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Rugby

July
July 2024
Mapimpi hat-trick helps 10-try Springboks crush Portugal
Seven-try All Blacks devour Fiji as Australia continue reboot under Schmidt
Promising Ireland U20s group learn tough lesson against New Zealand
'The big positive is the lads finished well. For a minute, it seemed like it might get ugly'
New Zealand score 33 unanswered points to beat Ireland in third-place play-off
Wales snap losing streak with dramatic late victory over Super Rugby's Reds
Leinster unveil new home jersey for 2024/25 season
Forwards coach Roddy Grant departs Ulster
Munster hooker Scott Buckley joins Sydney club Randwick on off-season loan
Barrett starts as All Blacks ring changes for Fiji, Alaalatoa to captain Wallabies
Ireland U20s ring the changes for New Zealand
NSW break hoodoo to win State of Origin rugby series
Rugby league convert Regan Grace to make Wales debut against Reds
Ireland fixtures confirmed for Vancouver in October in WXV
Leinster confirm signing of former France international Rabah Slimani from Clermont
'I don’t think he gets fazed by much, balls of steel' - Ryan hails Frawley
Andy Farrell has cause to be a happy man after titanic tussle with Boks
Ireland lose to England in World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final
What a magical day in Durban said about South African rugby
How POC and Ireland tweaked a Munster play to slice the Boks apart
Ireland added a clever new layer to their goal-line drop-out play.
Ireland U20 Women finish Sumer Series with historic win over Scotland
Doris: 'I’m thinking, ‘What the hell are you doing, kicking the ball away?'
Thomas Gallo double helps Argentina draw series with France
Our player ratings as Ireland seal an unforgettable victory on South African soil
Farrell hails 'the guts, the bravery' of his victorious Ireland team
'The strike was probably the ugliest drop goal I've ever hit in my life'
Ireland summon one last push to end long, gruelling season on a high
Frawley's stunning drop goals send Ireland to special win in Durban
The replacement out-half smashed over two long-range drop goals to win it for Ireland.
South Africa v Ireland, second Test
Wales lose ninth successive Test match as Australia grab series win
Tele'a double edges All Blacks past England
Van der Merwe equals try record as Scotland down US
Durban the hard stop at the end of a long journey for this Irish team
'I don’t want to be a tourist amongst the best athletes in the world. I want to own it'
'It put new life into my career to go to Leinster. I was blessed'
Heinke van der Merwe won two Heineken Cups with the Irish province in 2011 and 2012.
Crowley: 'You don’t ever tap out, no matter what way you're performing'
Italy bounce back from shock Samoa defeat with 22-point win over Tonga
Two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape in Argentina
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Ireland name side for World U20 semi-final against England