LUKE FITZGERALD HAS this morning announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The Leinster and Ireland back has been advised on medical grounds to hang up his boots after an incident during the Pro12 final defeat to Connacht last month. Fitzgerald missed Ireland’s summer tour of South Africa with a knee injury but a recurrence of a neck […]

ALL BLACKS COACH Steve Hansen rubbished claims he met with referee Romain Poite in the lead up to his team’s win over Australia on Saturday. The Wallabies are reportedly set to make an official complaint over the apparent meeting, which Hansen denied a day after his side’s 29-9 victory. Hansen said he had met with assistant referee Jaco Peyper before […]