Ronan O’Gara has performed something of a coaching miracle at La Rochelle in guiding the club to their first major trophies ...

As is often the case, his game has gone to a different level since joining Toulouse. The stats don’t lie: the most carries (86, and 23 more than any other player), most metres gained (575, over ...

John O’Sullivan runs the rule over Leinster selection; Nathan Johns on Ireland’s Six Nations chances against England ...

Simon Easterby has a point. When you start off a campaign strongly and finish it anti-climactic, winning four games out of five is viewed differently than if the results had been the other way ...

One of the most endearing features of the Six Nations which we take for granted but which is always worth celebrating is the manner supporters travel in such vast numbers to away games, mixing and ...

Well, Andy Farrell certainly has drawn heavily on those he knows best by dipping unashamedly into the Irish coaching ticket for this summer’s British & Irish Lions expedition to Australia.

Gerry Thornley reflects on that game in a packed out MacHale Park, Connacht Rugby “reaching into parts of the province they’d never reached before”. They should “reap benefits in years to ...

Lions tour of Australia three-ish months away, Andy Farrell now has his coaching team in place, Nathan Johns reporting on confirmation that Simon Easterby, John Fogarty and Andrew Goodman are all ...

but we have to back it up in seven days,” captain Tadhg Beirne tells Gerry Thornley. The ‘Red Army’ will, then, be on the march again, Gerry saluting the noise and colour they brought to ...

Thank you for your company. Four wins from five from this year’s Six Nations. The summer tour to Georgia and Portugal gets more interesting. The final word to Conor Murray, Cian Healy and Peter ...

Philip Reid joins the queue for Augusta merchandise; Darragh Ó Sé pays tribute to Mick O’Shea; Duffer says he’s going nowhere ...

but after an encouraging year they go into Saturday’s opening game against France in Belfast with “new optimism”, Gerry Thornley talking to assistant coach Hugh Hogan about their prospects.