A strong leader can unite a team with strategic insights, galvanise with passionate encouragement, and build resilience by exhibiting a cool head under pressure

Andy Farrell is a coach you’d not only love to play for but would do everything to seek his respect and approval.

The fairy godmother has appeared and offered Andy Farrell one wish: his pick of France or New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-final at the Stade de France. Who does he pick?

The 34-year-old went out on a high with a World Cup appearance Down Under.

I’ve said many times in recent months that this should be the most competitive World Cup in history. That applies to the battle at scrum time too

Tamara Ramos claims Luis Rubiales asked what colour her underwear was when they worked together.

The county’s 2020 Ulster winning captain heads up a stellar sideline ticket that includes two-time All-Ireland winning Meath ladies manager Eamonn Murray.

The Premier League side all but booked their place in the Europa Conference League.

Laporte has reportedly agreed to join Al-Nassr after five-and-a-half-years in England.

Silva had been linked with a summer switch with Barcelona reportedly chasing his signature for a number of years.

Scheffler will be looking to hold onto the $18m (€16.5m) winner’s take that Rory McIlroy swooped in from behind to claim last season.

The ability to properly unwind after a day’s high-intensity training has been invaluable in allowing players to depressurise as much as possible.

Like the previous two trading periods, all the talk inevitably centres around Chelsea and what has been a world record period of investment for a club.

Meanwhile, London City Lionesses have announced the signing of Republic of Ireland international Ruesha Littlejohn.

This week at East Lake, McIlroy is vying for his record fourth FedEx Cup title and could become the first player to win back-to-back PGA Tour jackpots since the season-long points race and playoff system was introduced in 2007.

Reports earlier in the week suggested Ireland’s first-choice hooker was set to miss the entire pool stage of the World Cup

There is no precise formula for peaking once every four years for the Webb Ellis Trophy. But no nation can win a World Cup without a strong sense of self

The midfielder joins from Aston Villa and has signed a two-year contract with the club.

The Springboks may have voted against the law change, but they have taken advantage by turning their South African-born lock Jean Kleyn from a five-time Irish international who played twice at the last World Cup into a fully-fledged Springbok.

The scrum-half limped off in clear distress in the first half of the home win over France earlier this month.