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Bok stars will inject new life into PRO14

27 June 2021 1 comment

WITH the final game of the Rainbow Cup over and Benetton seizing the trophy, it’ fair to say the tourniment and it’s new makeover – […]

Sean O’Brien urges Ireland to blood players in Premiership

13 June 2021 2 comments

SEAN O’Brien believes Ireland should relax their rule which all but bars players being selected for the national squad if they move outside the country […]

Leinster 38-7 Dragons: Doris catches eye in Dragons slaying

13 June 2021 1 comment

DRAGONS have been told they must learn how to deal with the intense heat that quality sides such as champions Leinster can hit a team […]

Glasgow 15-12 Leinster: Warriors surge to summit with late penalty

6 June 2021 0 comments

GLASGOW Warriors head coach Danny Wilson praised his “outstanding” side as they defeated Leinster on Friday to give themselves a chance of reaching the Rainbow […]

Springboks squad: Sharks will get teeth into Lions

5 June 2021 0 comments

THE Springboks paid Sale Sharks the ultimate compliment last night, picking no fewer than five of the team charging towards the Premiership final. Half their […]

Leinster back Cian Kelleher wings his way into Ealing Trailfinders

30 May 2021 1 comment

Ealing Trailfinders add ex-Connacht wing to their squad for 2021-22

Champions Cup? Now it’s taking in also-rans!

30 May 2021 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST If and when the brewing industry calls “time gentlemen please” on its financial support for the European Champions Cup – it is […]

Rainbow Cup should have been cancelled

30 May 2021 0 comments

COLIN BOAG While Premiership Rugby has done a superb job of managing to run the best and most competitive league in rugby, the PRO14 continues to […]

Revealed: Champions Cup Team of the Season 2020-21

27 May 2021 0 comments

Tom O’Flaherty is recognised for his performances in Europe for the second-straight season

Stade set the fashion in red not pink

23 May 2021 0 comments

BACK in the day when they reigned as the sport’s supreme fashionistas, Stade Francais possessed a team of rugged quality to complement the artistry of […]

Dream Team: Former Ireland and Sale Sharks hooker Bernard Jackman

23 May 2021 0 comments

Bernard Jackman picks a dream XV based on the best he has played with or against

Bath confirm Dempsey to depart as part of coaching shake-up

21 May 2021 1 comment

As revealed by TRP in January, Bath have recruited David Williams to be their new attack coach

Brock James backs La Rochelle to upset Toulouse in Champions Cup finale

16 May 2021 0 comments

The famed Top 14 import backs old club La Rochelle to stop Toulouse’s run at a fifth Champions Cup triumph in its tracks at Twickenham

Devoto: Leinster defeat has made us even hungrier

16 May 2021 0 comments

Ollie Devoto still wants to play for England after being involved off the bench twice during Eddie Jones’ tenure

O’Driscoll puts boot into PRO14 | Peter Jackson

16 May 2021 0 comments

Shrinking TV audiences has seen the exposure of the PRO14 dwindle since it was taken off BBC

Had time of my life at Quins until Deano left

16 May 2021 0 comments

MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER WORCESTER, NORTHAMPTON, HARLEQUINS, GRENOBLE AND ENGLAND U21S SECOND ROW JAMES PERCIVAL MY experiences in rugby changed me as a person, sometimes for the […]

Tadhg Furlong allays fears of overseas move with new IRFU contract

11 May 2021 0 comments

The Ireland prop has reached a deal with the IRFU to stay with Leinster for the 2021-22 season

Tomas Francis chasing a champagne finish at Exeter Chiefs

9 May 2021 0 comments

The Wales tighthead will depart Sandy Park this summer after making the difficult decision to leave after seven years with the Premiership champions

Munster 38-10: Ulster no match for Red Army

9 May 2021 0 comments

Will Addison’s long-awaited return for Ulster didn’t go quite according to plan as he was sent off in the second half, while ex-Sale teammate Mike Haley starred

Connacht 21-50 Leinster: Sidelined Hugo Keenan scores hat-trick

9 May 2021 0 comments

LEINSTER put their Champions Cup exit to La Rochelle behind them to come from 16-0 down to oust Connacht. Hugo Keenan brushed off his Lions […]

Gatland prepares for a massive air raid

9 May 2021 0 comments

Nick Cain assesses the Lions squad of 37 selected by Warren Gatland Outstanding in the air: Dan Biggar PICTURES: Getty Images THE leaping Springbok on […]

Why I always find myself rooting against the Irish

9 May 2021 0 comments

COLIN BOAG AsI watched the Champions Cup semi-final between La Rochelle and Leinster, cheering for the French team, it got me wondering why, despite having no particular […]

Lions squad announcement: Alun Wyn Jones to captain tourists

6 May 2021 2 comments

Wales captain and joint-most capped Test player Alun Wyn Jones selected as Lions captain by head coach Warren Gatland

Leicester 33-24 Ulster: Fabulous George Ford puts Tigers into the final

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Leicester fly-half was pivotal to extinguishing Ulster’s first start in Friday’s Challenge Cup semi-final

Lions beware those slips before lift-off

2 May 2021 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Was it Homer or Robbie Burns – it’s usually one or the […]

Dan Biggar makes his case for Lions start | Peter Jackson

2 May 2021 0 comments

Dan Biggar has put himself in serious contention to play for the Lions in South Africa, but will he get a Test start against the Springboks?

