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(...)

Brian O’Driscoll: a decision on Brian O’Driscoll’s back injury will be postponed until tomorrow morning. Photograph: Inpho

Gordon D’Arcy’s campaign is over, paving the way for Ian Madigan to wear the number 12 jersey in Friday’s Amlin Challenge Cup final against Sta(...)

Leinster’s Gordon D’Arcy is helped from the pitch after tearing a calf muscle during the RaboDirect Pro12 play-off against Glasgow Warriors at the RDS. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Gordon D’Arcy will miss both of Leinster’s season-ending cup finals and is highly unlikely to go on the Ireland’s summer tour to the United Sta(...)

Jamie Heaslip was in the wars during Leinster’s hard-fought Pro12 semi-final win over Glasgow. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

It may not be quite the double they wanted, and the one they’ve come up a game short of in the last two seasons, but regardless of that another(...)

 Leinster’s Jamie Heaslip on his way to scoring a try against Glasgow in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-off at the RDS. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho

Leinster 17 Glasgow Warriors 15: Leinster stayed on course for the double after S(...)

Jamie Heaslip is the leading ball carrier in European rugby with 95 carries.  Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

The season of wounded soldiers continues. Both suffering from dodgy calves, an awfully annoying injury to remedy, the absence of Seán O’Brien an(...)

Ian Madigan has been named at inside centre in the Leinster side to take on Biarritz. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has solved the conundrum of who to pick at outhalf for Saturday’s Amlin Cup semi-final clash against Biarritz by nam(...)

Paddy Hackett from Naas, studying the form, on the second day of the Punchestown Racing Festival.  Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times

Into each race meeting, a little rain must fall. It was too much to expect after Tuesday’s gloriously sunny opener to the National Hunt Festival at(...)

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho.

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt was damning in his reaction to the incident involving Paul O’Connell and winger Dave Kearney in last weekend’s PRO12(...)

Saracens, with Charlie Hodgson (centre) at 10, are a very controlled, regimented Premiership side. Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Image Saracens, with Charlie Hodgson (centre) at 10, are a very controlled, regimented Premiership side.  Photograph: Andrew Redington/Getty Image

With so much unrest, globally in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and internationally, with the loss of Declan Kidney it’s hard to foc(...)

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