Stuart Lancaster
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Impossible is nothing. Beating Leinster, though, might be trickier
- Pro14
- September 11, 2020, 06:00
Andrew Trimble had enough belief in himself to make a game-altering tackle during Ireland’s monumental victory over the All Blacks in Chicago on Novem(...)

Leinster braced for their toughest assignment to date
- Pro14
- September 1, 2020, 06:00
Amid the mayhem, Leinster have serenely breezed through both a truncated and elongated 2019-20 season unbeaten, with 21 wins from 21 games. This week(...)

Gordon D’Arcy: Irish players know it only takes one idiotic moment to bring rugby down
- Pro14
- August 26, 2020, 06:00
Got the email last Wednesday. Filled in the form. Next came my time to arrive on Saturday for a temperature check. All the precautions you would expec(...)

Granny rule and Leinster schoolkids the way forward as Ireland look to add depth
- Rugby
- August 18, 2020, 06:00
Do you reckon Ireland would have been durable enough to complete the Grand Slam at Twickenham on St Patrick’s Day in 2018 without their Auckland bruis(...)

Geordan Murphy navigating Leicester Tigers through the Covid-19 storm
- Rugby
- August 7, 2020, 06:00
Geordan Murphy was a few days into life as Leicester Tigers Director of Rugby when a pandemic-inspired nightmare visited the club. Manu Tuilagi is a (...)

Leo Cullen says rotation will be key as Leinster look to keep on winning
- Rugby
- August 6, 2020, 06:00
Leo Cullen has strongly indicated that Leinster will probably be obliged to rotate heavily during what is an unprecedented first two months of rugby a(...)

The Offload: Eddie Jones back sticking needles in people’s eyes
- Rugby
- June 8, 2020, 11:00
Eddie returns to NZ TV Our funniest jokes tend to be the harshest because they illuminate uncomfortable truths. The coronavirus, which apparently di(...)
![Garry Ringrose: “It was some year [2018] for a lot of us. It’s what you aim for every year, but as I learned pretty quickly the following year it doesn’t always shape out that way.” Photograph: Lazslo Geczo/Inpho Garry Ringrose: “It was some year [2018] for a lot of us. It’s what you aim for every year, but as I learned pretty quickly the following year it doesn’t always shape out that way.” Photograph: Lazslo Geczo/Inpho](/polopoly_fs/1.4271922.1591378059!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Mature Ringrose keeping the ups and downs of rugby life in perspective
- Rugby
- June 6, 2020, 06:00
Garry Ringrose exudes a certain calmness and level-headedness. He has a good work-student-life balance and comes across as someone with an equally eve(...)

Gerry Thornley: Stoppage could tip balance in favour of big money teams
- Rugby
- June 2, 2020, 06:30
About eight minutes into the 2014 final of what was then known as the Rabo Direct Pro12 between Leinster and Glasgow, Brian O’Driscoll’s farewell game(...)

Break allows James Ryan to rest, bulk-up and study history
- Rugby
- May 16, 2020, 09:00
Paul O’Connell reckons more seasoned players will reap the biggest benefits from this extended break. Players in their late 20s and 30s, who’ve been o(...)