1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (716+ words) SOUTH AFRICA THRASHED New Zealand to complete a 3-1 victory in the fourth and final match of the Southern Hemisphere rivals’ Test series in Baltimore on Saturday. The Springboks, who led the series 2-1 after the opening three Tests in South Africa,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1168+ words) IT WAS THE news all Connacht fans wanted to see. The pre-season games were here, and Mack Hansen was back on the teamsheet. After missing most of the 2025/26 campaign for club and country following surgery on a troublesome foot injury,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (914+ words) FIONA TUITE-O’SULLIVAN WINCES as she recalls the painful mistake she made for her first training session with Ulster. Heading north and keen to impress in a new environment, the former Dublin footballer thought little of throwing on her Dublin GAA…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (513+ words) IAN MADIGAN IS confident that Tom Wood is ready to grasp the opportunities that will come his way with Munster’s first-choice out-half Jack Crowley ruled out until January at the earliest due to a lower-limb vascular injury. With new signing…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (304+ words) DAMIAN WILLEMSE WILL replace the injured Cheslin Kolbe at full-back in two changes named by South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus for this weekend’s series decider against New Zealand in Baltimore. Fleet-footed Kolbe broke his jaw in Saturday’s 29-24 win in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) NEW ZEALAND CENTRE Quinn Tupaea and loose forward Luke Jacobson have been ruled out of the final Test against South Africa on Saturday with injuries, an official said. Tupaea injured a knee and Jacobson an elbow tendon during a 29-24 third…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (532+ words) SOUTH AFRICA PRODUCED a brilliant second-half display to earn a Test victory over New Zealand in Johannesburg on Saturday, and a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. Deadlocked 12-12 at half-time, the Springboks powered to a 12-point advantage in the second half…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (227+ words) AFTER WEEKS OF controversy, the Sydney Swans opened their AFL finals series by defeating Conor McKenna’s Brisbane Lions by 53 points to reach the last four. With five players suspended by the club for the remainder of the season following an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (734+ words) JOSH VAN DER Flier says Leinster are determined to send Leo Cullen out on a high as the province gear up for their final season under the long-serving head coach. Cullen is set to step down at the end of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (248+ words) VETERAN FLY-HALF JAMES O’Connor said on Wednesday he was returning to Super Rugby’s Western Force, with the 36-year-old aiming to be part of the Australia squad for next year’s World Cup on home soil. O’Connor signed a one-year contract with…...