Confirming the pending international departures of rugby greats Conor Murray, Peter O'Mahony and Cian Healy was classy planning on Ireland's part. By announcing the retirements last week ...

The natural human instinct is not positive, I suppose." The Irish Mirror has a rugby WhatsApp group where you can get breaking new and top stories on Ireland's Six Nations campaign straight to ...

My father was a proud Ulsterman from Belfast and a staunch Ireland rugby fan. As I grew up during ... did not eat their humble pie. That quarter-final loss was seen as an aberration and this ...

Ireland’s pursuit of a third successive victory in the Six Nations is no longer in their hands following their 42-27 defeat to France at the Aviva Stadium. They will need favours from their ...

Ireland were simply incapable of gaining possession to expose his defence because France were so dominant in attack. The brutal reality is that the 7-1 bench has ushered in a type of rugby ...