Cardiff win was 61 years in the making and proved the breakthrough for Irish rugby

Aligning the international Test calendar could come at a cost to the game on many levels

Versatile Munster backrow is desperate to add to his two Ireland caps in the coming years

Rugby Players Ireland set to meet with IRFU again next week in bid to strike a deal

New CEO says province would be opposed to summer rugby global calendar may bring

Son of former Irish player Trevor won Under-20 World Cup with France two years ago

Ian Flanagan also says the province and Irish rugby can learn from James Cronin case

Province confirm James Lowe has returned to New Zealand for personal reasons

Fergus McFadden and Rob Kearney have been given short-term contract extensions

Munster and Leinster return to training after squads pass Covid-19 tests

The players are entitled to question the 20% pay cuts that are proposed for them

Conference tables as they stood before lockdown will be cut-off point for qualification

Former Munster number 8 has previously coached in France at Pau and Aix

If social distancing protocol was changed to one metre, limited crowds would be viable

Provinces due to return to training next Monday with Connacht and Ulster a week later

Workload cannot be reduced for players in already short, highly attritional careers

Decision will include when the four postponed Six Nations matches will go ahead

Pay deferral scheme expected to cease on June 30th as it is not deemed sustainable

Current hiatus making Ireland and Leinster centre even more appreciative

All Blacks legend could sign up as a short-term replacement for Aotearoa competition

Head coach Andy Friend outlines qualities of incoming group of players

Six French clubs still involved at quarter-final stages of the two competitions

Province confirms departures and arrivals after completing remote training programme

Financial repercussions likely to hit more than for teams backed by wealthy owners

Clubs could conceivably return to training in small groups from next Monday, June 8th

Never before has rugby seemed so two-tiered with clubs at the back of the queue to return

Monday reviews like ‘therapy for players’, Ireland coach tells webinar for Pieta House

Six Nations need only look at the Rugby Championship as a cautionary tale

Sport wants to maintain place in public sphere as well as generating crucial income

Chief executive outlines stark challenges facing Irish game if rugby fails to return this year

IRFU chief says cash reserves are likely to be exhausted within a matter of months

After Canary Wharf bombing, Hugo MacNeill and Trevor Ringland decided to make a stand

Competition organisers introduce measure to allow players move between clubs

Munster's de Allende and Snyman could play a part in any finale to 2019-20 season

Number eight has signed three-year deal with ProD2 side Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente

Officials might stop trend of over-the-top celebrations and goading of the opposition

Reports over the weekend suggested plans were being made without France and Italy

It’s also allowed him to catch up with his studies in History and Politics at UCD

Role of his wife and family key in helping outhalf return from losing the sight in one eye

Expanded competition could actually see fewer match weekends in congested calendar

The IRFU’s role in the sport’s dealings with with South Africa is not one to be proud of

Munster player was not culpable, but fallout from the case means it won’t go away soon

Union hopes to outline clearer scenario in early June based on Government guidelines

Versatile Australian’s arrival will add significantly to French club’s options

Munster truly announced themselves as a force in European rugby by beating Toulouse

World Rugby’s chief medical officer on what it will take to get the sport back on track

Professional rugby could remain behind closed doors until a vaccine is widely available

World Rugby says wearing of masks and gloves at training not deemed essential

Nine of Ireland’s 10 most capped players ever were in the starting line-ups at a packed Croke Park

Ireland scrumhalf is missing training with the lads and eyes fourth World Cup campaign

France halts major sports until September, leaving little window to resume competitions

Whoever wins the vote for chairman of World Rugby, difficult choices loom ahead

Coach confident that Johnny Sexton and other players in their 30s will benefit in the future

‘You are not just going to flick a switch and start training and playing as you did’

Leinster and Ireland prop is keeping busy getting back to basics in Wexford

Agustín Pichot’s challenge hampered by a weighted voting system that he has called unfair

Players departing and arriving at end of the season creates conundrums for provinces

Head coach hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a month-long, isolation training camp

Leinster head coach tells reporters - ‘you know as much as I do at this point in time’

I’ve never ever come across such shocked and crestfallen players as those All Blacks

Australian is enjoying a change of pace and embracing life in the wild west of Galway

Ideal eight-week schedule would initially see derbies being played behind closed doors

Format unlikely to change until after 2021-22 season due to present deals in place

Unbeaten province had lucrative dates lined up with Munster and Saracens

Leinster hope to be back in training in the middle of May, Jack Conan fully fit again

There are 55 Test matches involving Tier 1 nations still to be completed in 2020

Ireland and Leinster fullback has no interest in hanging up his boots just yet

Ireland could play seven Test matches in a short time span when rugby starts again

Bernard Laporte tells French clubs rugby might not return to normal until January 2021

When the game returns it will look different with World Rugby re-enforcing laws in July

Champions Cup organisers confirm talks have been held over a quadrennial event

Former Munster star has zero regrets with his decision to switch his life and rugby to Paris

IRFU head of elite development Peter Smyth believes few, if any, will fall through the net

Silky centre to stay with Leinster until end of 2021-22 season at least

Financial assistance packages and plans for Tests and major competitions top the list

Trials show lowering legal tackle height armpit to waist helps reduce injuries like concussion

Completing European competition is unlikely but hope for Top 14 and Premiership

Under lockdown in Treviso, the Benetton and Italy outhalf is getting used to the new normal

On defeat in Japan: ‘I did use the Tackle Your Feelings app just as a mental check-in’  

‘If we get to September and there’s still no clear line of sight well then we’ve got a problem’

No rescheduled dates confirmed but organisers intend on finishing competition

Fears that some clubs might never recover from lack of activity during coronavirus outbreak

Rugby agent Woods outlines the risk of salary cuts and job losses affecting the game

Equitable sliding scale will be used for all international and provincial players

World Rugby also announce a number of postponements to Sevens events

Statement said that seasons will be concluded with no promotion or relegation

Pro 14 final in Cardiff is cancelled as season suspended indefinitely; IRFU end domestic amateur season

Rob Henderson speaks to Gerry Thornley about an unforgettable Paris afternoon

It might be preferable to complete the 2019-20 season regardless of when it ends

Summer tours may be axed to allow for European and domestic seasons to be completed

Postponed game against Italy cost rugby governing body an estimated loss of €3m in gate receipts

Along with much of world sport, rugby will be put on hold until coronavirus crisis has passed

His England team mate Manu Tuilagi banned for four weeks for dangerous tackle

Scotland end French hopes of a first Grand Slam in a decade with a 28-17 win at Murrayfield

FFR confirm Paris clash will go ahead as tournament picks up again at Twickenham

Game on March 14th is likely to be postponed if France progress to stage three of strategy

Match to be rearranged as Italians reluctant to play lucrative clash behind closed doors

For now, France-Ireland game set to be played as scheduled at Stade de France

Ireland coach can see the influence of his former team-mate in France’s recent successes