Leinster head coach Leo Cullen during training at UCD in Dublin. Photo: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile Leinster’s playing budget has long been a bone of contention for supporters of the other three provinces, as well as fans of clubs from further afield. The opaque nature of what exactly Leinster spend on their squad and the absence of … Read more
Leinster’s Caelan Doris is tackled by Josh Kemeny of Northampton Saints in his side’s Champions Cup semi-final defeat. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Leinster and Ireland captain Caelan Doris’ hopes of playing in the Lions tour to Australia this summer are hanging by a thread due to the severity of the shoulder injury he picked up in … Read more
Caelan Doris‘s prospects of taking part in his first British & Irish Lions tour are in doubt due to a shoulder injury he suffered in Leinster’s 37-34 Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Northampton at the Aviva Stadium last Saturday. To compound his and Leinster‘s woes in light of Saturday’s huge setback, the province’s weekly medical … Read more
Leinster and Northampton’s gifted 22-year-old out-halves are hoping to impress Andy Farrell ahead of Thursday’s squad announcement Sam Prendergast and Fin Smith The summer of 2022 was a strange time for rugby’s most exciting young players because for the third year running the U-20s World Cup was cancelled on the back of Covid. In a … Read more
Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Benching Jordie Barrett would be a gamble as Leinster pray that the Saints don’t steal a march The Irish Independent Leinster vs Northampton – the comeback final revisited The Irish Times Northampton Saints alive to ‘incredibly dangerous’ Leinster RTE.ie Unlike several English rivals, Northampton boss Phil Dowson still believes in Champions Cup magic The 42 Northampton Saints … Read more
Who is playing, when and where? Leinster are playing against Northampton at 5.30pm on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the Champions Cup semi-final. In the second semi-final, it is an all-French affair with Bordeaux Bègles playing Toulouse on Sunday at 3pm in Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux. How can I watch it? You can watch … Read more
On the surface, all seems hunky dory. The Ireland men’s team are ranked third in the world, the ever-improving women’s side are ranked fifth and Leinster are one more home semi-final win away from becoming the first side ever to reach four successive Champions Cup finals. Scratch underneath, though, and the gap between Leinster and … Read more
The Leinster and Ireland rugby star looks back on the standout moments of his career, and reveals how family and school have played important roles Andrew Porter is a brand ambassador of Canterbury, and is promoting the Stampede boot, designed for forwards for whom traction and stability are key. See canterbury.com The game that stands … Read more
New Zealand’s Rieko Ioane during last year’s international against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile Whatever you think about Rieko Ioane, you have to appreciate the sense of theatre he brings to life. This morning at around 8am Irish time, the All Black gazumped his new club by announcing his own … Read more
Rieko Ioane has agreed a six-month contract from December this year to June 2026 with Leinster. He will join the Irish province after the November Test matches and in doing so mimic the deal that took his midfield partner in the All Blacks team, Jordie Barrett from New Zealand to Leinster. Ioane announced on Instagram … Read more