Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Ireland’s No 10 situation a result of lack of long term planning as battle comes to a head at Croke Park
Jack Crowley and Sam Prendergast of Ireland will go head to head at Croke Park this Saturday. Photo…
Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Time for Andy Farrell to turn the page and plot a course for the 2027 World Cup with his November squad
Ireland’s head coach won’t be taking questions on his squad this week but plenty need to be answered…
Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Sam Prendergast must learn lessons from Pretoria quickly as Leinster’s room to manoeuvre shrinks
Leinster out-half Sam Prendergast. Photo: Shaun Roy/Sportsfile Having been elevated into the Ireland team and become Leinster’s No…
‘Things changed at Leinster the last two or three years … it was a pretty easy decision to move to Gloucester’ – Ross Byrne
In his first interview since making the switch to England, the former Ireland outhalf explains his transfer and…
Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Leinster have a long list of problems to solve as they switch to salvage mode in South Africa
Andrew Osborne during Leinster training in Pretoria. Photo: Frans Lombard / Sportsfile Professional rugby players usually know what’s…
‘Bottle up a little bit of the pain of that’ – Leo Cullen vows to get Leinster back on track after Stormers debacle
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen is interviewed after his side’s defeat at DHL Stadium in Cape Town, South…
Leinster deliver one of their worst displays under Leo Cullen as they are held scoreless for the first time in 17 years
Stormers 35 Leinster 0 Back-row Will Connors (centre) and his Leinster teammates digest a sobering defeat in South…
‘We’ll see’ – Stuart Lancaster says he hasn’t discussed Ireland job with IRFU as he targets big improvement at Connacht
Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster is looking to build on their pre-season form. Photo: Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile Connacht’s new…
Hugo Keenan set to miss first half of season as Joe McCarthy and Caelan Doris in race to be fit for All Blacks
Hugo Keenan. Picture: PA Images via Getty Images Hugo Keenan will miss the first half of the upcoming…
‘It was a frustration. I needed to voice it’ –retiring Conor Murray backs up withering critique of Munster
Conor Murray spoke to the Irish Independent’s Rúaidhrí O’Connor for the Indo Sport Rugby podcast Conor Murray has…
Colin O’Riordan’s Australian tale of the unexpected – AFL was only the beginning of a great adventure for Tipperary man
Former Tipperary dual star Colin O’Riordan in his lead role with the Sydney Swans academy where he heads…