Tom O'Toole

Jack McGrath set for return after over a year out while Craig Gilroy could win 200th cap

Farrell delighted by way squad coped with disruptions to rout Argentina

‘Playing rugby like we are doing, how could you not enjoy it? It’s just great to be part of.’

Pumas will come to Dublin full of determination and intent on an upset

Robert Baloucoune could get a run on right wing outside new halfback pairing

Planning for Japan and the All Blacks rather than France 2023 is a short-sighted choice

Leinster duo Dan Sheehan and Ciarán Frawley the news names in squad of 38

Dan McFarland’s keep up perfect start on the back of strong first half

URC preview: Meeting with Zebre is first competitive start for scrum-half Nathan Doak

A crowd of 15,000 is allowed for Friday’s United Rugby Championship opener

Jet-heeled Robert Baloucoune back to his best as he scores Ireland’s first of 10 tries

Andy Farrell’s side cut loose after Riekert Hattingh’s red card at the Aviva Stadium

John O’Sullivan hands out the marks on the final day of a long season for Ireland

Test debut beckons for Ulster quartet Baloucoune, Hume, O’Toole and Timoney

Sanguine head coach explains ‘I’ve got to do what’s right for the team and for the player’

Andy Farrell has made seven changes to the starting XV for Saturday match against USA

Leinster centre to undergo procedure on a shoulder injury

Ireland head coach names 11 uncapped players for Tests against Japan and the USA

Harry Byrne, Carbery and Burns are the three outhalves selected for summer series

Opportunity will knock for several prospects on home front as Lions head for South Africa

Secondrow had to undergo a HIA at Murrayfield while centre suffered an ankle injury

In 15-year trophy drought, no team has proven more of a bugbear than Leinster

Four Leinster players return and two from Ulster for top of the conference meeting

John Cooney, Stuart McCloskey and Eric O’Sullivan all return for trip to Scotstoun

Bonus-point statement win has halved Ulster’s 10-point lead atop Conference A

Young prop relishing the prospect of facing unbeaten Munster at the Kingspan

Gerry Thornley looks at four key areas in need of improvement ahead of the Six Nations

Gordon Darcy: Andy Farrell chose scrum solidity over lineout certainty but the decision backfired

From a small village in Mayo to the Leinster and Ireland backrow via Blackrock college

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

Harry Byrne, Craig Casey and James Lowe among those who’ll train with the squad

Coach sees positives from Pro14 final defeat, describing it as an ‘invaluable experience’

FAI records indicate Susan Keegan was paid some €95k between 2012 and 2014

Leo Cullen’s side hold all the cards but opponents have put it up to them before

Edinburgh switched off in the last 20 minutes and Irish outhalf punishes them from the tee

Ulster still building for the future but province have plenty still to play for in the short-term

Jacob Stockdale, Stuart McCloskey and Jordi Murphy are all fit to start against Edinburgh

New Ulster signing to start among the replacements along with Alby Mathewson

Kiss, kiss: how athletes and reporters greet each other after being kept apart for so long

Max Deegan and Will Connors among five players returning to Leinster action