Hugo Keenan

Gerry Thornley: The array of skills that the fullback displayed against Wales make him vital to Ireland

Jamison Gibson-Park and Hugo Keenan have not played since series win over All Blacks

How the Ireland squad fared during their series-clinching victory in Wellington

John O’Sullivan runs the rule over Ireland’s performance in the first Test defeat at Eden Park

Leinster set to take on the Bulls in Friday night RDS showdown

Skelton starts for La Rochelle but no Vito or Kerr-Barlow

If Leinster maintain their quick ruck speed they will get the tries they need to win

Senior team are beneficiaries of good work which goes on at club and schools level

‘They are the days you want to be involved in. All the work has been geared towards getting to a Heineken Cup final’

Flanker chosen from shortlist with Caelan Doris, Mack Hansen and Hugo Keenan

All in all it wasn’t a great weekend for the men in the middle in European semi-finals

Aside from turnover try and another off a catch-and-drive, Toulouse hardly threatened

Clash of competition’s most successful sides makes for match of season on Irish soil

Workload of French side’s star players considerably higher than that of hosts Leinster

Talented back one of four nominees for men’s XVs players’ player of the year

In-form scrumhalf’s head-to-head with Dupont at the Aviva an enticing prospect

The Leinster full back has the ability to be in the right place at the right time, and to defuse potential danger with minimal fuss

Likely quarter-final date with Leicester booked in the diary after Aviva hammering

Jamison Gibson-Park, Andrew Porter and Rónan Kelleher make starting XV

Full-strength Toulouse will travel to Belfast in expectation, not simply hope

Fully-loaded Leinster taking no chances as they make the journey west for Sportsground showdown

Five Irish players included, nine from the winning French team, and Maro Itoje

Scotland captain Stuart Hogg could learn a lot about leadership from the Italians

The Offload: Ireland conceded just four tries during the Six Nations

John O’Sullivan hands out the marks to Andy Farrell’s side from the Aviva Stadium

Conor Murray try completes comfortable victory to secure first silverware won on home soil since 2004

Prospect of Triple Crown will keep players’ focus on Scotland and not on Paris outcome

Despite some missed opportunities at Twickenham, captain insists Farrell’s men will try to perfect potent offloading game

Andy Farrell will not look past challenge of Scotland on final weekend

The Ireland fullback sustained an aerial bombardment during win over England

Ireland head coach names a settled XV with a number of players returning from injury

Andy Farrell picks an experienced team for Saturday’s trip to Twickenham

‘It was a great to get another lad another debut and it also adds to the depth in the squad’

Ulster fullback got over for two tries and also selflessly set up one for James Lowe

Short-sighted strategy leaves Andy Farrell’s side trailing in wake of well-prepared rivals

‘I would love to see Joey get a bit more game-time, not necessarily just this weekend’

The law of relative velocity was at play in the build-up to France’s opening try

Irish fullback full of praise for Michael Lowry but not keen on him starting against Italy

Battling second-half comeback comes up just short in Stade de France cauldron

Certain mistakes made by Ireland’s outhalf but he is slowly finding his rugby mojo again