Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht

‘I did say to him that I wanted to play every game. I don’t want to be managed.'

Leinster and Ireland flanker will join English club after World Cup in November

Simon Zebo suggested he was verbally abused by Ulster fans on Saturday

Rory Best admits province will be ‘fighting for their lives’ in games against Scarlets

Talented backrow more than happy to bide his time All-Ireland League with Lansdowne

Rory Scannell expecting Haley and Botha to make a big impact with Munster

Ulster v Ospreys preview: Kingspan stadium, Sunday (3.05, live on BBC 2)

Dan McFarland looks a good fit for Ulster but the rebuilding job is a daunting proposition

Operations director Bryn Cunningham says province must wait a few weeks to name coach

People will have their own view of at what point in history poor choices were made

Paddy Wallace and Neil Best highlight ill-feeling among fans about club’s response to trial

Outgoing coach Jono Gibbes has ‘no idea’ if players will be back before end of season

Former player turns down offer to work alongside Les Kiss and Declan Kidney

Nine years from Ireland’s second Grand Slam, Gavin Cummiskey looks at the class of 2009

Team has produced exciting rugby and scored a whopping total of 17 tries so far

Kidney installed as director of rugby while Kiss will act as head coach

Iain Henderson has also to agree a new national contract with the IRFU

No one has won more caps in the Schmidt era than the Leinster lock

‘It’s good to see them getting back in,’ says Munster and Ireland flanker

Ireland player had just finished a successful international tour at the time of alleged rape

Gibbes indicates he is returning to New Zealand rather than to any assignment in Australia

Former All Black is returning to his native New Zealand after a season with province

Formidable Ireland now in a strong position to reclaim Six Nations title from England

Ireland coach says now is the time to give the 21-year-old Leinster lock a ‘challenge’

Jono Gibbes to lead coaching team as former Ireland assistant coach steps down

Former flanker criticises coaching at province and laments lack of homegrown players

Ireland under-20 coach will have Paul O’Connell by his side for the Six Nations

Outhalf picked up an injury while playing for Toshiba Brave Lupus and now will not join

Leinster v Munster final possibilities, Pro14 dazzles Top 14 and English clubs struggle

Injury-hit side needs a repeat of last week’s winning performance against La Rochelle

John O’Sullivan looks at what we learned from the penultimate round of fixtures

Coach Les Kiss says the challenge now is to ‘step up again’ next week against Wasps

Ulster top Pool One but plenty of work needed to ensure qualification

Ulster put poor form behind them to claim Champions Cup win in Belfast

World Cup winner to fill void at out-half when Leali’ifano returns to Australia

Leinster player boasts excellent speed but also possesses rare trait: sharp rugby brain

Kiss laments side’s inconsistency but believes they have a chance to respond

Garry Ringrose and Tadhg Furlong both Leinster injury concerns ahead of Glasgow

Munster were 17-0 up at the break but the sending off of Sam Arnold proves key