Ferguson was diagnosed with a sprained right ankle and a strain of the ligaments. He is expected to be out for at least two weeks

While the association indicated a reduction in headcount of 45 to the Government in recent correspondence, a Townhall meeting held on Thursday delivered worse news

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Keane, the superb athlete is hawk-eyed in his pursuit of winning

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The 22-year-old Leinster prop was the sole member of the 23 listed by Farrell on Thursday morning to have an asterisk after his name.

Irish rugby needs new dreams and inspiration. It needs a new version of itself. We’ve done the No 1-ranked thing. We’ve failed dismally and consistently when it matters. Staleness is an unavoidable consequence of sameness

Munster out-half Jack Crowley and Ulster centre Stuart McCloskey were the names that immediately jumped out from the starting XV Farrell named

Scott Robertson had made his own deliberations. There was no room for Leinster-bound Rieko Ioane but out-half Beauden Barrett was one of three changes to the starters. He’d noted Ireland’s moves too.

The 54-year-old has spent the last two years plying his trade in the United States.

Swansea were also much-changed in the middle of a busy league programme and Adam Idah replaced top scorer Zan Vipotnik in attack.

For Chelsea, they move closer to another trophy under Maresca by reaching the last eight.

Paul Kinnerk and Kiely’s brand of reinvention has so far been defined more by positional ingenuity.

The Bettystown native was making his first Serie A start in five weeks, but he lasted just seven minutes of their match with Parma at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday.

Club said the Provincial Court of Madrid had dismissed appeals by UEFA, the RFEF and LaLiga, and that the court had confirmed UEFA had 'infringed the EU's free competition rules in line with the CJEU ruling by abusing its dominant position'

O’Connell kept that spinning coaches chair warm for Tests against Georgia and Portugal this year. The elevation gave him new perspectives

The Republic of Ireland striker has struggled with injuries throughout 2025.

Saturday will see him face a haka for the seventh time in his Ireland career. Unless we’re in for a draw, his record which currently sits at three wins and three losses

"You are not trying to fill a hole in your soul with endless stuff, to be productive and ‘successful’ and accumulative, because you’re too busy filling a bird-feeder, finishing a book, going for a walk."

A record-extending 22nd title in total, though one that had had the champagne on ice for some three weeks as this was the fourth time of asking for the championship to be delivered.