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World Rugby confirm 5-year residency rule as 'necessary step in protecting integrity and credibility'
Tommy Bowe will present RTÉ holiday show while recovering from ankle injury
Pienaar set to play for and against Barbarians before Belfast farewell
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Time hasn't healed Munster pain from Saracens loss, but that standard drives them on
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Athlone Town call on the Gardaí, Interpol and Uefa to open match-fixing investigations
Piutau, Erasmus and Carbery take big gongs at Pro12 awards
Barnstorming Brian Hayes helps Cork Con take UBL title from Clontarf