Ireland’s Niall O’Brien attempts to stump Australia’s Joe Burns at Stormont. Source: Presseye/Rowland White/INPHO HomeIreland head coach Joe Schmidt has named his starting XV for …
WALES COACH WARREN Gatland says he is ‘willing to make the big calls’ and that includes dropping captain Sam Warburton if the need arises. Warburton, …
LAST WEEKEND’S IRELAND team was a strange one. Mike Ross was missing. After starting all 20 of Joe Schmidt’s 20 games as Ireland head coach …
THERE’S NO HESITATION from Pat Lam when we broach the subject of where Connacht need to improve if they are to reach their stated aim …
BIG BEN TE’O was an intriguing signing by Matt O’Connor last summer, but there was some doubt around whether or not the rugby league star …
TOULON PRESIDENT MOURAD Boudjellal has hit out at French media group RTL for what he perceives as a soiling of the European champions’ image by …
DOUG HOWLETT IS one of the most revered players in the history of the game. He played over 280 professional fixtures, 62 of them for …
ZANE KIRCHNER AND Ruan Pienaar have both been named in Heyneke Meyer’s starting XV to face Japan in their opening World Cup game on Saturday. …
THE THICK CUMBRIA accent aside, Will Addison’s Ulster connection runs strong. “My mum’s from Enniskillen… she went to Trinity University at 21, met a farmer …
JAMES HART ISN’T afraid to admit his first season at Munster failed to live up to expectation, but acknowledging that fact is the first step …
