Ireland

Ireland international Peter O'Mahony is set to return for the much awaited autumn internationals after recovering from a long-standing knee injury.

The first four weeks of The Rugby Championship have been bitter pills for Australian, South African and Argentinean rugby fans to swallow.

CJ Stander has expressed his determination to gun down a spot in coach Warren Gatland's squad for the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in 2017.

After Wales chief Warren Gatland has been announced as the head coach for the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand in June 2017, we take a look on the probable selection of the team lineup.

Ireland prop Marty Moore is hopeful that his stint with the English Premiership club Wasps will benefit him in regaining his place in the national squad.

The next time a northern hemisphere team journeys south of the equator, it will be the British and Irish Lions heading off to New Zealand next summer.

A re-cap of all the scores and re-live the very best action from a busy June test window. Including great matches like New Zealand v Wales, Australia v England, South Africa v Ireland, Argentina v France and Japan v Scotland!

World U20 Championships runner-up Niall Saunders speaks exclusively to TRU about Ireland's recent campaign, his decision to pull on the famous green jersey and following in his father's footsteps.

Leinster Rugby on Tuesday confirmed Luke Fitzgerald's decision to retire from professional rugby with immediate effect.

South Africa fullback Willie le Roux has been suspended for a week after pleading guilty for aerial hit on Irish number 15, Tiernan O'Halloran during the third Test at Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

England were crowned deserving champions of the 2016 World Rugby U20s with an emphatic 45-21 victory over Ireland at the AJ Bell Stadium, writes Lewis Hughes.

Springboks managed to hold on Ireland's persistent challenge to secure a 2-1 series victory after 19-13 win in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

South Africa coach Allister Coetzee wants the reserve players to come out and absorb the intensity in the third and final Test against Ireland in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

After both recording disappointing U20 Six Nations performances earlier this year, England and Ireland will meet in the final of this year’s World Rugby U20 Championship.

Ireland scrum-half Eoin Reddan has announced his decision to retire from professional rugby following the third and final deciding Test against South Africa on Saturday, putting an end to a stellar 10-year international career.

Allister Coetzee has called-up Sharks prop Coenie Oosthuizen in the South African squad for the third and final Test against Ireland in Port Elizabeth.

South Africa prop Trevor Nyakane will miss his team's decisive third and final Test against Ireland on Saturday at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

England and Ireland set up a tantalising U20s title-decider with dominant wins over South Africa and Argentina respectively on Monday, writes Lewis Hughes reporting from the Manchester City Academy Stadium.

Ireland will head into the series-deciding third Test against the Springboks in Port Elizabeth on Saturday without Robbie Henshaw as the centre has returned home to take medical advice for surgery on knee cartilage.

South Africa fly-half Pat Lambie has been ruled out of the third Test against Ireland in Port Elizabeth after failing to sufficiently recover from the concussion he suffered in the opening game of the series in Cape Town.