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025

Willie le Roux scores a try 4/10/2025
Leinster fall to another defeat in South Africa as Bulls gain some revenge
Leinster have now conceded 74 points in their opening two URC games.

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025

Stefan Ungerer reacts 26/9/2025
Stormers pack overpower Leinster as defending URC Champions taken apart
The Stormers dominated Leinster in the scrum, in the air and at the breakdown. 

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Australia v British & Irish Lions - 2nd Test
Hugo Keenan and Joe McCarthy facing spell on the sidelines after undergoing surgery
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen provided the update after their open training session at Greystones RFC on Wednesday.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Nienaber, Bleyendaal and McBryde pen contract extenions with Leinster
Nienaber, Bleyendaal and McBryde pen contract extenions with Leinster
A new position, Provincial Kicking Coach, has been created to better align the work back in UCD with the schools, clubs and player pathway with former Leinster outhalf and current Lead Performance Analyst Emmet Farrell taking up the role.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Leinster sign Irish qualified Josh Neill 
Leinster sign Irish qualified Josh Neill 
Leinster will take on Cardiff in their only pre-season game before they travel to South Africa for their URC opener against the Bulls.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Eve Higgins after the match 7/9/2025
Ireland undaunted by Black Ferns loss ahead of World Cup quarter-final
France haven’t lost to Ireland since 2017 and they will have seen plenty in how the world champions defanged their next opponents that can be used or tweaked for their own devices before the teams meet again at the weekend.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Leinster v Munster - Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship Final
Munster remain unbeaten as they run riot against Leinster to clinch Interprovinical title
Tries from Munster captain Maeve Óg O'Leary, Finn, and Eilís Cahill made it 50 unanswered points, before Leinster, whose new head coach Ben Martin handed out 20 debuts across the four-match series, gained some late consolation.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Caitriona Finn kicks a conversion 16/8/2025
Women's interpros: Clinicial Munster hold off Leinster comeback, gutsy Connacht win
With back-to-back bonus point victories, and next Saturday's trip to Ulster still to come, Munster look red-hot favourites for the final in Donnybrook in two weeks' time.

Sat, 16 Aug, 2025

Ireland Women's Rugby Media Conference and Training Session
Maeve Óg O'Leary returns to Munster's starting XV for Connacht clash
Leinster will take on Ulster with Molly Byrne captaining the side for the summer clashes.

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

Australia v British and Irish Lions - Qatar Airways Lions Tour 2025 - Accor Stadium
Four match ban for Lions hooker Dan Sheehan
The Ireland hooker did not accept there was foul play which the Committee took into account and did not reduce the full 50% mitigation when deciding the final sanction

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Ireland Rugby Squad Training and Media Conference
Osborne 'leading by actions' in elevated Ireland role
With a number of Irish retirements, and a multitude away with the British and Lions, the 23-year-old has taken on an elevated role in interim head coach Paul O'Connell's Ireland squad for their tour of Georgia and Portugal.

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Ireland v England - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship
Sexton advises Crowley and Prendergast to 'delete social media'
“You find out who are your mates, who are those that you trust and who are those that you can lean on. Going forward, I think they'll be stronger for it.”

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Leinster v Vodacom Bulls - United Rugby Championship Grand Final
Dan Sheehan: Leinster dozen avoid being 'laughing stock' of Lions camp by winning URC title
The dozen-strong contingent from Leinster are set to join up with the tourists at University College Dublin for a week’s training ahead of Friday night’s pre-tour international against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Leinster players celebrate try score 14/6/2025
Leinster end trophy drought by crushing Bulls in URC final
This was actually Leinster’s ninth 'league' crown when all the Celtic League, Magners League, PRO12 and PRO14 iterations are added together. The real significance, as everyone knows, is that it marks their first trophy lift of any kind in four years

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Jamison Gibson-Park 7/6/2025
Blow for Leinster as Jamison Gibson-Park ruled out of URC Grand final after picking up knock
Luke McGrath, an experienced player who has played second-fiddle to Gibson-Park in the last five years, will step up from the bench while the inexperienced Fintan Gunners is added to the bench

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Jamison Gibson-Park 12/6/2025
Jamison Gibson-Park: From failed out-half to world-class nine
“Yeah, I was a failed out-half. I just didn’t grow so I didn’t have much of a choice, but up until I was 13 I played out-half. You don’t really start playing positions until you’re ten so I had a few years there, yeah.”

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Leinster Rugby Captain's Run and Media Conference
Leo Cullen: 'If you lose a final are you classified as a failure?'
Leinster face into the URC Grand final with pressure to bring home silverware.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Your sport on TV this week: Cork v Roscommon, URC Grand Final and US Open
Your sport on TV this week: Cork v Roscommon, URC Grand Final and US Open
It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV with the final round of the All-Ireland SFC round robin series, the URC Grand Final between Leinster and Bulls and the US Open - all you need to know here. 

