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Simon Zebo: tweeted about comments directed his way from among the attendance at Kingspan Park. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
The Offload: Support for Simon Zebo very evident

What Simon Zebo heard at Kingspan stadium on Saturday may become known in time. Regardless, there has been overwhelming support beneath the Ireland in(...)

Leinster’s Dave Kearney scores a try in the corner. Photograph: Oisin Keniry/Inpho
Leinster back in control of their own destiny

Leinster 29 Toulouse 13 The two four-time winners had both seen this as something of a litmus test and, unsurprisingly, the champions confirmed the s(...)

Munster’s Joey Carbery after the Champions Cup match against Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park stadium. Photograph: Billy Stickland/Inpho
Gerry Thornley: unbeaten start for provinces but things to get tougher

A satisfying opening weekend for the Irish in Europe, albeit a decidedly more trying one awaits in round two. Leinster, Ulster and Connacht all won at(...)

New Zealand All Blacks’ Sonny Bill Williams is shown the red card by referee Jerome Garces during the second Lions Test in Wellington. Photo: Marty Melville/Getty Images
Moments of the year: In the Wellington rain, the Lions struck back

Highlight To put this in some kind of context, nobody beats the All Blacks, especially in New Zealand. Ireland had been there five times between 2002(...)

All Blacks’ Jordie Barrett is tackled by “Lions of the Tour” Jonathan Davies in the third Test match which ended in a 15-15 draw. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
Lions draw series after gritty performance in final All Blacks Test

NEW ZEALAND 15 BRITISH & IRISH LIONS 15 As with the series, so with this draw. Regrets, they’ll each have a few, but the All Blacks will have mor(...)

Romain Poite blows the final whistle as the series is drawn. Photograph: David Davies/PA Wire.
Lions carve out their own piece of history with drawn series

New Zealand 15 British & Irish Lions 15 The Americans would no doubt laugh at such an outcome. After 12 years of waiting, a tour of six weeks and(...)

Lions forward Sean O’Brien in action against the All Blacks at Westpac Stadium on July 1st. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
‘Biggest game ever’ for Lions as immortality beckons

New Zealand v British & Irish Lions Venue: Eden Park. Kick-off: 7.35pm NZ time/8.35am Irish/UK time. On TV: Live on Sky Sports The Lions emba(...)

It was Warren Gatland’s weekend in Wellington. Photograph: David Davies/PA
New Zealand press react: SBW ban sparks rare selection debate

We’re all square. Saturday morning’s 24-21 victory in Wellington means the Lions head into next weekend’s final Test match against the All Blacks at (...)

Sam Cane puts in a hit for the All Blacks against the Lions. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/Inpho
New Zealand 21 Lions 24: All Blacks player ratings

Israel Dagg Had one tackle to make and was run over by Faletau, struggled under slippy high balls as his absence from the test match fullback slot the(...)

Maro Itoje produced another impressive performance as the Lions beat the All Blacks 24-21 in Wellington. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty
All Blacks 21 Lions 24: Five things we learned

SBW can’t shake his rugby league roots Sonny Bill Williams is a Rugby League skin at heart. The high shot is part of his DNA. Once SBW saw the opport(...)

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