Preview: Bok flyer Rhule has found his second wind in French Alps

2 May 2021 0 comments

Daniel Gallan preview Sunday’s clash between La Rochelle and Leinster with a place in the final awaiting the victor

Controller Ross Byrne takes reins for 100th Leinster cap

2 May 2021 3 comments

Ross Byrne starts at fly-half for Leinster as Johnny Sexton and Harry Byrne miss out through injury in the Champions Cup semi-final

Johnny Sexton ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup semi final

27 April 2021 1 comment

Ross Byrne is likely to play at No.10 for Leinster against La Rochelle this weekend in the Champions Cup semi-final

My Life in Rugby – Neil Doak: Lara wicket highlight of my international career!

25 April 2021 0 comments

SPORT has played a huge part in my life. I played quite a lot of sports – football, golf, tennis – and I always hoped […]

European contenders will go into battle cold | James Harrington

25 April 2021 1 comment

Bordeaux-Begles and Montpellier will not have played a game since the quarter-final by the time the final four go head-to-head next weekend in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup

Rainbow Cup in tatters as PRO14 cancel cross-hemisphere matches

21 April 2021 2 comments

Restrictions prohibiting travel between South Africa and the UK & Ireland forces PRO14 to offset Rainbow Cup dates

No deal yet between IRFU and Tadhg Furlong

20 April 2021 0 comments

Furlong, 28, is yet to come to an agreement with the IRFU and Leinster

George Kruis interview – Don’t panic! It would be madness to boot Eddie

18 April 2021 1 comment

The England lock reflects on his excursion to the Top League and how it may impact his Lions chance, in discussion with Paul Rees

Limit the poundage to reduce injuries | Chris Hewett

18 April 2021 1 comment

SO THE New Zealanders are suddenly worried about the injury fall-out from Super Rugby Aotearoa. Welcome to the 21st century. Players have been going down […]

Maybe clubs are reason England failed, not Eddie

18 April 2021 1 comment

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME The European Champions Cup has reached the quarter-final stage last weekend with a mixed bag of teams […]

Regions should not suffer for their service to country | Shane Williams

11 April 2021 0 comments

WALES’ four regions were conspicuous by their absence in Europe this weekend. To not even have one of our professional sides in the quarter-finals of […]

PRO16 Boks will be fit and fearsome for Rainbow Cup warns Aled

11 April 2021 1 comment

Benefit: Aled Walters SOUTH Africa’s giant World Cup-winning Springboks will face the best of the Celtic nations in prime physical condition and can take the […]

Exeter 22-34 Leinster: Chiefs falter after fast start against brilliant Irish

11 April 2021 0 comments

Leinster come from 14-0 down to keep their double hopes alive at Sandy Park

Baxter: We went off script and paid

11 April 2021 0 comments

EXETER DoR Rob Baxter said: “We just went off script at times and each time it hurt us. We are disappointed. The game slipped away […]

Franck Azema exit confirmed, destination unknown | James Harrington

4 April 2021 0 comments

Jono Gibbes is high among the favourites to replace Azema at Clermont Auvergne, writes James Harrington

Owens hopes buzz in Wales helps electrify the Scarlets

4 April 2021 0 comments

By ALEX BYWATER KEN Owens acknowledges Wales’ four regions have struggled to trouble Europe’s elite, but he hopes the feelgood factor from the Six Nations […]

Leinster v Toulon Champions Cup clash called off

2 April 2021 1 comment

A positive Covid-19 case within the Toulon camp has seen Friday evening’s match at the RDS called off

Gloucester 34-18 Exeter: Understrength Chiefs hammered by Baxter

28 March 2021 0 comments

Gloucester ease past a youthful Exeter Chiefs side, who had Josh Hodge show off his talenta

Leinster 16-6 Munster: All-powerful Leinster seal fourth straight title

28 March 2021 2 comments

Leinster rule the roost to keep Munster waiting for their first taste of silverware in over a decade

Adrian can’t believe the Wales’ Euro wait goes on | Peter Jackson

28 March 2021 1 comment

Peter Jackson meets the fly-half who was key to Cardiff’s Heineken Cup push in 1996, the only Welsh region to reach the tournament finale to this day

Joe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage

28 March 2021 2 comments

Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of facing Lyon for the first time

Munster 31-17 Benetton: Forwards dominate to destroy Benetton

21 March 2021 1 comment

STAND-IN skipper Jack O’Donoghue said this was the perfect way to sign off ahead of their PRO14 final against rivals Leinster on Saturday. A […]

Josh gives Ospreys a kick-start into Euros

21 March 2021 1 comment

By DECLAN ROONEY Leinster…………..19pts Tries: H Byrne 22, 44; J Osborne 27 Conversions: Frawley 23, 45 Ospreys …………24pts Tries: Cracknell 69, Watkin 73,Thomas 80 […]