THE GUINNESS PRO12 will dispense with recent tradition this season by naming Ulster’s Kingspan Stadium as the venue for the final before the playoff places are even decided. Until now, the highest seeded team in the Pro12 final has been allowed to nominate their preferred venue for the final. However, with Ravenhill not meeting capacity requirements to host the 2013 […]

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SCOTLAND COACH VERN Cotter has made four changes to his side for this weekend’s meeting of the Six Nations’ remaining winless sides. Scotland host Italy in Murrayfield hoping to get a win under their belt and steer cleer of wooden spoon contention before facing England and Ireland at the tail end of the tournament. Suspended out-half Finn Russell will be […]

SOUTH AFRICA WILL likely provide a major hurdle in Ireland’s bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 after today confirming their interest in holding the tournament. In December, Ireland made themselves the first country to officially announcing their intention to bid for the tournament which will be staged in England later this year and in Japan in 2019. […]

JOE SCHMIDT NAMED his team to face Wales in a crunch Six Nations clash this afternoon after their last training session of the week in Maynooth’s Carton House. Here’s how the squad looked in the drizzly conditions in Kildare. Keith Earls took his washing out to the field with him Luke Fitzgerald looks really unimpressed by the spring weather Ian […]

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IRELAND HAVE LESSONS to take from defeat in Cardiff, but head coach Joe Schmidt is keen to ensure his side move swiftly on as their visit to Scotland next weekend comes into focus. Johnny Sexton will hope to lead Schmidt’s side to Six Nations success next weekend. Source: Billy Stickland/INPHO Click Here: Gold Coast Suns Guernsey A thrilling final day […]

It’s been a long day, so here’s all the sports news you might have missed (with all the April Fools picked out). File photo. Charles Piutau scores for New Zealand against the US Eagles in Chicago last year. Source: Photosport/Andrew Cornaga/INPHO HomeUlster confirmed the capture of All Black utility back Charles Piutau. The Aucklander will move to Belfast in July […]

LEINSTER HAVE OPTED to take a host of front-line players out of the firing line for Sunday’s Guinness Pro12 clash with the Dragons [KO 16.14, S4C], as their Champions Cup semi-final against Toulon looms. Head coach Matt O’Connor this afternoon named his team to face the Dragons, with the likes of Rob Kearney, Ian Madigan, Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, Devin […]

IT MIGHT HAVE started out as an Expendables camp full of aging stars in the south of France but over time, Mourad Boudjellal’s passion for Toulon rugby has infected even the biggest earners in his squad. Toulon’s owner celebrates Bryan Habana’s try. After becoming the president of the club in 2006, Boudjellal’s side endured some tough seasons but now Toulon […]