Whilst World Rugby seems to have taken my essay on player eligibility rules seriously and are considering it, the Scottish and Irish Rugby Unions resist all engagement.

It’s been the game of his life, the sport that identified him as a human being of world renown. No one has ever matched his ...

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Keenan has been the most consistent full-back across the last few seasons when it comes to the Six Nations but the Leinster ...

He knows if the gifted playmaker is deployed at first receiver in the United Rugby Championship (URC) match, the men under his defensive tutelage will have to pull out all the stops.

Springbok fullback Willie le Roux could stay on at the Bulls ... Le Roux, who has played the majority of his rugby at fullback, and occasionally on the wing in his early days, has filled in ...

Both Virgin and ITV opened their coverage with a large dollop of reminiscing about bygone Ireland v England battles, ITV calling up Willie John McBride to run his eye over some of the standout ...

Clarkson is known to be partial to a bit of rugby, having been spotted dancing alongside David Cameron in the stands when England beat Ireland in last year's Six Nations. His girlfriend had the ...

Ireland had to come from behind against England to get their bid for a third successive Six Nations title off to a winning 27-22 bonus-point start thanks to a ferocious second half after the ...

Ireland start bid to become first team to win ... Tom Curry and Tommy Freeman tries earned England a bonus point The Rugby Union Weekly podcast will be available later on BBC Sounds for further ...

However, while he will be hoping to inspire Ireland to victory over the coming weeks, there will be split loyalties in Easterby's house, particularly on February 22. The former rugby star is ...

John Dawes, Willie John McBride, Finlay Calder ... The same critical scrutiny befell former Ireland hooker, Ciaran Fitzgerald, six years earlier in New Zealand, an unhappy and unsuccessful ...