La Rochelle head coach Ronan O’Gara graciously accepted defeat to what he admitted was a 'better Leinster team', who emphatically dethroned the Champions Cup holders to book their place in the semi-final.
Irish rugby legend Rob Kearney has admitted his wedding day “doesn’t even register” as one of the top ten best days of his life amid his many sporting successes and the birth of his son.
Johnny Sexton has announced his latest career move just six months after retiring from professional rugby.
Linda Djougang stepped on to the pitch this week in a green jersey.
As Joey Carbery takes his seat in a room on the top floor of Munster’s high performance centre in Limerick, it’s impossible to avoid the sense that he is a man at peace.
Ireland rugby star Robbie Henshaw and his new wife Sophie Marren look stunning in the first official photos from their wedding day.
Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony admitted unsure if he had played his last game in an Ireland shirt after a 17-13 victory over Scotland sealed the Guinness Six Nations title.
Jordan Larmour: A late inclusion due to Hugo Keenan’s hip issue and provided some neat flat passing to Henshaw but little doing in terms of ball in hand. Bad looking knock on in the back field. 5
Speculation is mounting that this evening’s Six Nations title decider against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium could be Peter O’Mahony’s last game for Ireland.
Hugo Keenan 7
The final score does this game little justice. While the casual observer tuning in at full-time might think it looks like a bit of a hammering, for long stages it was a real struggle for Ireland.
Warren Gatland has warned Ireland’s stars that he is following the All Blacks’ path to victory and will go after key individuals to try and knock the Six Nations favourites off their game on Saturday.
Ireland defence coach Simon Easterby expects Caelan Doris to be fully fit for Saturday afternoon’s Six Nations clash with Italy, despite the back-row sitting out training in Dublin this morning.
Wales have recalled fit-again out-half Sam Costelow in the only change to their team to face Ireland in Saturday’s Six Nations clash at the Aviva Stadium.
Springbok star RG Snyman has been named to start for Munster against the Scarlets on Friday night (7.35pm).
Ireland rugby coach Andy Farrell was blown away by Late Late Toy Show star Stevie Mulrooney’s singing at yesterday's Guinness Six Nations match against Italy.
Former Ireland and Ulster rugby star Andrew Trimble has gone back in time to help heal Ireland’s future.
Hugo Keenan - Classy as always from Ireland's full-back who seemed to glide across the pitch with ball in hand. Injury now becomes a huge concern. 8
Captain Caelan Doris has history with referee Luke Pearce who will be handing the game against Italy. When Doris was going through his phase of targeting any available open doors in the game of opposing scrum-halves he ran foul of Pearce. That …
BRENDAN FANNING Not a lot you can say about a team with very little hope against a team better at everything. If Italy are still standing in the final quarter, it would conclude a very good week …
Joe McCarthy celebrated a ‘special’ moment with his parents Paula and Joe and brother Andrew in the stands at the Stade Velodrome after his man of the match display against France.
Here’s how Andy Farrell’s Ireland team rated after a memorable Six Nations victory over France in Marseille.
Brian O’Driscoll heaped praise on Ireland's Joe McCarthy after his magnificent performance against France in the Six Nations Opener in Marseille, as he served up an alternative reason why he was motivated to take centre stage.
If Andy Farrell could bottle his hangover cure, then he’d make a fortune from Irish fans in Marseille alone.
Irish rugby star Robbie Henshaw’s fiancée Sophie Marren celebrated her upcoming nuptials at her hen party over the weekend.
New Zealand’s Brodie Retallick has confirmed what he said to Ireland’s Peter O’Mahony in the aftermath of last year’s epic World Cup quarter final.
For the third season running, Leinster got the better of Leicester Tigers, but unlike the previous two years, Leo Cullen’s men survived a first-half scare.
Peter O’Mahony has been named Ireland captain for the upcoming Six Nations, as Andy Farrell announced his 34-man squad.
Ireland coach Andy Farrell will lead the Lions to Australia in 2025.
Irish rugby star Joey Carbery and his wife Robyn Flanagan are expecting their first child together.
For the second week running, Connacht were handed a sobering lesson about what it takes to win at the highest level.
Munster have been dealt a big blow ahead of an important run of games, as Jean Kleyn has been ruled out until the new year with an eye issue.
THE steam rose from the players on this chilly night in Cork, but whatever ice lay on the Musgrave Park didn’t last long during a sizzling first-half performance from Munster.
Sports-mad Stevie Mulrooney yesterday revealed that he was “more scared than shocked” when Ireland’s rugby heroes Peter O’Mahony and Bundee Aki surprised him on The Late Late Toy Show.
Munster head coach Graham Rowntree has been left with a dilemma following Peter O’Mahony’s decision to step down as captain after a decade leading the side as there isn’t an obvious replacement.
Rob Kearney has admitted that he doesn’t miss playing rugby after retiring two years ago.
Rugby player Api Ratuniyarawa has appeared in court charged with sexual assault, hours before he was due to play for the Barbarians against Wales in Cardiff.
South Africa have retained the World Cup after a thrilling victory against New Zealand in a gripping Final in Paris, with Brian O’Driscoll suggesting the decisive match of the tournament was a reminder of what might have been for Ireland.
Johnny Sexton says that his final year as a professional rugby player was the best he experienced in the sport.
The choreographer-in-chief has shaped his last dance, a conductor for the ages has laid down his baton, it is time for Ireland’s ancient condor to fold his great wings and rest.
Andy Farrell could be on the hunt for a new backs coach in the coming months after it was reported that Mike Catt is set to leave the role he’s held for the past four years.
The dust has settled on Ireland’s World Cup quarter-final defeat at the hands of New Zealand, yet former captain Brian O’Driscoll admits the pain of reflecting on what might have been is hard to accept.
The Irish Rugby team greeted fans who had been waiting to welcome back their heroes in Dublin Airport. Retiring players Johnny Sexton and Keith Earls stopped to sign autographs with fans as the team arrived back in Ireland after exiting the Rugby …
The All Blacks paid tribute to Johnny Sexton last night following Ireland’s defeat at the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.
Former Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll believes Johnny Sexton will never forget the moment that could have swung an epic World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Paris.
For another four years, the glass ceiling that hangs above Irish rugby remains.
Hugo Keenan - During Ireland's uncomfortable opening, Keenan was pressed into action early and often, having to cover plenty of ground in the back-field. Typically proved up to the task with his kicking game particularly clever. 8
Johnny Sexton had the haunted expression of a man who had just been dumped, by a downward plunging express elevator, into the bowels of some hellish everlasting misery.
Ireland have been handed a major boost on the eve of their World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand, as Mack Hansen took part in the captain's run at Stade de France this morning.