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Owen Doyle: Rugby will have a high price to pay if it doesn’t tackle head-high hits
- International
- December 8, 2020, 06:00
I have to start where I finished off last week – dangerous play. The weekend saw examples of players hitting into opponents’ heads and necks with shou(...)

Red cards needed to ensure player safety is priority in rugby
- International
- November 9, 2020, 06:00
There was marvellous action in Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup match, when Australia overturned New Zealand, and redeemed themselves following their record d(...)

Merry Christmas? All Blacks see little cheer in Rugby Championship schedule
- International
- September 24, 2020, 15:39
New Zealand Rugby has broken ranks with its southern hemisphere partners and demanded a change to the Rugby Championship schedule in Australia, compla(...)

Philip Browne: IRFU’s cash reserves likely to be exhausted within months
- Rugby
- May 23, 2020, 07:00
Such is the desperate need to restore Test rugby before the end of the year within Ireland and elsewhere that hosting the cancelled July tours in the (...)

Impressive track record lands Kiwi Rennie Australia’s top job
- International
- November 22, 2019, 01:00
With Dave Rennie’s appointment as Wallabies coach an important part of his predecessor Michael Cheika’s legacy will live on. When Cheika took over (...)

Michael Cheika quits as Australia coach after World Cup exit
- International
- October 20, 2019, 08:05
Michael Cheika has insisted he had no choice but to resign after Australia were dumped out of the World Cup by England. The former Leinster and Stade(...)

Michael Cheika refuses to be drawn on future
- International
- October 19, 2019, 14:48
Michael Cheika said he would prefer to lose the Australian way, with ball in hand, than win by playing a more conservative game after the Wallabies cr(...)

Rugby World Cup: England blow Australia away to reach last four
- International
- October 19, 2019, 10:41
England 40 Australia 16 Not for the first time in their Rugby World Cup history England gave their fans some palpitations en route, but Eddie Jones a(...)

George Ford dropped as Owen Farrell starts for England
- International
- October 17, 2019, 07:05
Rugby World Cup quarter-final: England v Australia Kick-off: 8.15am Irish time, Saturday. Venue: Oita Stadium. How to follow: The Irish Times liveblo(...)

Maro Itoje: Rugby should not consider itself immune to racism
- International
- October 16, 2019, 22:00
England’s Maro Itoje has slammed this week’s racist abuse in football as appalling and abysmal and warned that rugby union should not consider itself (...)