Ryan Baird

Province issues mixed injury update ahead of Friday’s crucial Champions Cup second leg

Lack of creative attacking patterns ensures Van Graan’s side are too easy to defend against

He won’t be dropping down to club rugby with Lansdowne for a farewell lap or two

Towering Trinity and Leinster secondrow earns early call-up to Ireland squad

All Blacks apologise over International Women’s Day post; Under-20s chase Grand Slam

Adam Byrne, Dooley and Hawkshaw set to follow Murphy by switching to Connacht

Harry Byrne and Ryan Baird both pen new deals to keep them at their home province

Visitors ended the game with 12 players on the pitch after early red card

Winger looking forward to a busy end of season run after disrupted campaign

Irish coach’s promise to bring emerging players into the squad yielding rewards

Head coach named strong side for Six Nations opener against defending champions

Ulster forward included in Farrell’s Six Nations squad after making three caps in 2017

Leo Cullen stresses the need to play through the 80 minutes

Cullen’s side will be highly motivated by controversial walkover which still rankles

Drogheda teenager Karl Martin named at inside centre on the Montpellier team

Ulster and Ireland backrow has worked hard on his game over the years and is now reaping the rewards

Leo Cullen’s side get back on track with bonus-point win at the RDS

‘We don’t have the budget to bring families like some other teams do, so it’s been tough’

Farrell delighted by way squad coped with disruptions to rout Argentina

‘Playing rugby like we are doing, how could you not enjoy it? It’s just great to be part of.’

Farrell set to shuffle pack against Argentina; Ireland send signed jersey to family of Sean Wainui

Leinster duo Dan Sheehan and Ciarán Frawley the news names in squad of 38

Between injury issues and lack of game time for key players the head coach has a tough task

New signing Michael Ala’alatoa who will experience the RDS Arena for the first time

Deegan returns for first start since 2020 as four-in-a-row champions target Dragons

High-tempo offloading game proves too much for a weary looking Bulls side

The Pro14 champions complete bonus point win over the Currie Cup champions

Former Ireland star believes new competition can do for rugby what IPL did for cricket

John O’Sullivan hands out the marks on the final day of a long season for Ireland

Andy Farrell has made seven changes to the starting XV for Saturday match against USA

28-year-old flanker has been given the freedom to build on his running game

Andy Farrell is expected to ring the changes for match in front of 3,000 at the Aviva

Injury had seemingly ruled James Ryan out of Lions call-up

Andy Farrell selects strongest side at his disposal for match in Dublin

Harry Byrne, Carbery and Burns are the three outhalves selected for summer series

The bars of Ballsbridge were awash with blue jerseys as long wait ends for supporters

None of the four Munster players involved in last weekend’s fire pit incident are involved

RDS welcomes back 1,200 fans as part of series of Government sanctioned test events

Andrew Porter is among another six players recalled to Leinster’s matchday squad

Failure to add to their third try in final 18 minutes means they still trail Munster