Kieran Keane's pool five leaders intent on nailing down a home European quarter-final

‘He’s very professional, trains hard and is a first-class guy. He’s been good to have around’

Joe Schmidt has watched South Africa wrestle with retaining talent in recent years

Bryce Heem red card proves crucial as hosts stretch Premiership lead to five points

IRFU talks stall despite offers on table from Toulon and Worcester Warriors

Size is the bottom line in rugby and the key to optimising physical power is getting access to players when they are young, writes Gavin Cummiskey

Late South Africa try probably no bad thing in terms of keeping sense of perspective

Ireland smarter in seeking out space as well as collisions, and more opportunistic

Victor Matfield admits relentless Irish pressure ‘put us on the back foot’

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Rhys Ruddock and Tommy Bowe score tries on epic night at the Aviva Stadium

Heyneke Meyer hoping Ulster’s talismanic scrumhalf can overcome knee injury

Rookie Handre Pollard scored two tries, three conversions and a penalty at Ellis Park

All Blacks likely to claim Rugby Championship with away win over Argentina