NIGEL CAROLAN HAS included highly-rated Munster out-half Bill Johnston in his Ireland U20 squad for next month’s World Rugby U20 Championship in Manchester. The Clonmel native, who won the 2015 Munster Schools Senior Cup with Rockwell, has returned to action after recovering from the shoulder surgery that forced him to miss this year’s Six Nations….
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS SARACENS held off a thrilling rally from Exeter Chiefs to retain their Premiership title with a 28-20 victory and complete the first double by an English club since 2004. A fortnight on from their victory over Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final, Mark McCall’s men looked set to record an emphatic win…
WHILE MOST IRISH eyes are inevitably drawn to the Silver Fern looming in Ireland’s second game of the World Rugby under 20 championship, head coach Nigel Carolan has been keeping a firm focus on the opener. And with very good reason. Not only did Jason Strange’s Wales inflict defeat on Ireland in the opening fixture…
Rory Keane reports from Cape Town ROBBIE HENSHAW COULD not have asked for a better send-off. Having dispatched Leinster at Murrayfield to claim a maiden Pro12 title, Connacht returned home to Galway to scenes of hysteria, the likes of which no Connacht squad had ever experienced in the western province’s long and often traumatic history….
IRELAND ARE SET to be without the services of Robbie Henshaw for the third Test against South Africa after the Leinster-bound centre suffered knee cartilage damage in the dying minutes of Saturday’s defeat in Johannesburg. The injury leaves head coach Joe Schmidt with an important selection decision to make in midfield for the decisive clash…
DUANE VERMEULEN IS is among South Africa’s injury concerns that may be forced to sit out of ahead of the decisive third Test against Ireland on Saturday after Pat Lambie was ruled out due to concussion. The Springboks have confirmed that the out-half is not ready to return as he recovers from blow he took in a…
AUSTRALIA BEAT ARGENTINA 36-20 in the Rugby Championship on Saturday in a bruising encounter which ensured the All Blacks wrapped up the title with two games to spare. A stunning opening salvo with three tries in the first 12 minutes set the hosts on their way and Will Genia grabbed two tries as the Wallabies won…
THE CHIEFS SEIZED top spot on the Super Rugby ladder from the Crusaders with a 23-13 win over their New Zealand rivals in Suva this morning. The Chiefs scored two first-half tries to one in front of an ecstatic crowd at the first Super Rugby match ever played in Fiji, with Damien McKenzie adding two…
ULSTER TIGHTHEAD PROP Marty Moore has a suffered season-ending ankle ligament injury, the club has confirmed. Moore sustained the injury during the province’s impressive win over Edinburgh on Friday, which ensured they will have home advantage in the Guinness Pro14 quarter-finals. Moore was substituted after 10 minutes of the game with the ankle problem, and is…
AN APPLICATION FOR planning permission for the redevelopment of the RDS Angelsea Stand has been submitted today. Home of Leinster Rugby, the €26 million makeover will improve facilities at the ground and increase the capacity from 18,500 to 21,000, according to a statement released this afternoon. Click Here: Kylian Mbappe Jersey Sale That is 4,000…