The break couldn’t have come at a better time, just to rest the bodies and get a mental break as well," Mike Prendergast says ...

The Six Nations is back this weekend and rugby fans are hoping that the Calcutta Cup will serve up a classic, with England ...

There will be a lot of focus on the Gauteng derby, which is the only Vodacom United Rugby Championship ... most of the top Leinster players are away in Portugal at an Ireland training camp ahead ...

Dan Sheehan will captain Ireland for the first time in the absence of Caelan Doris for Saturday's tie at the Principality ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is ... paid for by those who can afford it. Leinster youngster Prendergast will open Ireland ...

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Ireland interim boss Simon Easterby expects Sam Prendergast and Jack Crowley to be long-term rivals for the team’s number 10 jersey but insists the former is the “right man” to start against England.

A round of United Rugby Championship matches a week before the start of the 6 Nations with most of the current test squads away in training camps doesn’t ... play-offs and next year’s Champions Cup.

The Leinster tighthead left ... Farrell is still the best coach in world rugby, he believes the structures are in place that Ireland won’t lose ground without him. He said: "Andy Farrell will ...

Here’s the good news: this column is a new rules free zone today. I’ve decided to cast my eye over what else is happening it ...