Rugby

July

July 2024

Looking Back

Ben Youngs reveals heart surgery after training collapse

22 Jul

4.9k

Done Deal

Ardie Savea signs for Moana Pasifika to 'give back' to Samoan heritage

21 Jul

6.5k

Blow

Italy fly-half Garbisi stretchered off in win over Japan

21 Jul

4.7k

Bloemfontein

Mapimpi hat-trick helps 10-try Springboks crush Portugal

Updated 20 Jul

4.6k

Test

Seven-try All Blacks devour Fiji as Australia continue reboot under Schmidt

20 Jul

6.9k

Green shoots

Promising Ireland U20s group learn tough lesson against New Zealand

20 Jul

4.9k

Reaction

'The big positive is the lads finished well. For a minute, it seemed like it might get ugly'

19 Jul

7.5k

World Rugby U20 Championship

New Zealand score 33 unanswered points to beat Ireland in third-place play-off

19 Jul

13.2k

skin of their teeth

Wales snap losing streak with dramatic late victory over Super Rugby's Reds

19 Jul

4.2k

New threads

Leinster unveil new home jersey for 2024/25 season

18 Jul

8.6k

Exit

Forwards coach Roddy Grant departs Ulster

18 Jul

3.7k

Man at Work

Munster hooker Scott Buckley joins Sydney club Randwick on off-season loan

18 Jul

5.2k

Teamsheets

Barrett starts as All Blacks ring changes for Fiji, Alaalatoa to captain Wallabies

18 Jul

3.6k

Team news

Ireland U20s ring the changes for New Zealand

17 Jul

6.3k

Brisbane

NSW break hoodoo to win State of Origin rugby series

17 Jul

3.3k

code switcher

Rugby league convert Regan Grace to make Wales debut against Reds

17 Jul

3.0k

Rugby

Ireland fixtures confirmed for Vancouver in October in WXV

16 Jul

2.6k

scrummager

Leinster confirm signing of former France international Rabah Slimani from Clermont

8 hrs ago

6.9k

locked in

'I don’t think he gets fazed by much, balls of steel' - Ryan hails Frawley

11 hrs ago

5.5k

faz

Andy Farrell has cause to be a happy man after titanic tussle with Boks

13 hrs ago

4.3k

Last Four

Ireland lose to England in World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final

14 Jul

10.4k

tour diary

What a magical day in Durban said about South African rugby

14 Jul

8.8k

smarts

How POC and Ireland tweaked a Munster play to slice the Boks apart

Ireland added a clever new layer to their goal-line drop-out play.

Murray Kinsella

Reports from Johannesburg

14 Jul

13.3k

success

Ireland U20 Women finish Sumer Series with historic win over Scotland

14 Jul

2.1k

Captain

Doris: 'I’m thinking, ‘What the hell are you doing, kicking the ball away?'

14 Jul

11.0k

los pumas

Thomas Gallo double helps Argentina draw series with France

13 Jul

3.8k

marks out of 10

Our player ratings as Ireland seal an unforgettable victory on South African soil

13 Jul

11.9k

The Boss

Farrell hails 'the guts, the bravery' of his victorious Ireland team

13 Jul

10.0k

Cojones

'The strike was probably the ugliest drop goal I've ever hit in my life'

13 Jul

9.4k

boks office

Ireland summon one last push to end long, gruelling season on a high

13 Jul

4.2k

Stunner

Frawley's stunning drop goals send Ireland to special win in Durban

The replacement out-half smashed over two long-range drop goals to win it for Ireland.

Murray Kinsella

Reports from Kings Park Stadium

13 Jul

11.8k

Liveblog

South Africa v Ireland, second Test

13 Jul

52.2k

Mixed Fortunes

Wales lose ninth successive Test match as Australia grab series win

13 Jul

3.8k

success

Tele'a double edges All Blacks past England

13 Jul

5.2k

Landmark

Van der Merwe equals try record as Scotland down US

13 Jul

4.3k

80 minutes to go

Durban the hard stop at the end of a long journey for this Irish team

13 Jul

2.7k

Ready to Rock

'I don’t want to be a tourist amongst the best athletes in the world. I want to own it'

13 Jul

2.7k

The green machine

'It put new life into my career to go to Leinster. I was blessed'

Heinke van der Merwe won two Heineken Cups with the Irish province in 2011 and 2012.

Murray Kinsella

Reports from Durban

13 Jul

3.6k

Number 10

Crowley: 'You don’t ever tap out, no matter what way you're performing'

13 Jul

2.8k

Azzurri

Italy bounce back from shock Samoa defeat with 22-point win over Tonga

12 Jul

2.4k