Jack Crowley’s return to the Munster line-up against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld gave his side a much-needed lift. Photo: Nic Bothma/Sportsfile On Monday, when Munster announced their intention to host a Champions Cup pool game at Páirc Uí Chaoimh next season, there must have been a strong sense of trepidation for fear of … Read more
Coaches and players are feeling the heat as they seek to avoid a hit to the coffers of cash-strapped province amid staff redundancies Munster players react at full-time in their United Rugby Championship defeat to the Sharks in Durban. Photo: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile At the end of a very difficult week for Munster – on and … Read more
Ireland’s Six Nations MVP Stuart McCloskey of Ireland in action against Kyle Steyn of Scotland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile At the end of an unforgettable Six Nations that saw Ireland win the Triple Crown and finish second, Andy Farrell used 35 players – a record high during his time as … Read more
Ireland’s Stuart McCloskey celebrates after the Six Nations win against Scotland – the Ulster centre had a tournament to remember. Photo: Getty Our team of rugby experts deliver their verdicts on one of the most exhilarating Six Nations ever witnessed. Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Just about. Ultimately, they made their dominance count on their good days and … Read more
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell with Darragh Murray after their victory over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Andy Farrell has given his strongest indication yet that he would like to stay on as Ireland head coach beyond next year’s World Cup. Having led Ireland to the Triple Crown and a … Read more
Joe McCarthy, left, and Dan Sheehan are expected to return to the Ireland starting XV for the Triple Crown decider with Scotland this weekend. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Ireland head coach Andy Farrell is expected to largely revert to the same team that enjoyed a record win over England for Saturday’s Triple Crown showdown against … Read more
Jacob Stockdale Ireland head coach Andy Farrell is set to continue the trend of rotating his team for Friday night’s Six Nations clash with Wales in Dublin (8.10). Having made six and five changes in each of the respective wins over Italy and England, Farrell is likely to make a similar number of alterations again … Read more
Exclusive | One of rugby’s hottest young prospects has turned down his native South Africa in favour of Ireland and Leinster Ireland U-20 players, from left, Christopher Barrett, Derry Moloney, Ben Blaney and Josh Neill after theIR U20 Six Nations Championship victory over England at The Rec in Bath. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Josh Neill turned 19 … Read more
Rónan Kelleher brought fresh impetus to the Ireland team when he came on against Italy. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Continuity is usually the game of the game for Andy Farrell, but after making six changes to his team for last weekend’s 20-13 win over Italy, and getting a positive response from the majority of players he … Read more
latest | Assistant coach Jonathan Sexton at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Ireland assistant coach Johnny Sexton says Edwin Edogbo didn’t pay too much attention to the online racial abuse that he received in the aftermath of his international debut last weekend. Cobh-born and bred Edogbo was subjected to a … Read more