Looking ahead to Rugby's European Cup, warts 'n all - and there are still plenty of those, starting with the format

In its latest guise, with four of the six teams emerging from pools and advancing to the Round of 16, it’s harder not to make the knockout phase than to exit the tournament

“Over on the Grand Parade, starting back towards where I’d parked the car, I saw Francis stretched out on his side, asleep on one of the benches facing the library”

Diarmuid Barron, Jeremy Loughman and Paddy Patterson have all penned new deals with the province, keeping them at Munster to at least the summer of 2026.

“My experience of the last 20 years has informed my teaching and it’s all informed my coaching now,” he says.

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Could vitriol on social media be curbed if the sport improved communication among players, referees, clubs and supporters?

There will of course be a Mrs Brown's Boys festive special again this year — and Brendan and family will be watching it too

Kleyn sustained an eye injury in the loss at Leinster and following a specialist review has been ruled out until the new year

Eileen Gleeson girls in green are in Belfast to conclude their maiden campaign against neighbours Northern Ireland before what the locals expect to be a crowd of over 10,000 at the national stadium.

The Grand National-winning and Cheltenham Cup-winning jockey joins Fair City actor Shane Quigley Murphy in the line-up

On the lush surface of the renamed National Stadium, which is anticipated to have at least half of its 18,500 multi-coloured seats occupied, players in the calibre of Katie McCabe and Denise O’Sullivan will relish rounding off 2023 with aplomb.

Foley was television match official for the final between South Africa and New Zealand, which the Springboks won 12-11 and the All Blacks had skipper Sam Cane sent off.

The 33-year old has now fully recovered from a hamstring injury that has bothered him since the World Cup and is poised to play against Bordeaux-Bègles on Friday.

After the independent review was commissioned in September 2022 and published in July, the Government agrees that all 10 of the strategic recommendations should be actioned.

In 1972, Nando Parrado was travelling with family and friends when his plane went down in the mountains. What followed was months of horror, ingenuity – and incredible sacrifice

Champions Cup rugby is back and the first round pits a repeat of last year's final as champions La Rochelle play host to Leinster, the European Cross Country Championships take place in Brussels with Ireland hoping to build on last year's success and the Munster  and Ulster Club Senior Football Finals taking place on Sunday - another action packed week of sport. 

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“We’re all sitting there at 78 minutes, if we get a penalty what will we do? Will we go for a draw. I think the general consensus was to go for the win,” said the Leinster head coach.

“Yeah it's really frustrating. I think rugby is a game like that where there’s that many small moments and blocks in the game that if you get enough of them you come out on the right side of it."