Ireland Rugby

Read all of our stories related to the Ireland men's rugby team as they compete in the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Warren Gatland backs Andy Farrell to be next British and Irish Lions head coach

Wales coach rules himself out of the running to once again lead the Lions as they travel to Australia in 2025

How many Irish players made Gerry Thornley’s team of the Rugby World Cup?

Best try, highs and lows and the most memorable quotes from France 2023

Gerry Thornley: South Africa were worthy World Cup winners, but it’s a shame about aspects of their game

Springboks’ conservative game plan prevailed again and whatever about enjoying watching them, no one can enjoy playing against them

Whirlwind week sees Dylan Donnellan move from amateur with a day job to the RDS turf

The Offload: Rugby has a problem if attacking is bad for you - Ireland’s resilience pays off with WXV3 title

Ireland’s Andy Farrell named World Rugby Coach of the Year

Five Irish players named in the World Rugby Dream Team, while New Zealand’s Ardie Savea is named as Player of the Year

David Humphreys set to succeed Nucifora as IRFU’s high performance director

Former Ulster and Ireland outhalf currently in a high profile role in English cricket

Johnny Sexton is wrong: Ireland needed more than a quarter-final exit to inspire the nation

Making a World Cup final would have expanded Irish rugby’s circle enormously; going out in the quarter-final again made it feel no different

Gerry Thornley: Extending Bundee Aki’s contract is good business from IRFU

Ireland centre is playing some of the best rugby of his life and was nominated for World Player of the Year

Bundee Aki extends Ireland central contract until 2025

Centre commits to Ireland and Connacht until midway through the next World Cup cycle when he will be 35

Kathryn Dane: ‘I was surprised by the lack of preparation women had for rugby tackles’

Ireland international is researching women’s tackling safety for her PhD - and working to get back into competition following a brain haemorrhage

‘We lost, but we won’: Johnny Sexton signs off with emotional retirement statement

Ireland outhalf said retirement was tough after the ‘rollercoaster of emotions’ from France

Ireland never had the depth of players to win the World Cup

Ten Irish players started every game - not a single player from New Zealand, South Africa or England did the same

Denis Walsh: Bruised Ireland can recover from unique Rugby World Cup failure

Andy Farrell can take Ireland forward after a quarter-final elimination unlike any other

Gerry Thornley: We will never again see the like of Johnny Sexton

No Ireland rugby player gave more or achieved more than the recently retired outhalf

Matt Williams on Irish rugby: The ultimate heartbreak rests in understanding the truth. You failed

For Andy Farrell's Ireland there is no retreating to the game’s safe place because the game itself is the source of the heartbreak

Revolutionising the women’s international rugby landscape – what is the WXV?

New annual WXV competition aiming to transform the landscape for women's international rugby

Ireland make three changes ahead of WXV clash with Colombia

Outhalf Danah O’Brien drops to the bench while Ulster’s Fiona Tuite is in line for a debut

Gordon D’Arcy: Ireland’s performance in New Zealand defeat one to be proud of

Rugby World Cup: The outcome will hurt Ireland's outstanding group of players a long time but Andy Farrell has set the right tone and the squad remains one full of potential

View from New Zealand: If the All Blacks win the Rugby World Cup, Ireland can claim a piece of it

It turns out that Ian Foster is far more astute than his critics thought - but he and his coaches were driven to improve by Ireland

Keith Earls confirms retirement after stellar career for Munster and Ireland

‘Now is the right time and I feel incredibly fortunate to go out on my own terms’

Why can’t Ireland get past the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals?

More than any other Rugby World Cup exit, this one feels like a golden chance missed on so many levels

Ireland’s rugby haters celebrated, but what a confused and joyless bunch they must be

The oval-ball haters came out when Ireland lost their World Cup quarter-final to New Zealand and found the fall bigger and better than ever before

Owen Doyle: It is not possible to blame Wayne Barnes for Ireland’s defeat

English referee got most of the big calls right though Richie Mo’unga’s collision with Bundee Aki needed further scrutiny

Ireland’s quarter-final Rugby World Cup exit brings highest ever audience to Virgin Media Television

Heartbreaking defeat to New Zealand takes spot as biggest TV event of 2023 so far with 1.378m viewers

‘It’s the hope that kills you’: Social media reaction as Ireland exit the Rugby World Cup

Fans go from high to devastating lows following Ireland’s loss to New Zealand

Rugby World Cup: Five things we learned from Ireland’s loss to the All Blacks

You need to have some luck against New Zealand, Mack Hansen’s injury came at a bad time

Three moments where Ireland could, and should, have beaten New Zealand

Ireland’s defeat to All Blacks at Stade de France deprived Bundee Aki of a player of the tournament campaign

‘I’m unbelievably proud’: Farrell praises Ireland squad after heartbreaking Rugby World Cup exit

Sense of a missed opportunity will linger for a long, long time as All Blacks deny the prize of a semi-final against Argentina

Peter O’Mahony crestfallen as tough defeat signals end of an era

Peter O'Mahony says he retains huge pride in what this Ireland team have achieved in recent years

All Black magic derails Ireland’s Rugby World Cup dream

Ireland v New Zealand: Courage comes in many forms and has rarely been personified better than by astonishing 37-phase attack in overtime

A competitor until the bitter end, Johnny Sexton bows out desperate to bend the game to his will

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton departs professional rugby amid a flurry of emotion and gratitude

RTÉ misses out on Ireland rugby semi-final bonanza after rights ‘gamble’

Virgin Media Television eyeing fresh viewing record for Ireland’s quarter-final Rugby World Cup defeat to New Zealand

Ireland fans hordes leave Paris in disbelief it ended like this

There was no hiding that the fairytale did not end the way the Irish team expected it to

‘Revenge is sweet for the All Blacks’: New Zealand media reacts to quarter-final win over Ireland

New Zealand media praises captain Sam Cane praised for his performance against Ireland after ‘a class contest, one of the best in World Cup history’

TV View: Rinse, wash and repeat as Rugby World Cup quarter-final hoodoo comes back to haunt Ireland

‘We didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves, but the team forced us to’: Funereal mood in the studio as Paris ‘23 joins the list of defeats

Rugby World Cup: ‘It hurts, of course it does . . . but Ireland left it all out there’

Fans express pride and regret at what might have been as Ireland fall at the quarter-finals yet again after loss to New Zealand

Bluffer’s Guide to Ireland going out of the Rugby World Cup

How to talk the talk following Ireland’s defeat to New Zealand – if you can stomach it . . .

Cane and Foster credit All Blacks’ defence for digging out win over Ireland

New Zealand captain pays tribute to Johnny Sexton after his final appearance

‘These guys will go on and achieve great things’ - Emotional Johnny Sexton bows out

Andy Farrell: ‘It was a fantastic game to be part of, it was probably fitting of a final’

Ireland’s dream dies in Paris as All Blacks secure World Cup semi-final spot

Three-times champions move on to semi-final meeting with Argentina after Stade de France thriller

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