British and Irish Lions Recollections: Rob Kearney on giving up Gaelic football and playing the day the Lions' future was in question
In the fourth of a digital British and Irish Lions series in 2025 titled Lions Recollections, Irelands Rob Kearney looks back ...
Ireland’s gladiator Peter O’Mahony bows out in Italian rugby’s colosseum
Irish supporters got to their feet to mark the occasion, the roar reverberated around Italian rugby’s colosseum, but the ...
Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley are at the centre of a rugby culture war
It is a precarious place for the young Munster and Leinster players to be, but if Irish history has taught us one thing it is that the number 10 jersey often comes with external division. People can ...
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Peter O'Mahony: There's going to be loads of Ireland players stepping into my position
O’Mahony came off the bench to a standing ovation from the 30,000 Irish supporters who had invaded the Italian capital on ...
The Irish News on MSN17d
‘Really smart rugby brain’ – Jamie Osborne backed to shine in unfamiliar role
“I think they understand the impact that the three lads have had on Irish rugby in the Irish jersey, across a number of years. “They’ve all become very close. They’re not just Irish team-mates but ...
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Italy v Ireland winners and losers: Dan Sheehan ‘cements Lions spot’ but Andy Farrell left with ‘food for thought’
Following Ireland's 22-17 win over Italy in the final round of the Six Nations, here are our key winners and losers from Rome ...
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Italy v Ireland: Five takeaways as Easterby’s men ‘let off the hook’ by Azzurri’s ‘utter lunacy’
Following Ireland's narrow 17-22 victory over Italy in Rome, here's our five takeaways from the Six Nations clash.
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Peter O'Mahony's last interview as an Ireland player: 'I'm going to miss it massively'
The Munster and Ireland great is grateful for the reception he received from the huge Irish crowd in Rome as he, along with ...
The Print10d
Rugby-Ireland bring in Crowley, front-liners return for Italy Six Nations showdown
Ireland's Jack Crowley will start at flyhalf away to Italy in the Six Nations on Saturday, with Mack Hansen, James Lowe and ...
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Peter Jackson: Irish dominance whittled down to two certain Lions
This time last year a putative Lions Test team would have amounted to Ireland and a few of The Rest, a prognosis designed to ...
When Welsh rugby ruled: 20 years since 2005 Grand Slam
As Wales revelled in the glow of a rugby renaissance, little could we have imagined Ruddock would depart just 11 months later ...
Peter O’Mahony reflects on Ireland’s transformation as he bows out after 114 caps
PETER O’MAHONY won his first and last Ireland caps against Italy – and he admitted it all changed, changed utterly in between ...