New Zealand remain hopeful that Brodie Retallick will be available for Rugby World Cup selection after the lock dislocated his shoulder during the Rugby Championship clash against South Africa on Saturday.

A truly monumental effort this by Cork City who, two goals down from the first leg, brought a seemingly dead affair roaring back to life by scoring early in both halves in Differdange, only for Progres Niederkorn to grab the consolation goal on the night that meant so much more over the course of the whole tie.

Munster Rugby and the IRFU have confirmed that Jerry Flannery and Felix Jones will leave at the end of the season.

Connacht Head Coach Andy Friend has made a host of changes to the side that lost to Sale Sharks in the European Challenge Cup Quarter Final last weekend.

A giant photo of Olympic silver medallist Annalise Murphy took centre stage when Irish Sailing unveiled its new High Performance HQ in Dun Laoghaire yesterday - but not the one you would expect.

CJ Stander is back in the Munster team for tomorrow's Pro 14 match against Zebre at Thomond Park.

The Republic of Ireland Women's National Team suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Belgium following Elena Dhont's first-half strike at the Pinatar Arena, Spain.

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The Republic of Ireland have had a dream start to their Women's Under-17 European Championships qualification campaign.

O'Gorman made her international debut aged just 16, and would go on to score on 13 occasions for Ireland.

The Irish player of the year had missed the matches against Slovakia and the Netherlands in April with a broken collarbone.

Friend, who was most recently coach of the Australian Sevens team, will arrive at the Sportsground in late June to oversee pre-season training.

Leinster have been hit with a massive injury blow ahead of tomorrow's Champions Cup match against Montpellier at the RDS.

Munster took time to meet their number one fan following their training session ahead of tomorrow's Pro14 match against the Cheetahs at Thomond Park.

Women’s hockey international: Germany 3 ( Keibel, Huse, Schroder) - Ireland 1 (Russell)

It’s back to Super League action this weekend and all eyes are on Cork this evening [Thursday] as Singleton SuperValu Brunell prepare for their first home game of the season, which sees them up against local rivals and League leaders, Ambassador UCC Glanmire.

Connacht have confirmed two-year contract extensions for flanker Jake Heenan and inside back Craig Ronaldson.

Irish rugby coach Joe Schmidt reflects on the need for squad balance in the run up to rugby World Cup and Paddy Jackson reflects on his return to Ireland duty after injury. Just a few of the highlights from last night’s post Barbarians match press conference. 

Irish international women’s striker and runner-up in the FIFA Puskás Award Stephanie Roche has finally revealed her next move.

The Ireland coaching staff has named a 38 player squad for the first two rounds of the RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Head Coach Pat Lam has named his team for the opening round of the Guinness PRO12 against Newport Gwent Dragons at the Sportsground at 5pm tomorrow.

In a major overseas signing, Connacht Rugby secured the first ever All Black to play with the province.

After putting out an unchanged sidefor the last four games, Connacht head coach Pat Lam has made a host of changes to the team to face Munster in tomorrow's interpro at the Sportsground, (kick off 6:15pm).

Tottenham have confirmed the sacking of manager Andre Villas-Boas.

Connacht Head Coach Pat Lam has made a number of changes to the team for their second away trip of the season.

Ireland Head Coach Mark Aston has announced his 24-man squad for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup.

Connacht received a welcome boost today with a number of players returning from injury as the province resumed training after a week off to begin preparations for their RaboDirect PRO 12 meeting with the Scarlet on February 8.

Munster’s impressive away B&I Cup victory over Rotherham Titans will mean nothing unless there is a performance of even higher quality at Musgrave Park this evening (6.30pm), according to Mike Prendergast.

Darragh Leader, 19, will earn his first competitive start for Connacht in tomorrow afternoon’s meeting with defending RaboDirect PRO12 champions the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium (2.30pm).

Following Saturday's physical Heineken Cup clash with Harlequins, the Connacht Rugby medical team have reported several fresh injury concerns.

Three talented All Ireland League players have been given the opportunity to display their talents at Connacht Rugby after being awarded development contracts with the province.

Connacht Rugby's captain Gavin Duffy has penned a contract extension to stay at the Sportsground until at least 2014.

Connacht Rugby have announced that flanker Ray Ofisa will leave the province at the end of the season.

11890 Killester required over-time before emerging victorious over Bord Gais Neptune by the narrowest of margins, 97-96, in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at the IWA in Clontarf on Saturday evening.

Head Coach Eric Elwood has made just two changes to last week's starting XV for Connacht’s RaboDirect PRO12 clash with the Glasgow Warriors at the Sportsground on Saturday (5.30pm).

Following Connacht's narrow defeat away to Gloucester in the Heineken Cup last weekend, Head Coach Eric Elwood has chosen not to tinker with the side too much for the trip to Thomond Park to face Munster in the RaboDirect PRO12 on St. Stephen’s Day (7.45pm), making just one enforced change.

IT IS the meeting of last season’s men’s Superleague finalists, but it’s not a defining clash in terms of this campaign, Killester coach Darren O’Neill has insisted ahead of Sunday’s trip to Neptune Stadium in Cork.