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Time for a drop-goal

28 May 2023 0 comments

AFTER watching Leinster being beaten by one point in last weekend’s Champions Cup final by La Rochelle, I was wondering why in the last few […]

La Rochelle, the masters

28 May 2023 0 comments

LEINSTER were caught out time after time at the breakdown, scrum and lineouts using the advantageous methods they have used all season. I raise my […]

Dream Team with Barry Everitt

28 May 2023 0 comments

Barry Everitt, the former Munster, Leinster, London Irish and Northampton fly-half, chooses the best XV he’s played with or against… 1. Carl Hayman – A […]

Borthwick must pull off a minor miracle

28 May 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Steve Hansen isn’t wrong when he says that the 2023 World Cup draw is lopsided, but we’ve known […]

Ireland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw

28 May 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were on such a large […]

Sharks can give favourites a fright

21 May 2023 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Alex Sanderson is quality, and that is why he has managed to take Sale to their first Premiership […]

We’ll get over the line some day says Cullen

21 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster head coach Leo Cullen feels they just need to continue putting themselves in the positions to win finals and they’ll eventually […]

Colombe try leaves the Aviva stunned

21 May 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Leinster……………………….. 26pts Tries: Danty 19, Seuteni 37, Colombe 71 Conversions: Hastoy 20, 38, 72 Penalties: Hastoy 42, 49 La Rochelle …………………. 27pts […]

Leinster finally pay the price for their cynicism

21 May 2023 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when Leinster, off the scale […]

Fazzball too much for Jekyll and Hyde team

14 May 2023 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER Saracens might still be searching for their European mojo but domestically they were in regal form Sunday as the dismissed a Northampton side […]

Crowley has final say in epic contest

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………………………15pts Tries: Jenkins 37, J McCarthy 62 Conversion: Byrne 38 Penalty: Byrne 2 Munster ………………………..16pts Tries: Beirne 45 Conversions: Crowley 46 Penalties: […]

England need to get it right at scrum time

14 May 2023 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick’s decisionion to raid Leicester for his latest scrum coach – and England’s third in the […]

Doris looking for revenge against La Rochelle

14 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of last season’s Champions Cup […]

All to play for in final days of the season

14 May 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out last weekend as they […]

Nine Lions of Leinster would be in my team

7 May 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University rugger types took the […]

Chiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster

7 May 2023 0 comments

NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when his contract with the […]

Leinster’s double dream is on track

7 May 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster……………35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24, 51, R Byrne 75 […]

Jordan’s red halts Glasgow

7 May 2023 0 comments

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow……………. 5pts Tries: Steyn 67 Munster …………..14pts Tries: Fekitoa 22, Frisch 27 Conversions: Crowley 23, 28 Glasgow’s twin assault on glory ended […]

Forthcoming fixtures

7 May 2023 0 comments

It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, MAY 7 CUP COMPETITIONS Bill Beaumont Division 2 – Pool 3 East […]

In this Sunday’s TRP: 07/05/23

5 May 2023 0 comments

With the Women’s Six Nations finished and all play-off places decided in the Premiership, there is something of a feeling of the calm before the […]

Leinster school system a major advantage – Ferris

5 May 2023 0 comments

Ex-British & Irish Lion Stephen Ferris says it will be a huge challenge for other Irish provinces and clubs across Europe to match the level […]

Series 2, Episode 17: Irish superiority in Europe with Stephen Ferris

1 May 2023 0 comments

In a blockbuster weekend of rugby, the Red Roses claimed the Grand Slam in a record-breaking decider at HQ, and La Rochelle and Leinster set […]

La Rochelle set up Leinster rematch with dominant Exeter win

30 April 2023 0 comments

By Nick Powell, Online Editor La Rochelle………………47 Tries: Rhule 9, 44; Seuteni 23, Aldritt 34, Kerr-Barlow 40, 68 Conversions: Hastoy 10, 24, 40+1, 45, 69 […]

Welsh quartet deserve no favours

30 April 2023 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Cardiff lost 50 per cent of their matches in the URC and duly failed to finish in the Champions Cup qualifying zone. That […]

Champions Cup semi-final preview

28 April 2023 0 comments

The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four familiar semi-finalists will make […]

Whitten keen to finish on a high

23 April 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but Ian Whitten says recent […]

When familiarity is the key to success

16 April 2023 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT As feats of the imagination go, the idea that Ireland might be heading towards a first World Cup final hardly puts us in […]

Tall poppy syndrome or a case to answer?

