But IRFU performance director David Humphreys and other power-brokers ... Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Hansen was a natural, on and off the pitch. He soaked up all the detail like a sponge and he was ...

Noel got a Greenkeepers job at Cavan Golf Club. “That was perfect for me. I enjoyed being out in the fresh air. We were used ...

and now it's about translating more of that positivity onto the pitch after getting back to winning ways in their last two URC outings. The omens are good for the visit of Scarlets to Limerick ...

Looking at it now, with its improved pitches, its packed ... Australia, New Zealand, South Africa any time they played them. But the IRFU got their act together. And one of the things they did ...

On a sobering weekend for Irish rugby, it’s time to take stock. Friday night's victory for the French U20 side over their Irish counterparts at Musgrave Park should not only have been even more ...

Simon Easterby has strongly defended Tadhg Beirne and Andrew Porter in response to criticism from France head coach Fabien ...

Andrew Porter has hit back at Fabien Galthié after France cited the Ireland prop following Antoine Dupont's serious injury on Saturday; a defiant Porter ...

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU ... leader on and off the pitch, O’Mahony, who captained the British and Irish Lions in the first Test of their 2017 Tour to New Zealand, has made 193 ...

Conor Murray, Peter O'Mahony and Cian Healy will all end their international careers after the conclusion of the Guinness Six ...

Based on his experience at the Chiefs, the challenges facing Munster seem perfect for a guy like McMillan to sink his teeth ...