British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland, seen here at Carton House, has been ‘lucky enough’ with injuries.   Photograph:   Julien Behal/PA Wire.

This afternoon the Lions supplied clear information about Seán O’Brien’s bruised knee – after a bone on bone collision in last Friday’s Challen(...)

Samoan utility back James So’oialo has signed for Connacht. Photograph: Getty Images

Connacht have completed the signing of Samoa international James So’oialo. The utility back, the younger brother of former All Black Rod(...)

 Ronan O’Gara:  said a Sky goodbye, that,  piled on top of David Beckham’s au revoir,  made the sporting week nigh on unbearable.  Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

As the bard James Marshall Hendrix put it, “the story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye”. And so(...)

It has almost been a meteoric rise by Ian Madigan this season. And may yet be. Consistently ignored by the previous Ireland coach, despite a st(...)

Rory Best will captain Ireland on the tour. Photograph: Inpho

Les Kiss, Ireland’s interim head coach, will be part of Joe Schmidt’s management team on a three year contrac(...)

Westmeath’s Dessie Dolan is tackled by Shane Mernagh of Carlow at Cusack Park. Photograph Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho

Westmeath: 3-15; Carlow: 1-10: Westmeath have set up a Leinster quarter-final date with Dublin after easing past Carlow at Cusack Park in Mullinger(...)

Ronan O’Gara (right) and Jonny Sexton (left), former provincial rivals grappling for the international number 10 jersey, will join up as coach and player at Racing Metro 92. Photograph: Inpho

Ireland outhalf Jonathan Sexton was not aware until yesterday that his predecessor Ronan O’Gara will be joining him at Racing Metro 92 next sea(...)

Clermont supporters in Temple Bar, Dublin, yesterday. Photograph: David Sleator

There was a palpable sense of disappointment among Irish rugby fans when Munster fell agonisingly short at the semi-final stage and ensured the(...)

Jonny Wilkinson: will be a pivotal figure for Toulon.

The blue riband of European club rugby comes to Dublin for the first time in a decade when the Aviva hosts the Heineken Cup final. As was the c(...)

Spain’s Agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Canete (left) talks Simon Coveney at the start of an EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council at the EU Council in Brussels on Monday. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP

Anything good in Die Welt this week? Simon Coveney made the daily briefing notes column on Thursday thanks to the hours he put in during (...)

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