Ireland player ratings: Aoife Wafer and Linda Djougang to the fore in Les Bleus loss
Eve Higgins and Niamh O’Dowd also impress in five-point defeat to France
France produce second half tour de force to beat Ireland – As it happened
Tries from Linda Djougang and Stacey Flood had given Ireland a first-half lead
Trailblazer Tania Rosser brings a different school of thought to Gonzaga head coach role
Former Ireland international plans to ‘push the boundaries’ in male-dominated environment
Centres of excellence: Provinces looking for brave and bold to wear number 13 shirt
Provincial players will get their chance to show their worth in new season – and Andy Farrell will be watching
Leinster add South African backrow Josh Neill to academy
Backrower to join Leinster from Western Province early next year
Ireland 0 New Zealand 40: How the Irish players rated in final World Cup pool game
New Zealand's physicality proved too much for Ireland to handle in World Cup pool clash
New Zealand hit Ireland for six in last World Cup pool game: As it happened
World champions score half a dozen tries as Ireland pick up several injuries
How the IRFU was dragged kicking and screaming into the professional era
Thirty years on, rugby’s professional era has gone from strength to strength, but it had plentiful doubters at the time
Rugby’s next generation: Meet the rising stars of Leinster, Ulster, Connacht and Munster
Richie Murphy’s exploits with the Irish Under-20s has helped attract some top young players to Ulster
Former England prop Ellena Perry in line to make Ireland debut against Canada
The 28-year-old Gloucester-Hartpury frontrow played 11 times for England; team shows 10 changes to side that beat Scotland
Ringrose’s big call and questionable officiating: Five things we learned from the Lions’ tour of Australia
Questionable officiating; Garry Ringrose’s right call; and a new lease of life for Australian rugby
Lions player ratings: Tadhg Beirne and Tom Curry best of the tourists in Sydney washout
Wallabies sharper in dreadful conditions to deny the Lions a series whitewash
Lions v Wallabies head-to-heads: James Ryan v Will Skelton
The Irishman is likely to be party to a plan to reduce the influence of the La Rochelle giant
Lions v Wallabies head-to-heads: Jamison Gibson-Park v Nic White
The Ireland scrumhalf has been one of the players of the series so far, whereas the Western Force player is set for his first appearance in the Tests
Hugo Keenan’s touch of class and what else we learned from the Lions’ second Test win over Australia
Discipline swing key to success; scrum dominance finally pays off; 6-2 split backfires on Wallabies; Skelton and Valetini losses huge as Aussie power game fades