Cardiff Blues rally to deny Cheetahs a first win of the season

Edinburgh move off bottom of Conference B after high-scoring win over Benetton

Irish Derby hero Latrobe set to take Leger option for next outing

Joseph O’Brien’s star as low as 10-1 for world’s oldest classic at Doncaster

Johann van Graan frustrated as Munster undone by own errors

‘When you play away from home and you’re 19-0 down, you can’t be expected to win’

Munster fail to recover from Cardiff’s three-try blitzkrieg

Welsh side score three tries in eight first-half minutes at the Arms Park

Joseph O’Brien leaves Early Doors in contention for Leopardstown

Trainer has 18 entries for Dublin Racing Festival as Rekindling nominated to Australian Cup

Dermot Weld warns against limiting international entrants

Ireland's Melbourne Cup pioneer acclaims Joseph O’Brien’s ‘wonderful achievement’

Joseph O’Brien has rare capacity to make absolute most of it

The son of the world’s most successful trainer has been paying attention in class

Record six Irish-trained horses tackle Melbourne Cup

Joseph O’Brien tries to lift the ‘race that stops a nation’ on the first time of asking

O’Brien’s Group One record quest spans the globe this weekend

Idaho and Rain Goddess line up for champion trainer in Canada on Sunday

Munster hope to benefit from Lions’ roar in Cardiff Blues clash

Return of Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony and CJ Stander could hardly be more timely

Connacht caught out as Cardiff win at the death

Late converted try costs Connacht a win at the Sportsground

Order Of St George handed top weight for Melbourne Cup

Aidan O’Brien must decide between Arc and a trip down under after Curragh romp

Rory Best returns to captain Ulster against Cardiff

Andrew Trimble named among replacements as he returns from hand injury

Stuart McCloskey back for ring-rusty Ulster against Cardiff

Iain Henderson’s presence in Les Kiss’s side will help to pack build solid platfrom

Keelan Giles on the Wales bench for clash with Japan

18-year-old winger among replacements as Rob Howley makes 10 changes to starting XV

Melbourne Cup: Almandin beats Heartbreak City by a head

Aidan O’Brien’s Bondi Beach and Willie Mullins’s Wicklow Brave never in the race

Aidan O’Brien confident Bondi Beach is up for Melbourne test

Ebor winner Heartbreak City and Willie Mullins’s Wicklow Brave handed poor draws

David Wachman hopes to bow out in style with Rekindling Grade One success

Ryan Moore and Bondi Beach aim for Melbourne Cup glory

Aidan O’Brien-trained colt is third favourite for ‘Race that stops a Nation’

Ballydoyle set for Champions Weekend bonanza at Curragh

Aidan O’Brien hotly tipped to win all six Group 1 races in Ireland and Britain

Dan Fish slides in late on to leave Munster with the Blues

Injuries to Rory Scannell, Tommy O’Donnell and Dave Foley add to Cork setback

Munster aim to push on as Rassie Erasmus era shows promise

Cardiff Blues will offer strong challenge as they visit Musgrave Park in Pro12

Isa Nacewa’s breakaway try seals Leinster win

Leo Cullen’s side show determination to hold out against Cardiff at finish

Mick Kearney to make debut for depleted Leinster

Clontarf native to fill Leinster’s secondrow gap after Mike McCarthy’s injury blow

Dan Biggar recovers as Wales named unchanged XV for Scotland clash

Duncan Taylor replaces Matt Scott in Scotland’s sole change from defeat to England

Gerry Thornley's 2015: Highs and lows of a remarkable rugby year

From Roey Kockott’s kick to a legend felled – it was year never to be forgotten

Connacht’s winning run halted as injuries mount

Pat Lam’s side take losing bonus from Arms Park clash

Wales fall short of creativity against South Africa

Warren Gatland’s side find themselves unable to translate try-scoring chances into points

Warren Gatland well aware of what South Africa will bring

Wales coach is prepared for a hugely physical 80 minutes against the Springboks

Gatland shuffles deck in bid to trump Aussie aces

Wales v Australia preview: Twickenham, Saturday, 4.45 (Live on TV3, ITV)

Wales hold off brave Fiji in helter skelter encounter

Free-spirited Fiji run in stunning try at Millennium Stadium

Gordon D’Arcy: Burgess is blunder that could bury England

Bath centre lacks the sense of timing required to be effective at international level

Wounded Wales go to well and find just enough to quench home fires

Warren Gatland’s men overcome steep odds after England fail to convert superiority

Wounded Welsh dragon gets back up to slay England in thriller

Gareth Davies’s late try and Dan Biggar’s monster kick complete amazing comeback

Mike Phillips called up to Wales squad after Rhys Webb ruled out

2014 Welsh player of the year will miss World Cup along with Leigh Halfpenny

Slick Ireland show their greater strength in depth

Impressive display bore hallmarks of a squad well-coached by Joe Schmidt

Ireland ease to impressive warm-up win over ragged Wales

O’Donnell and Trimble injuries mar dominant showing from Schmidt’s men in Cardiff

Ireland back to business with first warm-up match against Wales

World Cup hopefuls get opportunity to seize moment in front of capacity crowd

RWC #49: George North becomes youngest scorer at World Cup

Wales’ mountain of a winger was 19 years and 166 days against Namibia in 2011

Nine uncapped players in Wales World Cup training squad

Warren Gatland has included 13 foreign-based players in 47-man party

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