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Leinster set sights on topping Pool A after win over Northampton
- European Cup
- December 21, 2020, 05:30
Leinster 35 Northampton 19 Halfway through the group stages and it’s not putting the cart before the horse to suggest that Leinster can realistically(...)

Leinster set to keep the foot down as Saints make maiden RDS trip
- European Cup
- December 19, 2020, 06:00
Leinster v Northampton Saints, RDS, Saturday, 1pm – Live on Virgin Media/Channel 4/BT Sport Already atop Pool A as one of only two sides to obtain a (...)

Oli Jager: ‘For sure I have thought about putting on a black jersey. It would be cool’
- Rugby
- June 15, 2020, 06:00
False narrative: Oliver Jager was lured away from the land of his birth to pursue the All Blacks dream. In the summer of 2013, a 17-year-old realised(...)

Irishman Oli Jager sets his mind on All Blacks frontrow spot
- Rugby
- June 9, 2020, 22:51
Oli Jager, the former Blackrock College tighthead prop, has re-signed for the Canterbury Crusaders until 2022. The 24-year-old, who moved to Christc(...)

Chris Boyd says Leinster are operating at a far superior level to vast majority
- European Cup
- December 9, 2019, 06:30
True wisdom tends to come from independent observation. Chris Boyd has climbed high enough up the rugby food chain in his 61 years to understand what (...)

Matt Williams: intriguing European tests for Leinster and Munster
- European Cup
- December 6, 2019, 06:30
Over the last 20 years Northampton have gone from Heineken Cup champions in 2000, to the bottom of the English Premiership, then into the Heineken Cup(...)

Cian Healy not taking anything for granted in frontrow battle
- European Cup
- December 5, 2019, 19:30
Last season Cian Healy had played nine Leinster matches before the end of the calendar year. This week brings Northampton in the first of Leinster’s b(...)

Northampton without Courtney Lawes for Leinster clash on Saturday
- European Cup
- December 3, 2019, 22:00
England secondrow Courtney Lawes will miss Saturday’s Heineken champions Cup clash against Leinster at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday and is only rate(...)

2019-20 Champions Cup pool-by-pool guide
- European Cup
- November 15, 2019, 10:30
Pool 1 Leinster Coach: Leo Cullen. Captain: Johnny Sexton. Last season: Runners-up. How they qualified: Pro 14 champions. Key man: Sexton is the(...)

Liam Toland: Set piece and breakdown two areas where Ireland can target All Blacks
- International
- October 18, 2019
Practise the skill and not the drill. And, of course, the crucial decision-making process. In attack or defence, when hunting to convert pressure into(...)