Ireland

Ankle injury sidelines Ireland's Joey Carbery for 'indefinite period'

Munster head coach Johann van Graan has confirmed that Ireland fly-half Joey Carbery will be ruled out for indefinite period after failing to make sufficient recovery from an ankle surgery.
19 August 2020

Exclusive: Robin Copeland on why the Championship was vital to his career

As he prepares for his latest challenge, this time in Pro D2, former Ireland forward Robin Copeland speaks to TRU's Joe Harvey.
10 August 2020

Fixtures for postponed Six Nations matches confirmed

The fixtures for the postponed games of the 2020 Six Nations tournament has been unveiled with the matches set to take place at end of October.
5 August 2020

First round of Irish Sevens' Covid-19 testing returns zero positive result

The Irish Rugby is set to heading towards resumption after the men’s and women’s Irish Sevens squads produced zero positive result after the latest round of Covid-19 testing.
2 August 2020

Postponed Six Nations games to be played in October

World Rugby has confirmed that the postponed games of this year's Men's and Women's Six Nations competitions will be conducted in October.
30 July 2020

Ireland's Six Nations game against France set for 31st October

French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte has revealed that the postponed Six Nations game between France and Ireland is likely to be played on 31st October.
22 July 2020

Daniel Tuohy on recovering from injury and the modern game

In February, Daniel Tuohy made headlines by describing rugby as ‘rotten to its core’. Now, just over five months on from that statement, Tuohy spoke to TRU's Joe Harvey about his feelings towards the game.
21 July 2020

IRFU reveal zero positive results after latest testing for Covid-19

The Irish Rugby Football Union has confirmed that the second round of PCR testing that involved players from Connacht and Ulster have returned zero positive results.
21 July 2020

IRFU complete first phase of Covid-19 testing with no positive results

The Irish Rugby Football Union has confirmed that there have been no positive results in the first phase of coronavirus testing conducted for Leinster and Munster.
22 June 2020

Irish government to allow sports to resume from 29th June

The Irish government has allowed all sports to resume in the country from 29th June as the coronavirus restrictions are being eased.
20 June 2020

TRU Six Pack, Isolation Edition - Will Addison, Ulster/Ireland

Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is Ulster and Ireland back Will Addison.
10 June 2020

Jacob Stockdale received death threats following Ireland's World Cup defeat to New Zealand

Ireland international Jacob Stockdale revealed that he received abuses and death threats on his social media account following his side's defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup in Japan last year.
4 June 2020

Irish Rugby issues roadmap to clubs on resumption of game

Irish Rugby has unveiled the return to rugby guidelines for the clubs as they are looking for a safe resumption of the game following the pandemic coronavirus.
1 June 2020

Will Addison: A sports team can be the heartbeat of the city and in Belfast, that is Ulster

The Ulster centre chats to TRU about his new contract with the Pro14 club and why he would love to see the safe return of rugby in Ireland.
25 May 2020

Ireland international Fergus McFadden to retire at end of season

Ireland international Fergus McFadden has confirmed that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the ongoing season.
4 May 2020

Lauren Delany: I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Waterloo

Following the announcement that Firwood Waterloo have lost their place in the Tyrrells Premier 15s, Joe Harvey caught up with full-back and Ireland international Lauren Delany.
23 April 2020

Six Nations considering second tournament in autumn - Report

The Six Nations unions are considering a second tournament to be played in the autumn as a contingency plan following the pandemic coronavirus.
23 April 2020

TRU Six Pack, Isolation Edition - Harry McNulty, Ireland 7s

Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is Ireland Sevens' player Harry McNulty.
22 April 2020

IRFU declares end of Ireland's domestic season

The Ireland Rugby Football Union has confirmed that the domestic season of 2019/20 will conclude with immediate effect due to the coronavirus pandemic.
20 March 2020

Dan Kelly - Flying the flag for Ireland and Loughborough

With the Six Nations having prematurely ended for Ireland this season, Ireland U20s centre Dan Kelly spoke to Talking Rugby Union about fitting in with the Ireland squad and playing for Loughborough University.
12 March 2020