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Sam Prendergast 9/6/2025
Leinster coach Tyler Bleyendaal: 'Sam Prendergast is his own harshest critic'
Leinster play the Bulls in this weekend's URC grand final at Croke Park. 

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Josh van der Flier leaves the field injured 31/5/2025
Leinster await further assessments on injuries to Van der Flier, Ringrose, Furlong and Keenan ahead of URC final
Tommy O'Brien came through the semi-final unscathed while Jordan Larmour is available for selection.

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Jamie Osborne celebrates with Jordie Barrett, Joe McCarthy and Dan Sheehan after scoring his side's fifth try 7/6/2025
Leinster rediscover their mojo to set up URC final tilt at Croke Park
Their opponents a week from now will be one of the Bulls or Sharks who meet in the second semi-final in Pretoria today.

Sat, 07 Jun, 2025

Leinster v Glasgow Warriors - United Rugby Championship
Questions linger as Leinster go to the well yet again
The Warriors outscored the Stormers by five tries to two in Scotsoun eight days ago despite having less possession and only 35% territory, and Cullen noted their ability to ‘push boundaries’ with the concession of 16 penalties against just four.

Sat, 07 Jun, 2025

Cork v Limerick - Allianz Hurling League Division 1A
Sportsguide: Munster SHC final, Leinster SHC final and URC semi-finals
It is another action packed weekend of sport with Limerick and Cork going head-to-head in the Munster SHC final, Kilkenny will face Galway in the Leinster SHC final and Leinster take on Glasgow Warriors in the URC semi-finals - all you need to know here.

Sat, 07 Jun, 2025

RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14-LA ROCHELLE-MONTPELLIER
S Ronan O'Gara: Rugby might be in trouble but Tolu Latu’s made my day
One or two bad apples in an orchard is no big problem. At the start when I took over there was some weeding to be done in the garden and it wasn’t done in one afternoon either. It took time

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Leinster Rugby Squad Training
Leo Cullen makes three changes to team for Glasgow Warriors URC semi-final
Leinster Senior Coach Jacques Nienaber said: "It's a privilege for any team to be involved in the knockout stages."

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Your sport on TV this week: Limerick v Cork, Kilkenny take on Galway and Leinster welcome Glasgow Warriors
Your sport on TV this week: Limerick v Cork, Kilkenny take on Galway and Leinster welcome Glasgow Warriors
It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV this weekend with the Munster SHC final seeing Limerick take on Cork, in the Leinster SHC decider Kilkenny take on Galway while in the URC semi-final Leinster welcome Glasgow Warriors to Dubin - all you need to know here.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Leinster Rugby Squad Training
Handling the pressure, not peaking, key to Leinster's hopes
“Where it counts is you just have to make sure you are a little bit better than the team you play against on that specific day of a knockout game. We must just be better than Glasgow this weekend."

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Leinster v Scarlets - United Rugby Championship Quarter-Final
Time has to be now for Baird and Leinster to silence the doubters
“That shocks me, that question. I feel like the team that’s playing at the moment… I feel the same level of enthusiasm and energy as when we were playing in a final in Europe last year.[It's] the same Leinster to me.” 

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Martin Anayi 6/9/2022
URC chief realistic about Croke Park crowd numbers in event Leinster make final
There is no sure way of ensuring high crowds given the vagaries across five competing nations and the compacted rugby schedule, but Anayi did confirm that there will be a week off between the final two rounds next year.

Wed, 04 Jun, 2025

Jaden Hendrikse 31/5/2025
Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber dismisses Sharks gamesmanship against Munster as 'normal'
"If you listen to just the referee mic and you take the commentators away, it's crazy what you hear on that mic. They got stuck into each other."

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025

Jordan Larmour 2/6/2025
Larmour returns to full training as van der Flier, Ringrose and O'Brien to be further assessed
Leinster will face Glasgow Warriors in their URC semi-final clash at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Mon, 02 Jun, 2025

Leinster v Glasgow Warriors - United Rugby Championship
No thoughts of tomorrow for Leo Cullen as Leinster focus on Scarlets
Garry Ringrose is out with a calf injury that he has been carrying for an unspecified period of time. Tommy O’Brien, Leinster’s breakout star this season, has been hobbled by a foot problem. Both were running at the back end of the week.

Sat, 31 May, 2025

Leinster Rugby Squad Training
Jimmy O'Brien set for 100th Leinster appearance as Garry Ringrose and Tommy O'Brien ruled out
The province take on Scarlets in the URC quarter-finals at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Fri, 30 May, 2025

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