Kevin Mclaughlin

Pain game: how an Irish tech firm is helping to reduce injuries in rugby

Kitman Labs’s data has found more contact work in training leads to less injuries in games

Mayo make the most of second chance to overpower Roscommon

Stephen Rochford's team rediscovered their essence as top four contenders

Galway survive the tempest to leave Mayo becalmed

Connacht champions reinforce superiority over the neighbours as Higgins sees red

‘Rugby is all I’d been doing for more than 10 years’

Retirement from the professional game a difficult transition for even the biggest names

All rugby roads lead to Rome as Zebre battle extinction

Financial problems of Parma club suggest restructuring of Italian game is inevitable

IRFU will likely face legal action over concussion, says agent

Players left to make major career choice as insurance firms draw a line in sand

Gerry Thornley: Rugby should be alarmed as concussion issue hits crossroads

Canadian lock Jamie Cudmore is taking legal action against former club Clermont Auvergne

Tipperary have climbed high but Mayo are used to the altitude

Liam Kearns’s men must find stride quickly with westerners unlikely to be complacent

Mayo hoping to get further by taking a different route

County’s former trainer Cian O’Neill believes the perennial nearly men now have a cutting edge to them

Jim McGuinness: Don’t underestimate talented Tipperary’s chances

Mayo’s experience gives them the edge but confident Munster men will put it up to them

Mayo looking for a bit more fire from their big guns

Westmeath’s massed defence could pose some problems for Stephen Rochford’s side

Champions Cup lowdown: Irish pools broken down, players to watch and betting guide

Leinster and Ulster both face two French sides in pool stages

What next for Cian Healy and Seán O’Brien as Corbisiero walks away?

Prop’s decision puts focus on physical damage being endured by modern-day players

Mayo make three changes for vital clash with Roscommon

Cathal Barrett, Conor Loftus and Evan Regan to start on Sunday

Johnny Sexton did not fail first two Head Injury Assessments

IRFU says Robbie Henshaw suffered no ill-effects after playing for Connacht

Kevin McLaughlin interview: ‘I just didn’t want to accept it’

Ireland flanker ignored his concussion symptoms until that was no longer possible

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