Jamie Heaslip: Hopes to send his departing Leinster colleagues away on a high. Photogrpah: Billy Stickland/Inpho

Too cool for school maybe, but Jamie Heaslip cares profoundly about his profession. He’s certainly no rugby nerd, by his own admission, and is (...)

Jared Payne: a definite Ireland number 13 in waiting.

When Saracens humbled Ulster in their Heineken Cup quarter-final few Ulster men were fit for the fray. But Nick Williams(...)

Dan Cruickshank  visiting the Georgian Quarter  on a visit to Limerick City this week. Photograph: Sean Curtin

Dan Cruickshank and Ian Lumley are leaning over a Georgian railing in the Sunday morning sun looking at, what to many would seem, a random conc(...)

Andrew Trimble sees this weekend as a major point in Ulster’s evolution. “It’s a chance to lay claim to being the best side in Ireland.” Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Irish rugby finds itself in the ideal situation; three provinces consistently operating at the business end of Europe and the Rabo Pro 12 leagu(...)

Ronan O’Gara and Jonny Sexton will join forces in Paris  with Racing Metro. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho

Girvan Dempsey recognised Ronan O’Gara’s strengths as a player. The two soldiered together long enough for the former Ireland fullback to appre(...)

John Afoa: looks set to recover from his hamstring injury for Saturday’s final.  Photograph: Darren Kidd/Presseye/Inpho

This being the last week of the domestic season, mind games between the rival New Zealand coaches, desperate to capture the Rabo Direct Pro 12 (...)

 Brian O’Driscoll training with Leinster. Ryan Byrne/Inpho

Brian O’Driscoll has confirmed it was only recently that he decided to extend his career by a year. In an interview on the Second Captains @ The Ir(...)

Clermont captain Aurelien Rougerie (left) and Toulon skipper Jonny Wilkinson run out past the trophy for Saturday’s Heineken Cup final at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho

As European final weekends go, that was hard to fault, save for the minor detail of arguably the wrong team winning the Heineken Cup. So, à la (...)

Rob Kearney is congratulated by team-mates Seán O’Brien (left) and Fergus McFadden after scoring a try against Stade Français in the Amlin Challenge Cup final last Friday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The internal power plays with the Lions, the Pro12 league final and Jared Payne are Rob Kearney’s guilty pleasures this week. Just can’t help h(...)

Leinster centre Fergus McFadden is taken off the pitch after sustaining a neck injury against Stade Francais. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

By Johnny Watterson Lions coach Warren Gatland appeared to know more about Leinster injury details than the Province did yesterday. Offic(...)

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