After this try by Brian O’Driscoll in Saturday’s Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final, the entire stadium broke into a chant of “one more year”. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

A spring day with firm ground and apart from a few missed chances early on that in different circumstances may have come back to haunt L(...)

Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt: “When you’ve got a team like Biarritz coming to town, it’s not too much of a distraction because you’ve really got to keep your focus on what’s in front of you.”

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt is unlikely to hear from the IRFU before this weekend regarding the vacant Irish coaching job. Although Schmidt said(...)

Leinster’s Brian O’Driscoll and Joe Schmidt celebrate after winning last season’s Heineken Cup final at Twickenham. Photograph: Inpho

In the world of the semaphore Brian O’Driscoll went megaphone. Yesterday’s amble around the thoughts of the Irish centre may have touched on ti(...)

Leinster  coach Joe Schmidt is the favourite for the Ireland job.  Photograph: Donall Farmer/Inpho

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has indicated his preference for international rugby at this stage of his life and expects to hear by the end of nex(...)

 Former South Africa coach Jake White intends to stay with the Brumbies. Photograph:  Scott Barbour/Getty Images

World Cup-winning coach Jake White has ruled himself out of the running for the Ireland job, saying he wants to continue his work with the Brum(...)

Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt. Photograph:  Donall Farmer/Inpho

Leinster are hoping that the IRFU will expedite the process of finding a successor to Declan Kidney as coach to the national side if their pref(...)

 Rob Penney and Joe Schmidt before the RaboDirect Pro12 game between Munster and Leinster. The Leinster coach is the overwhelming favourite to succeed Decaln Kidney as Ireland coach. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho

Joe Schmidt, the strong favourite to succeed Declan Kidney, has given the strongest hint yet that he may be of a mind to becom(...)

Eoin Reddan in action against France in the match in which he broke his leg.

Eoin Reddan says the gods of fortune were with him. Watching Ireland’s final minutes against France in this year’s Six Nations with the Irish s(...)

Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt is the favourite for the Ireland job. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

With another season left on his contract, Leinster coach Joe Schmidt believes it is "unlikely" he will succeed Declan Kidney as Ireland boss, b(...)

The sudden and persistent level of wagers on Joe Schmidt to get the job of Ireland head rugby coach led to Paddy Power temporarily suspending betting yesterday before reopening it last night with Schmidt as hot favourite. Photograph: Inpho/Ryan Byrne

Leinster rugby coach Joe Schmidt has emerged as the new favourite to become Declan Kidney’s long-term successor as Ireland head coach. I(...)

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