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Connacht eyeing the play-offs to qualify for Europe's top table

Glasgow Warriors 35 - Connacht 24: This time last year Connacht fans were holding their breath in anticipation. Sitting pretty at the top of the table, having only lost five times all season, Connacht were working their way to a first Guinness PRO12 trophy and Champions Cup rugby.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2017

Mark Anscombe: Rookies will keep top players ‘honest’

Eight debutants is a lot of inexperience to field in a Test match, not to mention the seven other players in the Ireland 23 with fewer than 10 caps each to their name. Yet having come through their baptisms with an eight try to three victory over Canada, head coach Joe Schmidt was satisfied he had laid down some more foundations for the rest of his three-year term and beyond the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2016

Experienced reinforcements ready to rumble for Leinster's trip to Edinburgh

Leinster’s response to last weekend’s dramatic defeat in Glasgow will be powered by the return away to Edinburgh on Friday of Jamie Heaslip and a trio of other Irish international forwards for their seasonal debuts.

Tue, 13 Sep, 2016