Ireland

Three players called into South Africa A squad

Springbok loose forward Elrigh Louw, Leolin Zas (wing) and JJ Kotze (hooker) were called up to the South Africa ‘A’ squad on Friday as injury replacements for Sbu Nkosi, Marco van Staden and...

Robbie Henshaw ruled out of Springbok test

Andy Farrell has been forced into tweaking his starting lineup on the eve of Ireland's clash against the World Champion Springboks on Saturday.   Robbie Henshaw has withdrawn from the matchday 23...

Stats and facts: Ireland v South Africa

The Irish Rugby team return to competitve action for the first time since their historic win over New Zealand in the summer.   Here are stats and facts ahead of their clash with world champions,...

Farrell relishing contest

Ireland boss Andy Farrell is not short on enthusiasm with regard to this weekend’s clash between his charges and the World Champion Springboks.   It is always an occasion with plenty of needle...

Experienced Boks look to settle score against Ireland 5 years on

The walls of the Aviva Stadium are set to rattle on Saturday evening as the World Champion Springboks cross swords an Irish outfit which has been making waves in the rugby world of late.   Earlier...

Team Announcement: Conor Murray to earn his 100th test cap for Ireland

The Ireland coaching team have named the Match Day 23 to take on reigning world champions South Africa in the opening fixture of the Autumn Nations Series at Aviva Stadium on Saturday (Kick-off...

Patrick Tuipulotu to captain All Blacks XV team to face Ireland A in Dublin

The All Blacks XV team has been named to play Ireland A at RDS Arena in Dublin on Friday 4 November, kick-off at 7:45PM GMT (8:45AM Saturday 5 November NZDT).      The matchday 23 is...

Craig Casey captains Ireland A against All Blacks XV

The Ireland coaching group have named the Ireland ‘A’ Match Day Squad that will take on the All Blacks XV at The RDS on Friday evening (Kick-off 7.45pm, live on Virgin Media in Republic of...

RTÉ Rugby podcast: Ferris, Coghlan and Jared Wright on Ireland v SA

The last time Les Bleus battled the Wallabies

Australia overcame a controversial fourth-minute red card for Marika Koroibete as they beat France 33-30 in a thrilling contest to take the Test series 2-1.   Les Blues claimed their first...