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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 […]

HARLEQUINS NUMBER EIGHT Nick Easter has retired from rugby to take up a coaching position with the club today. The former England number eight bows out of the game after 12 years at The Stoop, in which time he has made a club-record 281 appearances for Quins. Yesterday, the Premiership club announced the signing of George Naoupu – an experienced […]

MUNSTER ARE SET to announce the signing of South Africa international Jaco Taute ahead of the new season. The three-times capped Stormers and Western Province centre/fullback is expected to join on a short-term contract initially, following injuries to Munster midfield pair Francis Saili and Sam Arnold. The deal was first reported by Netwerk24 in South Africa, and sources in Ireland have […]

STUART LANCASTER, WHO will take charge of Leinster’s defence with immediate effect, said he wants to help the province become a “dominant force in Europe again”. Lancaster was introduced at Leinster’s UCD base today. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The former England head coach was unveiled to the media at Leinster’s UCD base this afternoon, after the province had earlier announced that […]

SITTING ACROSS THE table from Enda McNulty, I catch myself early on. We’ve all seen the clip. Hundreds of times. ’We fight for that inch’. We get it. The motivational techniques, the inspirational stuff – it tends to irritate us after a while. We’re wary of over-complicating. We remain steadfastly suspicious of keeping an open-mind. It’s not long before the begrudgery and […]

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Sean Farrell reports from the Aviva Stadium FOUR TITLES APIECE they may have had, but Toulouse will leave Dublin in no doubt that they have massive strides to make to gain parity on the field with Leinster. The French side were held try-less as the reigning champions powered to a 30-12 Heineken Champions Cup semi-final win to set up a […]

Click:Ruby Scott Bread Shoes Click:Research Peptides Supplier RUGBY AUSTRALIA IS facing a potential mutiny from Polynesian players after Wallaby prospect Taniela Tupou said Pacific Islanders all “might as well just be sacked” for their religious beliefs. Over a fortnight on from Israel Folau’s Instagram post quoting a bible passage which claims hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists […]