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Warren Gatland refines search for bearers of Lions pride | Robert Kitson

9 years ago by The Guardian

Coach has four weeks to put together a squad capable of overpowering the All Blacks for the first time since 1971Picking the best British and Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand has long been a fraught...

The Six Nations by numbers: How they rated

9 years ago by Irish Independent

Saturday's win over England saw Ireland finish a disappointing but compelling Six Nations with a flourish and secure a second-place finish behind Eddie Jones's champions. Joe Schmidt used 33 players over...

Jones: We would still beat Ireland six games in 10

9 years ago by Irish Independent

England head coach Eddie Jones insists that the Dublin defeat will leave "no scar at all" and that if his team were to play Ireland another 10 times, they would win six of them.

Rugby chiefs in Dublin to hear Ireland's pitch to host 2023 Rugby World Cup

9 years ago by Irish Independent

International rugby chiefs are due to arrive in Dublin today to hear details of Ireland's pitch to host the 2023 World Cup.

Munster left sweating on Murray for Toulouse test

9 years ago by Irish Independent

Conor Murray remains a major injury concern for Munster ahead of next week's Champions Cup quarter-final with Toulouse because of the injury he sustained playing for Ireland in the Six Nations.

RBS 6 Nations: Round 5 Review

9 years ago by Irish Rugby News

England made it back-to-back RBS 6 Nations titles in a dramatic 2017 Championship which concluded on 'Super Saturday' with a fond farewell in Edinburgh, a frantic finish in Paris and then a Dublin denouement.

Jones wades into France-Wales row

9 years ago by Rugby 365

REACTION: England may have missed out on a record-breaking win against Ireland last weekend, but Eddie Jones urged them to make history of a different kind.

'Unless we give up gaelic football, we'll never be like the All Blacks' - Brian O'Driscoll

9 years ago by Irish Independent

Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll admitted to being angry over the criticism of Joe Schmidt's side in the week heading into the superb victory over England at the Aviva.

Owens And Doyle To Referee Provinces' Cup Quarter-Finals

9 years ago by Irish Rugby News

The referee appointments for what promises to be a high-powered series of Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-final matches were announced today following the meeting of a selection committee chaired...

Bath Rugby Digest: Why Banahan loves golf, comic conventions,...

9 years ago by Bath Chronicle

Bath Rugby were well represented in the Six Nations finales as champions England missed out on the Grand Slam and the under-20s, led by Zach Mercer, made it a clean sweep with victory in Ireland. But...