Ireland lock Beirne ruled out for 12 weeks
Tadhg Beirne has been ruled out of the remainder of Ireland's Guinness Six Nations campaign.
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Sami Valimaki and Martin Simonsen share Thailand Classic lead after first round, Murphy best of Irish trio
Finland's Sami Valimaki and Denmark’s Martin Simonsen share the lead after an opening day of low scoring in the Thailand Classic.
Ireland and Lions prop Jack McGrath retires from rugby at the age of 33
Former Ireland and British and Irish Lions prop Jack McGrath has announced his retirement from professional rugby.
Reports: Notre Dame to promote TE coach Gerad Parker to offensive coordinator
For the second consecutive time, Notre Dame’s new offensive coordinator will come from an internal promotion. Irish head coach Marcus Freeman will promote tight ends coach Gerad Parker to offensive coordinator, per multiple Wednesday reports.
Former Ireland prop Jack McGrath retires from rugby
Former Ireland prop Jack McGrath has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 33.
Aaron Connolly set to remain sidelined for Hull's visit to Preston
Republic of Ireland international Aaron Connolly is set to remain sidelined by injury with the on-loan Hull City forward a significant doubt for this weekend's Championship action.
Stephen O'Donnell's Dundalk and Tim Clancy's St Patrick's Athletic poised at head of LOI chasing pack
As the new SSE Airtricity League Premier Division season approaches, the general consensus is that either Shamrock Rovers will achieve the four-in-a-row or Derry City will use their FAI Cup success as a launchpad to even greater things over the course of a full campaign.
Crunch derby: Kruger hopes Bulls forwards can manage the red mist against Stormers
As much as Bulls scrum coach Werner Kruger is in awe of the Stormers' scrum, he also hopes his charges will be able to channel their emotions effectively at set-piece time for Saturday's North/South derby at Loftus Versfeld.