Leinster Rugby

Leinster rugby needs to find a fresh approach to break its losing streak

Striking a balance between systems-oriented rugby and individual creativity might be the key to ending seven years of hurt

Gerry Thornley: Lions selections cap bittersweet week for Leinster after Northampton defeat

Fans left wondering how team with a dozen Lions players could lose at home in Champions Cup semi-final

Ugly sense of entitlement has seeped into Irish rugby fan culture

Leinster’s Champions Cup exit has led to mob-like criticism of the team and their coach

Leinster must learn from humbling lesson and go on to win URC title

Provincial championships enjoying day in the sun; Darragh Ó Sé on mouthwatering Ulster football final

‘If anything, we care too much’: Josh van der Flier picking himself back up after crushing Champions Cup exit

Veteran openside hopes to soften blow of Leinster’s semi-final defeat with Lions inclusion

RG Snyman and Linda Djougang named Leinster Players of the Year

Sam Prendergast and Robyn O’Connor receive Young Player of the Year awards

Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster needed Jordie Barrett from the start, you should select your strongest team

By starting without Jordie Barrett in the Champions Cup semi-final, Leinster got too cute in their selection

Where do Leinster go next after more Champions Cup heartache?

The Counter Ruck Podcast

‘We should have been better defensively’: Jacques Nienaber on Leinster’s shock defeat to Northampton

Head coach admits questions will be asked about selection, not to mention missed tackles and concession of five tries and 37 points

Gerry Thornley: Leinster’s latest heartbreak in Europe shows they are human after all

Cullen’s men face a painful postmortem to rival that of the 2023 final when Leinster let slip a 23-7 lead against La Rochelle

Caelan Doris doubtful for Lions tour after suffering shoulder injury

Leinster backrower had been candidate for Lions captaincy on his first tour

Owen Doyle: The laws of the game are clear - Leinster should have had a penalty try

The decision facing referee Pierre Brousset in the last-minute of the Champions Cup semi-final was complex, but there should have been only one outcome

Leo Cullen under scrutiny after Leinster loss to Northampton

Single Champions Cup in 13 years could be deemed poor return for considerble investment in playing squad

Leinster battle sense of dismay in wake of defeat to Northampton

Belief persists in province’s dressingroom that penalty try should have been awarded in penultimate play of Champions Cup semi-final

Leinster’s Champions Cup quest flounders in face of Northampton’s attacking brilliance

Decision to leave Jordie Barrett on the bench for so long and poor defence cost Leinster dearly in semi-final loss

Leinster fans discover their team is only human as pundits left stunned by Northampton upset

Leinster captain Caelan Doris’ sad eyes never looked sadder than in his post-match interview

Leinster continue to find new ways to lose big games

In Champions Cup semi-final, ghosts of past defeats returned

Leinster v Northampton: Mystery surrounds decision not to award late match-winning try

Ross Byrne’s effort was ruled out in last minute of Champions Cup semi-final, but Rabah Slimani felt there should have been a penalty try

Leo Cullen believes he is man to lead Leinster forward despite loss to Northampton

Leinster coach defends decision to leave Jordie Barrett on the bench until second half of Champions Cup semi-final

Leinster 34 Northampton 37: How the Leinster players rated in Champions Cup semi-final

For all the willing work, Leinster suffered from a lack of accuracy at vital times

Northampton stun Leinster with five-try blitz to book Champions Cup final place

Follow all the action from the Aviva Stadium with place in final up for grabs

Leinster may be semi-final specialists, but getting any further is often a coin toss

Northampton will be clutching all the positives they can find ahead of Champions Cup showdown

Tommy Freeman overcomes adversity to become a standout Northampton Saints player

Freeman can trouble Leinster in their Champions Cup clash, having blossomed into a player of Test-match stature

Forewarned is forearmed as Leinster look to take down Northampton in search for fifth star

Leo Cullen suggests IRFU policy was not involved in naming Jordie Barrett among the replacements for match

Gerry Thornley: Josh van der Flier’s contest with Henry Pollock an intriguing Lions sub-plot

At 32 this is set to be Van der Flier’s last chance to make tour but 20-year-old Pollock could have a say in that

Matt Williams: Leinster can get past Northampton if they have planned for a new and improved opponent

Leo Cullen’s men face into Champions Cup semi-final against a team driven by brawn and attacking skill

Rugby analysis: Leinster attack looking more and more comfortable in chaos

With Leinster at full strength, Tyler Bleyendaal’s plans have flourished in the Champions Cup knock-out stages

Leinster’s James Lowe ready and able for Champions Cup semi–final battle with Northampton

‘It’s the old cliche of doubling down on the basics and taking the easiest space that we can’

Jordie Barrett expected to start on bench for Leinster’s game against Northampton

Frontliners to return after break for Champions Cup semi-final

Dan Sheehan keeping his eye firmly focused on the bigger picture

Hooker in a rich try-scoring vein as Leinster close in on the crucial part of the season

Leinster vs Northampton - the comeback final revisited

The Counter Ruck Podcast: James Downey recalls facing an inspired Johnny Sexton in 2011

Leinster v Northampton: TV details, kick-off times, team news and more

Everything you need to know about the Champions Cup semi-final

Health of Dublin football splits opinion and a warning for Leinster

Seán Currie on ‘that’ penalty; Clare need to get their shoots boots on; Third time lucky for Galopin Des Champs?

Leinster cannot take a motivated Northampton for granted

Current Northampton coach Phil Dawson will renew long history with Leinster when he visits Aviva on Saturday

When Northampton Saints face Leinster expect the unexpected

Leinster and Northampton Saints have a rich history, but history has shown the unpredictability of the sport

Leinster expect RG Snyman’s big-match nous to count against Northampton

Leinster keen to understand way referee will manage scrums in Saturday’s Champions Cup semi-final

Will Leinster be the only Irish team in the URC knockouts?

The Counter Ruck Podcast: Ireland women’s defeat to Scotland wrapped up the Six Nations and an unusually glum 48 hours for Irish rugby

Owen Doyle: World Rugby session will have big focus on 20-minute replacement red card

There will be huge interest in the outcomes of the World Rugby’s specialist group studying the breakdown

Leinster fall to rare defeat in Wales as Scarlets triumph

Leo Cullen disappointed with rotational side who ‘didn’t really pitch up’

Fin Smith meets Sam Prendergast in latest test of young outhalves under constant scrutiny

Both players will have big says in the outcome of the Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Northampton

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