16 April 2023 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER For all sorts of reasons, all conquering Leinster seemed to be getting […]

Nienaber to replace Lancaster at Leinster

16 April 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA LEINSTER have confirmed the appointment of Springbok head coach Jacques Nienaber to their coaching team after the World Cup in France. He will […]

No guarantees for Leinster

16 April 2023 0 comments

WITH the Champions Cup Final being in Dublin this year I’ve been reading many comments saying that Leinster are being handed the title on a […]

Ireland flanker calls time

9 April 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA IRELAND back row Jordi Murphy, 31, will retire at the end of the season. Murphy won three Six Nations titles and scored a […]

Irish galacticos on song as Leicester are sent packing

9 April 2023 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster……………………….. 55pts Tries: Ringrose 2, 16; Gibson-Park 52, Penalty 55, Penny 61, O’Brien 71, McKee 79 Conversions: Byrne 3, 17, 53, 62, […]

Cullen: We love all the pressure

9 April 2023 0 comments

LEINSTER head coach Leo Cullen was proud of his side as they thrived on the pressure of playing in front of their home fans. “We’re […]

Toulouse hit the turbos to cruise clear of Sharks

9 April 2023 0 comments

By CAM STEPHENS Toulouse …………………. 54pts Tries: Mallia 35, 56, Ramos 47, 72; Mauvaka 68, Retiere 75, Ntamack 78 Conversions: Ramos 47, 70, 73, 77, […]

O’Gara turning to Seuteni to plug gaps

9 April 2023 0 comments

Champions Cup holders La Rochelle have looked to strengthen their midfield to face Saracens after bringing in UJ Seuteni at outside centre channel. Raymond Rhule […]

Knights fighting hard despite their half rations

9 April 2023 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE After doing a “Leicester City” in 2021/22, Doncaster have found it tough to back up last year’s second-place finish in the current […]

Heineken Champions Cup Last 16 Preview

31 March 2023 0 comments

For the first time in the tournament’s history, the Champions Cup will see one-off Last 16 games played to decide who progresses to the quarter-finals. […]

Young Guns: Leinster & Ireland U20s hooker Jack Boyle

26 March 2023 1 comment

After securing back-to-back Grand Slams in the U20s Six Nations, the future of Irish rugby is looking extremely bright, and Tyro Leinster hooker Jack Boyle […]

Puma Lezana quits Scarlets for France

26 March 2023 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA ARGENTINA international Tomás Lezana has left Welsh URC side Scarlets to take up a contract with French side Montauban – effective immediately. The […]

You can’t build team without cohesion

19 March 2023 0 comments

I WATCHED the postmatch interviews with Steve Borthwick and Ellis Genge after last week’s defeat to France and I have a great deal of sympathy […]

This is the best Scottish team I have faced – Sexton

12 March 2023 1 comment

By PAUL REES Johnny Sexton’s travelling in the Six Nations started in Paris 13 years ago and it is set to end today at Murrayfield, […]

Ruddock leads way for Leinster

19 February 2023 0 comments

By TOM SHEEDY Leinster ………. 43 Dragons ………..14 Leo Cullen praised his men as their second string side maintained their perfect season with a 14th […]

Ruthless Ireland take no time to quash talk of a Welsh restoration

5 February 2023 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Wales ……………………………. 10pts Tries: Williams 46 Conversions: Biggar 46 Penalties: Biggar 14 Ireland…………………………. 34pts Tries: Doris 2, Ryan 9, Lowe 21, van […]

Twelvetrees cuts through the noise

22 January 2023 0 comments

By PAUL REES Bordeaux-Begles ……….. 17pts Tries: Gimbert 14, Boniface 50 Conversions: Jallibert 15, 51 Penalty: Jallibert 2 Gloucester ………………….. 26pts Tries: McGuigan 22, 64, […]

‘To come here and win is massive’

22 January 2023 1 comment

George Skivington hailed Gloucester’s rare victory in France as a big step forward as his injury ravaged side recovered from last week’s home thumping by […]

All over for Sale as Ulster prove worth

22 January 2023 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Ulster …………………………… 22pts Tries: Lyttle 19, Herring 64, Vermeulen 76 Conversions: Cooney 65, 78 Penalties: Doak 38 Sale ………………………………. 11pts Tries: B […]

Six Nations squads in-depth: Ireland

22 January 2023 0 comments

Ulster’s Jacob Stockdale has been recalled to Ireland’s 37-man Six Nations squad, but Munster fly-half Joey Carbery is a notable absentee. Stockdale joins Stuart McCloskey, […]

Forthcoming fixtures

22 January 2023 2 comments

Week beginning Sunday, January 22, 2023 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS Champions Cup […]