Ireland

Ulster centre Jared Payne leads a cast of five uncapped recruits to Ireland's 37-man autumn Test series squad.

Les Kiss will leave the Ireland set-up after Rugby World Cup 2015 to become Ulster's full-time director of rugby.

Fergus McFadden is a major doubt for Ireland's autumn Test series after being ruled out of action for six weeks with an ankle injury.

Sean O'Brien will miss Ireland's autumn Tests and is a major doubt for the RBS 6 Nations after being ruled out of action for six months.

Fly-half Jonny Sexton faces a race against time to be fit for Ireland’s autumn international Test series after breaking his jaw in action with his French club Racing Metro.

Johnny Sexton is expected to complete a four-year deal to return from France to former club Leinster at the end of the coming season.

Simon Easterby has been confirmed as Ireland's new forwards coach.

Rugby royalty Brian O’Driscoll has announced one of the next steps in his career will be working as a rugby presenter for BT Sport. Brian has agreed to carry out various roles for BT Sport, acting as a rugby expert and a BT Sport ambassador.

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt wants to try out as many players as possible in Argentina and has therefore made seven changes for Saturday's second Test match against the Pumas.

Second-half tries from Jonny Sexton and Andrew Trimble helped Ireland to a first Test victory in Argentina on Saturday night.

Capped an incredible 98 times for Ireland, Peter Stringer at 36-years-old is still performing within the top flight of English rugby, alongside one of its newest stars – George Ford.

Inspirational Ireland and Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris has been forced to retire at the unfortunate age of just 28 with a persistent ankle problem.

Paddy Jackson will miss Ireland's summer tour to Argentina due to a stress fracture in his lower back.

Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has dropped Leinster's Rabo Pro12 semi-final saviour Ian Madigan ahead of Ireland's tour to Argentina and he rests a number of first team players.

Leinster and Irish centre Brian O'Driscoll relived his early days at the Province earlier today as his retirement draws near. The RDS may regularly draw large crowds to games including those against lower sides such as Treviso, but its a far cry from the humble crowds of O'Driscolls first season at Leinster.

Ulster's Andrew Trimble insists that while the Province are up against it in Saturday's Heineken Cup quarter-final with Saracens, his side are capable of defeating the English giants at Ravenhill.

Champions Ireland and runners up England predictably dominated the nominations for the 2014 6 Nations Player of the Championship award.

The pinnacle of the RBS 6 Nations finished in traditional style this weekend with the mouth-watering prospect of a ‘Super Saturday’ – six teams, three games, three potential winners…

Ian Madigan has "no experience at the level" of Ireland's RBS 6 Nations title decider against France at fly-half but can still handle the pressure, according to Joe Schmidt.

England have named an un-changed starting line-up for their final 2014 6 Nations encounter against Italy in Rome, with Manu Tuilagi coming onto the bench.