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Marler achieved that, and much more, having endured the inevitable early questions about his various hairstyles ... has described England Rugby and its management team as a “shambles ...
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.
After years of outstanding performances on the field, three of Ireland’s most decorated players – Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy, ...
The IRFU has increased the provincial contribution for all national player contracts from 30 to 40 per cent effective from August 1st, 2026. The additional revenue generated by the provincial ...
And, ahead of taking on the best pound-for-pound rugby team in the world, England, in Cork on Saturday has pointed out that Ireland women's sport has never had it so good. "I think there's a lot ...
New Zealand centre Rieko Ioane will join Leinster next season from the Blues in Super Rugby on a sabbatical ... opportunity to play in Ireland for an iconic team, grow my game and experience ...
England’s aristocrats showed their class in the second-half of this Six Nations meeting in Cork, the perennial champions eventually hitting a brave Ireland team ... in sevens rugby and that ...
The four Irish provinces will have to contribute 40% to Ireland's national player contracts from August 2026 - as opposed to 30% - the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced. With ...
Bear with us because what we saw on Saturday was an Ireland team making another step forward on a journey that still has miles to go. And so to Wellington College, half-an-hour’s drive southeast ...
One sport in particular that’s made headlines in recent years, thanks to dominant players like Ilona Maher and their first-ever medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is rugby. While it's been a ...
The Lions will select the Ireland ... flick-switch; rugby is an eighty-minute game which requires keeping concentration amid great physicality and it is lapses in concentration, players switching ...
Six minutes in, England had a player advantage after Ireland's Niamh O'Dowd was handed a yellow card for continued scrum infractions, which the visitors were able to capitalise on. Metres from the try ...