Toulon’s  Delon Armitage dives in for the decisive try after outrunning  Brock James of Clermont Auvergne in the Heineken Cup final  at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Toulon 16 Clermont Auvergne 15: Did Clermont Auvergne freeze once again in sight of the winning post? That’s the accusation they’ll face as they co(...)

Clermont supporters in Temple Bar, Dublin, yesterday. Photograph: David Sleator

There was a palpable sense of disappointment among Irish rugby fans when Munster fell agonisingly short at the semi-final stage and ensured the(...)

Nathan Hines knows what it takes to win a Heineken Cup, having made a try-scoring contribution to Leinster’s famous 33-22 comeback win over Nor(...)

A tearful  Ronan O’Gara after Munster’s Heineken Cup semi-final defeat to Clermont last Saturday. Photograph: Inpho

Ronan O’Gara’s tearful lap of the pitch with his son Rua last weekend after Munster made their exit from the Heineken Cu(...)

Dejected Munster players clap off Clermont Auvergne  following the French side’s victory at  Stade de la Mosson. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

Joe Schmidt is set to be confirmed early this week as the next head coach of the Irish team on a three-year contract until the end of the 2015-(...)

Driven on by Vern Cotter’s steely focus, Clermont  have crushed all before them in Europe this season. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho

After being part of the 59th team in a row to leave the Stade Marcel-Michelin battered, bruised and beaten, a subdued Thierry Dusautoir said th(...)

Keith Earls in action against Saracens. The Irish international may return for the province against Leinster.

Munster could be set for another big boost with Irish international Keith Earls poised to return to action this weekend in the RaboDirect Pro 1(...)

Stade de la Mosson.

The ticket allocation for the semi-final between Clermont Auvergne and Munster in Montpellier’s Stade de la Mosson on Saturday, April 27th, is (...)

Ulster's Rory Best and Chris Henry (right) will play their Heineken Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium if they beat Saracens. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

The ERC has confirmed Ulster will play their Heineken Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium on April 28th, if they beat Saracens in Saturday's He(...)

Ireland's Paddy Jackson kicks a penalty

The final whistle was greeted by an anguished groan that emanated from the bowels of a saturated Aviva stadium. It was a deeply unsatisfactory (...)

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