Since the game moved into professionalism Irish rugby has been trying to solve it. Leadership changes but this challenge is ...

Also away from the field, O'Keeffe got engaged to journalist Wilhelmina Shrimpton in the autumn, as he popped the question on a trip to South Africa. Shrimpton, a newsreader and writer in New Zealand, ...

Simon Easterby will take charge of his first game as interim Ireland head coach this weekend as his side host England in ...

Ireland begin their quest for an unprecedented three-peat on Saturday as the defending champions host England at the Aviva in the pick of this weekend's opening Six Nations matches. With Andy Farrell ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland flyhalf Sam Prendergast will start his first Six Nations game in Saturday's opener against England ...

BBC Sport NI profiles Simon Easterby as he prepares to lead Ireland into the 2025 Six Nations as interim head coach.

Ireland was being torn apart by sectarian hatred. This is the story of a rugby team that brought Protestants and Catholics ...

Easterby is also associated with David Attenborough, Steve Coogan, Bryan Ferry, Stephen Hawking, Sting, Mick Jagger, , Ian ...

Check out Six Nations fixtures here. Six Nations 2025 kicks off today, Friday, January 31 in France, and Ireland will be ...

Ellis Genge was in fighting mood as he laid down the challenge to Ireland ahead of their Six Nations showdown in Dublin. The England prop, a vice-captain behind new leader Maro Itoje, insisted the ...

The Six Nations starts on Friday and the annual jamboree between the top rugby nations in the northern hemisphere isn’t short ...

The northern hemisphere's showpiece annual rugby union tournament is about to get underway once more as England, France, ...