Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton not at heights of 2018 but are primed for World Cup tilt

Focus on climate change and Sean Quinn in offering from ‘flat broke’ broadcaster

Joe Schmidt will be hoping injuries are kind and his side can regain some form in Japan

Sexton’s Wembley wonder show; last of the tickets; Sarries chase record; team talk

Most consistently dominant forces in Europe have proven their worth repeatedly

The hits keep coming, and will keep on coming and coming, for clever Johnny Sexton

Series win for Ireland a fitting end to three titanic, tight, tussles

The Wallabies played with all the belligerence of a Michael Cheika team roasting

Ireland are no strangers to late euphoria – and late heartbreak – when the clock runs out

It would have required real imagination for World Rugby to see things the Irish way

I say it every year. I can’t go through another championship sitting next to the old focker

Ability to think on their feet during games marks this Ireland team out as champions

All the information needed as Joe Schmidt’s side take on the Wallabies in Dublin

GAA, soccer and rugby followers certainly have lots to choose from this Christmas

World Cup final’s dramatic second half even had heretics rejoicing

Ahead of next weekend’s final we look back at the rival’s three tournament meetings

An exceedingly English opening ceremony gets Rugby World Cup 2015 under way

Moment of genius helps Australia dispatch All Blacks in 1991 semi at Lansdowne Road

Wallabies bounce back after Gordon Hamilton’s late try to reach 1991 semi-finals

David Campese can’t catch the Ballymena flanker as he puts Ireland on the brink of the semi-finals

Australia’s World Cup hoodoo comes to an end as Irish pack dominates at Eden Park

Munster scrumhalf is in prime of career four years after making dramatic breakthrough

England outhalf nails difficult drop goal in 1995 World Cup quarter-final at Newlands

Wallabies denied a place in inaugural World Cup final as Les Bleus upset 1987 co-hosts

Ireland’s warm-up matches don’t always offer clear indicator of performance

He may be only 37 but the ex-Leinster secondrow has always been a natural leader

Tom Kiernan, Fergus Slattery and Keith Wood inducted into the IRB’s Hall of Fame

Connacht coach settling in to life in Galway but heart remains in Samoa

Former Wallaby great says Munster man ticks all the right boxes