The second Emerging Ireland tour in South Africa gave coaching an insight into the talent coming the famed system and didn't disappoint
The revolution in Irish rugby in the last decade and a half has transformed a squad of also-rans into a side other countries aspire to ape
Former Ireland full-back Geordan Murphy, the ex-Leicester director of rugby, popped his head back above the parapet in November when he helped to coach the Barbarians team that took on Northampton in a Franklin’s Gardens exhibition match.
Cut from the same tell-them-little-or-nothing cloth as his old Saracens mentor Mark McCall, it’s rare that Ireland boss Andy Farrell opens up to share a nugget of information that stops fans in their tracks and makes them think.
The former Ireland backrow was a star at the 1995 World Cup but as a guinea pig of early professionalism the repeated blows have hit him hard
Few people outside Ireland had heard of Tadhg Beirne or Jack Conan in 2017, now both players are in contention to start the first Test
Coaching flare-ups, desperate injuries and Premiership drama featured on a tumultuous weekend's rugby.
Luke Wallace has described the different approach to training at Harlequins after resigning this week from Leicester Tigers.
June 10 is the 25th anniversary of the last Ireland team to play in the amateur era, Terry Kingston's side losing to France in the World Cup quarter-final.