Rugby

• 4 days ago

  Andy Farrell: Ireland braced for ‘tough old task’ when Six Nations resumes

  Ireland have two matches remaining in the competition.

• 5 days ago

  Rescheduled Six Nations to start with Ireland v Italy

  Plans for an eight-team expanded autumn Test series also revealed.



• 7 days ago

  Rapid recovery needed for Ryan to make Six Nations appearance

  Leinster prop James Ryan's shoulder injury may see him miss Ireland's two postponed Six Nations fixtures

• 11 days ago

  Six Nations to resume in October

  Four Six Nations matches have been rescheduled for October having been postponed in March

• 13 days ago

  Putin backs surprise Russia bid to host 2027 Rugby World Cup

  Australia are the current favourites to earn host status for the tournament.

• 13 days ago

  Ireland to face Wales, Fiji and England in November Eight Nations tournament

  Ireland will play three home games and one away to England

• 26 days ago

  Three-test Lions series will go ahead as scheduled in 2021

  "To take on the World Champions in their backyard will be something very special,” Warren Gatland said.

• 26 days ago

  Six Nations deal with CVC halved due to pandemic

  Negotiations are ongoing as the €300 million deal takes a heavy cut.

• 27 days ago

  Fiona Hayes: On a mission to finish job for UL Bohs

  It was the announcement rugby clubs the length and breadth of Ireland had been waiting for when the IRFU published its plan for the 2020-21 season ahead last Thursday to signal the resumption of elite domestic rugby after the Covid-19 shut down.

• 31 days ago

  Manu Tuilagi and Noel Reid among five players to leave Leicester

  Greg Bateman, Kyle Eastmond, and Telusa Veainu have also departed.

• 33 days ago

  Connacht sign Ben O’Donnell and Abraham Papali’i

  Ben O'Donnell, nicknamed 'BOD', was named Australian Sevens Player of the Year in 2018 and became the first Australian to be nominated for World Sevens Player of the Year.

• 34 days ago

  Leinster winger Barry Daly quits rugby to pursue Master's in US

  Leinster wing Barry Daly has called time on his professional rugby career in order to pursue a Master's degree in the United States.

• 35 days ago

  RFU announces plans to make 139 positions redundant

  The English union has suffered significant financial pain because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

• 38 days ago

  Connacht sign Alex Wootton from Munster on season-long loan

  Wootton will be bidding to recapture the heights of his breakthrough 2017-18 season, when he was a regular starter for Munster and finished the term as top-try-scorer on nine tries.

• 38 days ago

  Israel Folau commits to Catalans Dragons

  The Australian moved to Super League at the start of the year after he was sacked by Rugby Australia for posting homophobic comments on social media.