Ireland

An all-Ireland bid to stage the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be unveiled today.

Flanker Chris Henry has undergone a procedure to repair a defect in his heart wall, the Irish Rugby Football Union has announced.

Regardless of results to come this weekend, there can be no doubt that Ireland have ‘won’ the autumn amongst the northern hemisphere nations.

There is plenty of rugby union for fans around the world to debate this coming weekend. Talking Rugby Union have shared several articles this week, centred on Stuart Lancaster and his England team.

Chris Henry suffered "a temporary blockage of a small blood vessel in his brain" on the morning of Ireland's clash with the Springboks, team bosses have confirmed.

Dave Foley and Dominic Ryan will make their Test debuts against Georgia on Sunday in an Ireland team showing 13 changes from last weekend's victory over South Africa.

The November Internationals Round 2 saw some great test match rugby union, depending on who you support.

In stark contrast to Round 1, there are ten games in the November Internationals 2014 Round 2 and if you get through this round with a 100 per cent record then as Fitzy used to say, "full credit".

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.