Cup cakes representing Leinster and Ulster colours. Photograph:   Billy Stickland/Inpho

The forecast is relatively good – summertime in Ireland being entirely relative – the top two teams in the League are squaring off for the trop(...)

Cian Healy: takes positives out of weekend’s Pro 12 final.

The shadow of two different shirts cast across his back is not how Cian Healy would prefer to go into a season’s (...)

Hooker Richard Hibbard may count himself one of the lucky ones in Carton House. Dylan Hartley and Tom Youngs, along with Hibbard, are the three(...)

Fergus McFadden has moved to outside centre to replace Brian O’Driscoll in the Leinster team to face Stade Francais. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Brian O’Driscoll has failed to recover from his back problems and will miss Leinster’s Amlin Challenge Cup decider again(...)

Paul O’Connell, Jamie Heaslip and Tom Croft share a joke in London on Monday.

Warren Gatland remains confident Brian O’Driscoll will recover from a back complaint to tour with the British and Irish Lions. O’Driscoll(...)

Rory Best regathers after blocking down Dan Biggar’s kick in the lead-up to Cian Healy’s try against Wales. Just one example of the Ulster hooker’s skill, ambition and selflessness.

According to author and business consultant Jim Collins, greatness is not a function of circumstance; greatness is largely a matter of consciou(...)

Simon Zebo:The Munster and Ireland wing was possibly one of the  unluckiest of all players not be selected. Photograph: Getty Images

This squad ticks plenty of boxes. It’s a nice blend of experience and relative youth, with an emphasis on the latter given many of the first-ti(...)

Wales flanker Sam Warburton will lead the Lions Down Under. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Nine Irish will join Wales flanker and Lions captain Sam Warburton for this summer’s tour of Hong Kong and Australia. Ten English have been sel(...)

Jamie Heaslip leaves the field with a leg wound during the Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final match between Leinster and Biarritz  at the RDS.  Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Jamie Heaslip is expected to sit out full training with Leinster in the coming days after receiving several stitches to a right leg wound whic(...)

Captain Ross McCarron and Lansdowne players celebrate at the weekend.  Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho

When Mike Ruddock talks about the Irish game it’s always worth listening, not only because of that engaging Welsh lilt but because, as a Grand (...)

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