Legendary Ireland women's rugby coach Philip 'Goose' Doyle and his wife Nicola had just moved from Dublin to Gorey; Ireland's 2013 Grand Slam mastermind and, at the 2014 World Cup no less ...

Irish rugby has traditionally offered a “Céad míle fáilte” to rugby players who came to play here, an embrace that didn’t diminish as the sport transitioned from amateur to professional.

Ireland may be South Africa’s biggest rival in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but there is just a glimmer that their dominance of the intercontinental competition may be under threat.

After another winless Six Nations campaign and a 17th straight Test match defeat for Wales, Welsh rugby has hit a new low point with huge decisions lying ahead. While Irish fans would have ...

This led the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) to confirm later that forwards coach O'Connell, 45, will take charge of the Ireland squad in the Tests against Georgia and Portugal which take place ...

Last Saturday against France at the Kingspan Stadium, Niamh O’Dowd put in her biggest shift yet in an Irish jersey. Not only did the 24-year-old prop from Wexford play for more than 76 minutes ...

Aoife Wafer is the best example of a rugby native in the Ireland women's squad. She plays like she's played the game for years, and that's because she has. For many years Ireland relied on ...

BBC rugby pundit Ugo Monye bankruptcy petition scrapped as HMRC 'can't find his house' British & Irish Lions select England coach as Andy Farrell makes announcement British & Irish Lions surprise ...

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The England U18 Men’s side to face Ireland on Saturday 29 March has been confirmed by head coach Jonathan Pendlebury and assistant coach Will Parkin. The squad travel to Cork for a friendly fixture at ...

and what that means for Ireland, who will be without four of their five coaches this summer. Attention then turns to this week's big BKT United Rugby Championship Interpro between Connacht and ...

“Greg Hessinger has extensive knowledge of the industry and is an experienced negotiator,” National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in a statement to ...