Heineken Cup

“It’s incredible that sports medicine has only been recognised the last 15 years,” Bill Ribbans says as he reflects on his four decades of work as an (...)

I relate to Finn Russell. The Scotland outhalf has managed to combine the sublime with the ridiculous so far in his career. Now 28, he is not going t(...)

Ulster’s annual early season refrain, albeit this year in October, has been that this time it will be different. A stream of young players lining out (...)

One of the standout features of this dismembered rugby season was when Damian de Allende and RG Snyman appeared in Munster colours. De Allende, a 28(...)

Leinster 17 Saracens 25 Every game is unique and this one certainly had its own storyline, but it also had uncanny echoes of Anglo-Irish matches from(...)

Leinster have seemingly forgotten how to lose, having won 25 matches in succession dating back to their last defeat all of 70 weeks ago in May 2019. B(...)

It’s great to have rugby back, better still that Leinster and Munster have set up a third semi-final in successive years. The players of both teams w(...)

Brian O’Driscoll had barely turned 20 when he announced himself to the world in his rookie season with that hat-trick in Paris. He was only 21 when he(...)

World Rugby and the Six Nations have confirmed that they are exploring separating the men’s and women’s Six Nations tournaments, as part of a planned (...)

This week the French rugby clubs Stade Français and Lyon confirmed that they have multiple players infected with Covid-19, putting the commencement of(...)