Rob Kearney

Caelan Doris, Jimmy O’Brien and Josh van der Flier included on longlist

He doesn’t miss getting hit. We can all relate to that. It’s what happens next that’s trickier

Seen & Heard: Wetherspoon sale of Blackrock pub, and Cowen seeks inquiry into ESB

The players, the try, the tackle and the moments of the rugby year

Twickenham game in front of a record crowd showed what possibilities could lie in store

Ireland’s most decorated player will play final game of his career, lining up as Barbarian

Kearney’s confirmed retirement ends one of the most successful careers in Irish rugby

Both teams will make mistakes, the key will be who will respond better to them

Brian O’Driscoll, Rob Kearney and Joe Schmidt recall Sexton’s best days in green

If the current pecking order remains, Farrell will need the veteran outhalf for next World Cup

Renowned strength and conditioning coach played key role in Limerick’s rise to hurling supremacy

Former rugby star played football like she was enjoying new-found sense of freedom

Leinster machine rolls on and remains standard-bearer for United Rugby Championship

Word of mouth, by the numbers, Hennelly the hero for Mayo and more

Penalty call against Lawes harsh but butchered try-scoring chances lost it

Despite all the off-field shenanigans, on it the world champions were utterly dominant

The Sandy Park win is a long way down any list of great victories in the competition

The 6ft 11in secondrow grew up wanting to fit in but soon learned to be as big as he is

The Irish fullback’s kicking was average and it is the work in progress part of his brief

Former Leinster full back also joining the company as its director of wellbeing

Live sport may have gone missing during the pandemic but there was always plenty to read

Leinster coach believes Ireland on right track despite defeat at Twickenham

AM Alpha offers €75m for landmark mixed-use development on Dawson Street

Questioning his reaction is to question the impulse that makes him still irreplaceable

Future proof: our rugby writers pick their Ireland team for the 2021 tournament

Fullback fully aware that magnifying glass of Test rugby will remain on him

Veteran half backs will have to drag Ireland out of this rut but there are no easy fixes

TV View: Simon Zebo was forecasting an Ireland victory ‘by 15’. Bless him

Johnny Sexton’s decision to go to the corner before the interval ultimately backfired

Brave Blossoms’ win sparks beginning of the end for Schmidt’s side and inspires a nation

Publican says he switched to insurer believing its policies covered coronavirus

Lemon & Duke publican says he switched to FBD because he heard policies covered virus

Managing director of Lemon and Duke pub in Dublin switched insurers to FBD in March

Hooker quickly got over disappointment of being named on the bench against Saracens

Once the South Africans move onto Pro14 turf, the game will never be the same again

‘He’s a player of highest calibre that brings a wealth of experience and quality’

Pat Lam’s charges completed unlikely Pro12 triumph on memorable day in Murrayfield

Leinster and Ireland fullback close to agreeing deal to finish career in Australia

Mark McCall’s Saracens side played for each other with a devastatingly simple gameplan

The alternative to fans in stadiums, according to the IRFU, is financial collapse