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Rugby

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Walter's winning matches and world athletic champs - it's the sporting tweets of the week
Ashton returns from biting ban to score in Sacracens' Christmas Eve win
Quiz: How well do you remember Ireland's international rugby year?
Simon Zebo still playing with the style that comes naturally to him
12 months of Irish sport: The many highs and lows of 2016
'Leinster are beasts around the ball': Ulster win but Kiss demands more
A year of highs and lows: The Guinness Pro12 year in pictures
Rory McIlroy braves the miserable conditions to watch dominant Ulster push past Connacht
World Rugby to speak to RFU after 'apparent non-compliance' regarding George North head injury
Saili in line to feature as Munster name side to face Leinster
Leinster make 10 changes for Stephen's Day derby against Munster
4 Test rugby rookies made it into our World XV of 2016
Test your knowledge of Connacht's outrageously brilliant 2016
In pics: 9 significant moments from the Irish rugby year
From that Robbie Brady goal to the O'Donovan brothers: Here's the sporting year from 1-12
Here are our 16 favourite sports books from 2016
'No one is irreplaceable' - Nucifora discusses search for Pat Lam's successor
Foreign Affairs: Do you know where these Irishmen play their club rugby?
No Andrew Trimble as Ulster name team for Connacht derby
Aki ruled out until February as injury crisis forces Connacht to make 4 changes
The 8-month-old PRO Rugby competition in the USA is already in turmoil
Alleged gouging incident involving Ulster's Luke Marshall earns Clermont prop a 7-week ban
Owen Franks will not be joining his brother Ben in Europe
Rassie Erasmus dismisses speculation that Munster are seeking All Black Ben Smith
Aki admits he over-reacted to news of Pat Lam's Connacht departure
From the figure of 8 in Chicago to Shane Byrne's Olympic doppleganger: 8 times that rugby went viral this year
We'll Leave It There So: Walsh on top of the world, jail for Rooney robbery attempt and today's sport
Saili in line to make first Munster appearance of season in Leinster showdown
Northampton escape punishment over treatment of George North's head injury
'He let himself, his club and his country down' - England boss on Hartley suspension
Thrills, spills and heartache: 21 pictures that sum up the women's rugby year
We'll Leave It There So: Big loss for Dundalk, Ex-Wimbledon champion stabbed and today's sport
15 sportspeople you (probably) hadn't heard of this time last year
Clermont prop cited after alleged gouging incident involving Ulster's Luke Marshall
Ex-Ireland captain Joy Neville to take charge of potential Women's Six Nations decider
Homegrown Carty and Buckley sign new two-year deals with Connacht
Ulster breakthrough Lyttle included in Ireland U20 squad for winter trials
'It's very hard to relate with anybody': Leinster's Hayden Triggs on the loss of his daughter
9 great matches that defined Irish rugby in 2016
Tom McCartney has his eyes on a different green jersey after committing future to Connacht