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Rugby

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'I'd be really hungry to get back in the squad and be starting for Ireland'
Leinster wary of Saints after applying Saracens lesson on opening weekend
Two Champions Cup games cancelled due to Covid-19 cases in Exeter squad
Munster move past Healy frustration as Carbery makes 'really good' progress
Connacht hit a new level of collision success in their close-call against Racing
Van der Flier has bit between his teeth in battle for 'disputed' 7 shirt
Healy has shoulder scan and is ruled out of Munster's Clermont trip after late hits by 'Quins
Gloucester confirm Hastings signing as Glasgow continue Healy pursuit
US-qualified out-half Luke Carty signs for the Los Angeles Giltinis
'Can I visualise myself here in the long term? I can, yes' - Ulster boss McFarland
'The best prep you could have prior to a World Cup': Henshaw excited by series in NZ
'It will be phenomenal' - Pro16 expansion even more timely before RWC2023
'It certainly gets you thinking about next steps': Farrell hopes to face 'Boks ahead of 2023 showdown
Knee injury to keep Ulster captain Henderson out until Six Nations
Another quarter-final exit? Ireland's World Cup draw isn't straightforward
Sexton and Ringrose back in contention for Leinster ahead of Saints' visit to the RDS
Springboks wing Dyantyi handed four-year doping ban
Farrell confirms Ireland will head to New Zealand for a three-Test tour in 2022
Former Munster out-half Bleyendaal returns to New Zealand to join Hurricanes coaching team
Ireland draw champion Springboks and Scotland in 2023 World Cup pool
Munster already chasing as Leinster take control of European pool
'It was quite clearly a tactic' - Munster fume at late tackles on Ben Healy
Coombes try on European debut helps Munster to win over Harlequins
Connacht dig in to give Racing 92 one hell of a fright
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Liam Brady's Sunday dinners with an Italian World Cup hero and more of the week's best sportswriting
The Premiership is a land of hype and glory and Munster will prove that
Racing strong favourites but Friend wants 'the might of Connacht' to test them
Leinster begin European campaign with five-star win in Montpellier
Japan star scores hat-trick in Clermont win over Pat Lam's Bristol
‘I love it here’ – Matt Doherty relishing fight for right-back spot at Spurs
'We've lost at home - that's not something we're used to. I'm really frustrated'
Big guns holstered as Leinster begin another European assault
Late Santiago Cordero try sees Northampton slip to cup defeat against Bordeaux
Kolbe and Dupont shine as Toulouse beat Ulster in a thriller
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Nigel Owens retires from international rugby after refereeing 100th Test
European debut for Coombes as Munster welcome back big guns for 'Quins clash
Marmion among Irish internationals returning to Connacht side for Racing clash