Marcus Smith has defied expectations by winning a place on the bench for the British and Irish Lions’ first Test against Australia, but Owen Farrell and Henry Pollock miss out on selection. Tom Curry ...

The full 23 man squad to take on the Wallabies in Brisbane contains 11 Irish, nine English three Scottish and no Welsh ...

The selection of Russell, Tuipulotu and Jones puts the creative onus on the Scots and it is the first time since 1993 one country has provided the 10/12/13 axis in a Lions Test. On that occasion it ...

Maro Itoje captains the side, and is joined in the second row by Joe McCarthy, with Tadhg Beirne named at at blindside.

Jack van Poortvliet returns at scrum-half, with Sale duo Bevan Rodd and Asher Opoku-Fordjour packing down in the front row ...

Every four years, a British and Irish Lions tour is still seen by many as the peak of professional rugby, with the finest ...

Ireland will hand first caps to winger Shayne Bolton, flanker Alex Kendellen and centre Hugh Gavin as a much depleted side take on Portugal in their test in Lisbon on Saturday.

The second starting debutant sees Connacht’s Darragh Murray form a second-row partnership alongside Cormac Izuchukwu.

Tommy O’Brien and Darragh Murray will make their Ireland debuts in Saturday evening’s opening summer tour game against Georgia in Tbilisi (kick-off 6pm Irish time, live on Virgin Media).

Six Mayo players have been named in the extended Connacht Rugby squad. They will form part of a 56-player panel for the upcoming IRFU Women’s Interprovincial Championship. As Connacht Rugby explain, ...

In the Challenge Cup, Connacht will come up against the likes of Racing 92 and Ospreys in Pool 1, with Zebre, Montpellier and Benetton rounding out the group ...