If there is a rugby equivalent of a ‘cold, rainy night in Stoke’, then Colwyn Bay on a bleak Friday night is tough to top.

Welcome to the inner circle, come and enjoy the plush blue furniture and the trappings that come with being one of the chosen few.

The Six Nations is back and Ireland are at home this weekend, meaning only one thing: we’re in for another round of Aviva Stadium atmosphere discourse.

Rhys Ruddock hasn’t really given himself much time for reflection.

Tadhg Furlong has emerged as a major doubt for Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations opener against England next Saturday.

Tadhg Furlong has emerged as a major doubt for Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations opener against England next Saturday.

Andrew Porter has always chosen to bare his soul to the world. He wears the name of his late mother Wendy on his forearms and, when the Netflix cameras came into Ireland camp in 2023, it was the power...

Andy Farrell’s handover to Simon Easterby included a to-do list that’s longer than either man would have liked.

Ronan O’Gara says La Rochelle would relish another crack at Leinster after coming up just short at the Stade Marcel Deflandre.

Even if you were keeping an eye on the emails over Christmas, the first Monday in January is a head wreck for everyone. Those few things that you didn’t quite get to before the break haven’t gone away...

Connacht winger Mack Hansen will go before an independent disciplinary committee on Wednesday to answer for the comments he made about refereeing after his side’s defeat to Leinster on December 21.

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Tom O’Toole has been hit with a six-game ban for the red card he received against Munster, ruling him out of the province’s remaining Champions Cup pool matches and the opening rounds of the Six Natio...

Harry Byrne is on the cusp of signing a three-month loan deal with Bristol Bears and could make his debut for the Premiership club against Saracens on Saturday.

At the end of a year where Ireland claimed another Six Nations and beat the Springboks in South Africa, here are our top 24 international players for 2024.

Connacht winger Mack Hansen delivered an extraordinary criticism of referee Chris Busby and his television match official Mark Patton after last night’s defeat to Leinster.

You couldn’t think of two better men to fix Ireland’s lineout issues. As players, Paul O’Connell and Leo Cullen were students of the set-piece who have developed into leading coaches, yet here we are…

For so long, cohesion has been the great strength of Leinster and Irish rugby, but this season we’ve seen the players struggle to transition between green and blue.

Leinster fans have grown used to this December gathering at the Aviva Stadium and usually their visitors obligingly go with the flow, allowing the boys in blue to put on a show and send the fans home…

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A tough defeat in Castres was compounded by Munster leaving Stade Pierre Fabre last night with another mounting injury list in the midst of a crucial period of the season.

Where would Irish rugby be without Leinster Rugby?

Leo Cullen has refused to be drawn on the IRFU’s restrictions on when and how he uses star second row RG Snyman.

Le verdict est tombé ce vendredi dans le procès des anciens Grenoblois : Denis Coulson et Loïck Jammes ont été condamnés à 14 ans de prison, Rory Grice à 12 ans.