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Direct provision, Derry, Ireland and more of the week's best sportswriting

15 Sep 2019

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Pool A

Hosts and Scots bring the chaos to try and disrupt Ireland's progress

14 Sep 2019

11.3k

concentrated energy

James Lowe: Moving to Ireland 'like jumping into the deep end, but we're swimming, man'

14 Sep 2019

8.8k

SUAF

U20 Grand Slam-winner Hodnett earns start in Munster's pre-season clash with Exiles

12 Sep 2019

14.4k

Leadership

Confidence, cool heads and delegation key as Best leads Ireland in Japan

12 Sep 2019

9.8k

Early Kick-off

Super Rugby start brought forward, will coincide with Six Nations opening weekend

10 Sep 2019

9.5k

Centre of attention

O'Driscoll backs 'luxury' defensive option Henshaw to take Ireland 13 shirt

9 Sep 2019

10.3k

Route One

'Ireland gave Georgia a template,' says Gatland after Aviva arm wrestle

7 Sep 2019

30.8k

World Number 1

'It's a nice label to get,' says Schmidt as Ireland summit World Rugby rankings

7 Sep 2019

18.6k

best man

'The entire row flipped and broke, but no one gave a shit because Gordon Hamilton scored'

7 Sep 2019

35.6k

higher and higher

A win over Wales will send Ireland to Japan as the world's number 1 team

6 Sep 2019

32.5k

RWC2019

Music soothes the savage World Cup workload

6 Sep 2019

11.7k

proper test match

Farrell keen to see Ireland harness emotion of Schmidt and Best send-offs

6 Sep 2019

7.9k

Talking Points

Heavy artillery in place and room for error diminishing fast

5 Sep 2019

8.1k

9 problems

McGrath tenacity earns him the call over Marmion's past Test triumphs

2 Sep 2019

12.0k

Women's Rugby

Megan Williams try helps Leinster maintain perfect inter-pro record with win away to Munster

31 Aug 2019

5.3k

in the hunt

Late bogeys leave McIlroy with a share of fifth in Switzerland

31 Aug 2019

4.5k

World Champs

O'Donovan and McCarthy power to double sculls world title

31 Aug 2019

11.0k

holders

Dubs name unchanged line-up for five-in-a-row bid against Kerry

31 Aug 2019

12.6k

marching in

Stephen O'Donnell lands first management job with St Pat's

31 Aug 2019

5.7k

Starter's Orders

Calm, confident Carty ready for limelight after patient wait outside the fold

31 Aug 2019

14.8k

agent jones

Felix Jones with Springboks an 'awkward' challenge for Schmidt

Updated 30 Aug 2019

27.0k

Upswing

'We want our set-piece to be tested and we want our set-piece to be good'

30 Aug 2019

5.3k

Talking Points

Line-out options galore and plenty of runway for Carty in Cardiff

29 Aug 2019

9.6k

women's inter-pros

Scorching Sheehan double gives Munster win in Connacht as Leinster see off Ulster

24 Aug 2019

6.3k

Drop

England set to displace Ireland in world rankings after Twickenham trouncing

24 Aug 2019

18.4k

Winners and Losers

More questions than answers for Ireland after record-breaking loss to England

24 Aug 2019

22.6k

Liveblog

England v Ireland, RWC warm-up

24 Aug 2019

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THE OTHER JOE SHOW

The 'kid from Manawatu' who shook up Mullingar in 1991

22 Aug 2019

45.0k

dual threat

Farrell and Ford in tandem for England against Ireland

22 Aug 2019

11.9k

Reaction

Tough Twickenham Test ideal showcase for Byrne

22 Aug 2019

7.1k

luckless 7

'I had to turn it off... 'I can't watch this'': Rugby can wait as Dan Leavy eyes long road back

22 Aug 2019

9.1k

the js factor

'It's almost like he's a voice in my head': Schmidt and Sexton, the hand in glove

21 Aug 2019

19.4k

The Team That Joe Built

'I don't know if he totally rated us': How Schmidt arrived and thrived in Leinster

19 Aug 2019

23.1k

premier hurling

'Everything we dreamed of': Callanan overjoyed as Tipp triumph

18 Aug 2019

8.2k

Mind Games

'The real skill of being a good pro': Heaslip on the mental strain Ireland will endure at RWC

14 Aug 2019

10.0k

Pool A

Taylor back in the centre as Scotland begin World Cup prep with France clash

14 Aug 2019

5.1k

RWC2019

Blow for 'Boks as attack coach De Bruin steps down

14 Aug 2019

10.2k

Day in court

Japan star Mafi free to play in World Cup with assault trial pushed to January

14 Aug 2019

6.2k

hard lock life

'I can say 'us' now': Kleyn thrilled with Ireland cap and prepared to improve again

13 Aug 2019

8.0k