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 ...

In a golden age for the Irish sequel, The City Changes its Face captures the claustrophobia of a damaged relationship Masterful return: Eimear McBride. Photo: Kat Green For a long time ...

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 ...

Galopin Des Champs will head to the Cheltenham Festival in March in search of a historic double treble having notched a third straight Irish Gold Cup victory at Leopardstown. Willie Mullins' star ...

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 ...