Caelan Doris and Neve Jones take top Irish rugby awards
Caelan Doris has been named as the Bank of Ireland men's XVs players’ players of the year, while Neve Jones took the women’s honour at this year's Rugby Players Ireland awards.
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Bulls shock means Shark warning in place for Leinster
Nobody is really expecting the Sharks to beat Leinster today but very few fancied Connacht last night either.
Doris, Ringrose & Van der Flier up for top European Player of the Year award
Leinster trio Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris and Garry Ringrose have made the five-man shortlist for the European Professional Club Rugby [EPCR] Player of the Year award.
Leinster capable of dealing with summit fever
The faces of the players as they traipsed past the cup at the end of last year's final told its own story.
No Robbie Henshaw but Josh van der Flier and Ryan Baird fit for Leinster
Josh van der Flier and Ryan Baird have both been passed fit for Leinster's Heineken Champions Cup semi-final with Toulouse on Saturday (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player) but Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out due to injury.
Battle of the breakdown key for Champions Cup last contenders
The breakdown is a key factor to winning any game, the Champions Cup quarter-finals were no different.
Leinster sweating on Ryan Baird and James Lowe fitness for Toulouse tussle
Leinster are hoping Ryan Baird and James Lowe will be fit for their Heineken Champions Cup semi-final showdown with Toulouse at the end of the month after the duo went off injured in Friday's quarter-final win over Leicester.
Ringrose had no doubts after return from concussion
Four weeks on from suffering a frightening head injury against Scotland in the Six Nations, it would have been understandable to expect that Garry Ringrose would need a bit of time to settle himself back into the cut and thrust of the game.