Had Llanelli coach Simon Easterby no concerns about what injured players were available to him this week, the alternative might have been to dw(...)

Ulster fullback Jared Payne has signed a new three-year deal with Ulster, on the day he was named alongside Munster prop BJ Botha in the Barbar(...)

Two players who will not feature on the Lions tour to Australia this summer, Leinster’s Ian Madigan and Glasgow’s Tim Visser, have polled highest i(...)

Eric Elwood will take his Connacht team abroad for a final time before he steps down as coach at the end of the season. The province’s f(...)

Facing two teams out of league contention, Connacht and Cardiff Blues, with a down weekend in between is a sweet way for Ulster to end their ru(...)

Edinburgh are seeking three wins in a row against Eric Elwood’s side, who are hoping to top their best finish in the PRO12 of eighth place. It’(...)

Incoming Connacht head coach Pat Lam arrives in Galway on Tuesday after incumbent Eric Elwood's arrivederci to Italy was postponed last night (...)

Ireland succumbed to a first defeat to Italy in the Six Nations after an indisciplined afternoon at the Stadio Olimpico when the injury jinx th(...)

Castrogiovanni, whose mooted move from Leicester Tigers to Toulon has seemingly fallen through, was forced off in the first half at Twic(...)

As anticipated, Jacques Brunel has decided not to risk Italy ’s iconic and talismanic prop Martin Castrogiovanni or flanker Robert Barbieri, al(...)