Hugo Keenan

Peter O’Mahony starts and captains as Ireland opt for six forwards among the replacements for third Six Nations match

Ciarán Frawley set to be the only change to the first choice XV; Jarlath Burns’ in-tray ahead of taking over as president of the GAA

Ireland assistant coach says Ciarán Frawley ready for step-up if picked while Garry Ringrose is back in contention

Hugo Keenan is likely to be ruled out of Saturday’s game against Wales, and Frawley now looks best placed to fill in for his provincial team-mate

Fullback could be sidelined for a number of weeks with injury picked up in victory over Italy

No player has played more minutes for his country than the ever-reliable, 36-times capped fullback

O’Connell said that players and coaches saw Six Nations opener against France as an opportunity to expunge the World Cup disappointment

Garry Ringrose, Peter O’Mahony, Bundee Aki and Tadhg Beirne all take part in training session

Keenan’s rise in just over three years has been hard work nourishing natural talent. He’s a poster boy for building on innate ability and pushing it towards its full potential

Nichola Fryday, Neve Jones, Deirbhile Nic a Bháird and Aoife Dalton are all up for the top women’s award

Ireland fullback makes a number of vital contributions on his first game of the season for Leinster

Best try, highs and lows and the most memorable quotes from France 2023

Ireland’s super-fit running back scorer of two tries against Scotland and continues to be central to Irish Rugby World Cup hopes

The Irish fullback is unassuming but hugely important in every facet of Ireland’s plans to beat Scotland

Rugby World Cup: Prop enjoying the drop in temperature in Nantes but expects match to be hot and heavy

Johnny Sexton earns a 7/10 after scoring two tries in Ireland's Rugby World Cup opener against Romania in Bordeaux

Hansen, Lowe and Keenan caused the visitors a host of problems with their industry, clever movement and astute game management

Constant challenge for Ireland is ‘to improve ourselves and try to improve more than the others’

Players deeply saddened by deaths of Greig Oliver, Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall

Fullback Hugo Keenan has quickly become a master of the art

Andy Farrell and his coaching team deserve great credit for Ireland’s disciplinary record, which contrats with England’s poor one

French trio Antoine Dupont, Thomas Ramos and Damian Penaud also nominated

Andy Farrell will be happy that his squad depth continues to grow but the game also showed just what those missing bring to the side

Gerry Thornley: The array of skills that the fullback displayed against Wales make him vital to Ireland

Jamison Gibson-Park and Hugo Keenan have not played since series win over All Blacks

How the Ireland squad fared during their series-clinching victory in Wellington

John O’Sullivan runs the rule over Ireland’s performance in the first Test defeat at Eden Park

Leinster set to take on the Bulls in Friday night RDS showdown

Skelton starts for La Rochelle but no Vito or Kerr-Barlow

If Leinster maintain their quick ruck speed they will get the tries they need to win

Senior team are beneficiaries of good work which goes on at club and schools level

‘They are the days you want to be involved in. All the work has been geared towards getting to a Heineken Cup final’

Flanker chosen from shortlist with Caelan Doris, Mack Hansen and Hugo Keenan

All in all it wasn’t a great weekend for the men in the middle in European semi-finals

Aside from turnover try and another off a catch-and-drive, Toulouse hardly threatened

Clash of competition’s most successful sides makes for match of season on Irish soil

Workload of French side’s star players considerably higher than that of hosts Leinster

Talented back one of four nominees for men’s XVs players’ player of the year

In-form scrumhalf’s head-to-head with Dupont at the Aviva an enticing prospect

The Leinster full back has the ability to be in the right place at the right time, and to defuse potential danger with minimal fuss