Irish loose forward Peter O'Mahony, of course, was another chief protagonist after calling former All Blacks captain Sam Cane ...

NEW Zealand boss Scott Robertson was spotted embracing Ards Rugby members at Aviva Stadium last night. A year on from an epic Rugby World Cup battle edged by the All Blacks, the same cast served ...

THERE have been better sequels and, disappointingly for Ireland, this one even had the same ending. A year on from an epic ...

One Scotland star of the still quite recent past suggested to me that we - Finn mostly - will have to kick more, but should kick low bouncing balls rather than high ones which would probably find the ...

and then the sheer hard work in the contact area of players like David Pocock and Richie McCaw. Knowing them and working with ...

Irish sport, at all levels, was still enthralled by New Zealand. Graham Shaw, the man who took the Irish women's hockey team ...

Tracy said Ioane's comments were "as low as you can get." Former All Black Israel Dagg backed Ioane. "When you fire something ...

As a sledge, it may not become quite as memorable as another World Cup put-down from 20 years earlier ... Peter O’Mahony allegedly labelling Cane as a “s--- Richie McCaw” in Wellington. Cane has never ...

When the All Blacks take the field against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday, they’ll do so without their recognised kaea, the ...

There will be no love lost at Aviva Stadium this Saturday morning when the two sides meet in a rematch of last year's epic ...

Jonathan Sexton has been retired from playing rugby for more than a year yet he and Rieko Ioane will loom over the ...

Fanning the flames, Ioane didn't ignore the barb, posting an Instagram story of himself and Sexton during the All Blacks' ...