Olympian Zac Ward is set to start on the wing for Emerging Ireland on Wednesday against the Pumas in Bloemfontein.
Olympian Zac Ward is set to start on the wing for Emerging Ireland on Wednesday against the Pumas in Bloemfontein.
The forward enjoyed a productive season with his country on the HSBC SVNS circuit and was then involved in a sixth-place finish at the Paris Games.
The forward enjoyed a productive season with his country on the HSBC SVNS circuit and was then involved in a sixth-place finish at the Paris Games.
Double Rugby World Cup-winning prop, Steven Kitshoff, stands on the brink of making his debut for the Irish province Ulster this weekend against Glasgow Warriors.
Leicester and Ulster have named their sides for this Friday night's European Challenge Cup semi-final at Welford Road.
Dan McFarland is keeping changes to a minimum at Ulster after an indefinitely suspended season where they qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals and lie in second in their PRO14 conference.
Schools level Irish athletics has been taken by storm by the record-breaking Aaron Sexton, but he will now be moving from the track to the rugby field after getting snapped up by Ulster.
Check out our top XV of performers from a compelling weekend of knockout European rugby, where the Irish derby between Leinster and Ulster and the all-French affair between Racing 92 and Toulouse stole the show.
Any hopes Toulouse had of snatching top spot in Pool 1 were extinguished as Leinster defeated Wasps to secure a home quarter-final.