Rhys Ruddock
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Italy clash allows Joe Schmidt room to experiment
- International
- February 21, 2019, 07:00
Perhaps the most acute disappointment arising from Ireland’s quarter-final defeat to Argentina in the 2015 Rugby World Cup was the fact that Joe Schmi(...)

Henderson, Farrell and Beirne all available for Ireland in Rome
- International
- February 20, 2019, 06:00
The news emanating from the Ireland camp was largely upbeat and positive ahead of Sunday’s Six Nations Championship match against Italy at the Stadio(...)

Dave Kearney to miss Southern Kings clash due to concussion
- Pro14
- February 18, 2019, 13:40
Dave Kearney, Rhys Ruddock and Dan Leavy remain on the Leinster injury list as the province face into Friday night’s Pro 14 game against Southern King(...)

Ireland’s impressive frontrunners struggle when chasing a game
- International
- February 6, 2019, 12:42
Ireland’s 23-17 victory over the Pumas at the Estadio Monumental Jose Fiero in Tucumán, Argentina on Saturday, June 14th, 2014 represents a landmark m(...)

Gerry Thornley: Henshaw deserves another game at fullback
- International
- February 5, 2019
Stick or twist? Stick, for sure. An Irish team that had won 18 of its previous 19 matches – something which was beyond the realms of possibility for a(...)

Peter O’Mahony: Pain but no panic in Ireland camp ahead of Murrayfield
- International
- February 4, 2019, 15:18
Ireland are in pain but they do not need a wake-up call. Irish flanker Peter O’Mahony pointed out that while the first Irish get-together after the op(...)

Five things we learned: Ireland outplayed in kicking game
- International
- February 3, 2019, 12:38
Ireland will be measured not by how they lost the game but in the manner in which they address and respond to the defeat. Failure, and all that attend(...)

Make or break: Nine Ireland players who need to lay down World Cup marker
- International
- February 2, 2019, 15:25
Ireland play nine Tests, five in the Six Nations and four warm-up games, ahead of this year’s World Cup in Japan. The priority for all those in conten(...)

Caolin Blade set to make the cut for Ireland’s Six Nations squad
- International
- January 15, 2019, 18:53
Caolin Blade, the uncapped 24-year-old Connacht scrumhalf, is set to be included in the Irish squad for their defence of the forthcoming Six Nations w(...)

Rhys Ruddock knows win over Toulouse sends out a statement
- European Cup
- January 15, 2019, 06:00
As statements of intent go, Saturday was vintage. Leinster, missing a third of their international players, showed Europe how a winning culture can be(...)