The England international has not played since last season’s Six Nations.
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Connacht back-row Eoin McKeon believes history can repeat itself and that a win in Munster this weekend could be a crucial stepping stone to PRO14 glory.
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Darren Cave will captain Ulster in Saturday’s PRO14 against Leinster to mark his retirement from the game.
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Rob Kearney says Leinster’s training sessions ahead of last Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final were tougher than the game itself.
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Ireland women’s captain Ciara Griffin and Sevens star Louise Galvin have welcomed their appointments to the board of Rugby Players Ireland following the representative ...
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Munster captain Peter O’Mahony collected his province’s player of the year award for the first time and pledged “this will always by my club”. ...
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Three Leinster players are in the running for the European player of the year award.
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Johnny Sexton could go head to head with his younger brother in the Pro14 next season.
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Chris Cloete has stressed the importance of staying positive this week as Munster prepare for a final push for silverware this season in the Guinness PRO14.
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Irish lock Quinn Roux is a doubt for Connacht’s PRO14 quarter-final with Ulster on Saturday week.
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Rhys Ruddock and Seán Cronin have emerged as serious doubts for Leinster’s Champions Cup final next month.
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Leinster will be without Adam Byrne for the rest of the season.
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Simon Lewis There is only so much credit you can give the winning team before turning the page and focusing on becoming the better team yourself.
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Munster will not rush back injured trio Joey Carbery, Keith Earls and Dave Kilcoyne for Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 clash at home to Connacht unless they are ...
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World Cup winner Dan Carter would not be out of place in the All Blacks squad at the global showpiece in Japan later this year if selectors sent him an SOS to fill ...
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Ulster have serious concerns they’ll be without Jacob Stockdale for the Guinness PRO14 quarter-final against Connacht next month.
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Leo Cullen is not convinced that Ireland’s Six Nations defeat to England last February will have any effect on next month’s Champions Cup final.
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Munster boss Johann van Graan insists he is committed to improving his existing squad as the province bids to win silverware for the first time in eight years but ...
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Tadhg Beirne may be a new signing for Munster this season but he shared the pain of consecutive semi-final defeats in Coventry at the weekend.
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Mark McCall, the Saracens director of rugby, handed Munster a crumb of comfort in the aftermath of his team’s 32-16 Champions Cup semi-final win in Coventry.
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Johann van Graan does not see Munster signing new players for next season but insists that keeping the existing squad together for the long haul will reap rewards.
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Simon Lewis Munster Rugby has pledged to further investigate an incident at the end of their Champions Cup semi-final at the Ricoh Arena when a supporter appeared ...
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Not everyone had faith that Leinster were capable of overcoming the challenge of Toulouse in Dublin and yet the European champions rose to the challenge on Easter ...
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The England number eight was booed throughout the semi-final clash against Munster.
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Leinster refuse to be a team that limits their eggs to the one basket.
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In a statement, European Professional Club Rugby said: “EPCR does not condone the entry of a spectator to the field of play.
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Peter O’Mahony and Johann van Graan put their hands up after another Heineken Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Saracens and admitted they had simply been ...
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Saracens continued their recent dominance of Munster as they subjected the Irish province to another mauling and consigned the Reds to a third straight European ...
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Felix Jones looks set to extend his stay as Munster backline and attack coach beyond this season and fulfil Johann van Graan’s wish for continuity on his coaching ...
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Toulouse face a ‘mountainous’ challenge against the premier club side in Europe when they face Leinster in the semi-final of the Champions Cup, according ...
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Ever get that feeling that the stars are aligning for some special purpose?
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Edinburgh Airport, Saturday evening, March 30. As the Munster squad and supporters prepare to fly home after a tense quarter-final victory at Murrayfield, there ...
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For 20 years Michael Corcoran has been working in RTÉ, covering and commentating on the Irish provinces’ exploits in Europe, writes Kieran Shannon.
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Owen Farrell might have been a leading candidate for a few sleepless nights recently but he is determined not to lose out on his eight hours of shut-eye over the ...
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Johann van Graan is confident Darren Sweetnam has what it takes to fill the breach left by an injury to Keith Earls ahead of a European semi-final with Saracens ...
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Bandon RFC picked up an All-Ireland title at U16 level last weekend.
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Milestones and long-awaited comebacks feature aplenty in the Saracens team picked by Mark McCall, who makes 10 changes from the side which lost at Bristol Bears ...
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London Irish secured promotion back to the Gallagher Premiership after recording a 46-7 victory over Richmond.
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Johann van Graan is confident Darren Sweetnam has what it takes to fill the breach left by an injury to Keith Earls ahead of a European semi-final with Saracens ...
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Paul O'Connell has dismissed speculation that he could return to a coaching role with Munster anytime soon.
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Chris Farrell admits Munster's inability to progress beyond the semi-finals has become a concern that will influence their approach to Saturday's Champions Cup clash ...
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Bandon RFC picked up an All-Ireland title at U16 level last weekend. Such glory days are becoming a bit of a habit, says club president Dan Murphy.
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The Saracens centre has recovered from an ankle ligament injury.
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Ronan O'Gara has ruled out joining the French coaching setup for the World Cup.
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An injury to Jamison Gibson-Park has handed James Lowe the opportunity to start on the wing for Leinster against Toulouse on Sunday.
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Keith Earls has been ruled out of Munster's Heineken Champions Cup semi-final away to Saracens tomorrow.
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So, they meet again. Two years on from a semi-final encounter in Dublin that has proven significant for both sides, Munster and Saracens will be reunited at Coventry’s ...
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You may have heard by now that Leinster have used 56 players this season.
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It’s hard to believe it’s seven years since Darren Sweetnam made his senior hurling championship debut for Cork as a 19-year old, but his sole focus ...
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All things — good and bad — come to an end. So it was, on the first Saturday in April, six days after they had defeated Racing 92 in the Champions Cup ...
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