Neil Treacy

RTÉ Sport Journalist

9 July 2025; Garry Ringrose of British & Irish Lions during the tour match between ACT Brumbies and the British & Irish Lions at GIO Stadium in Canberra, Australia. Photo by Steve Christo/Sportsfile

Ringrose ruled out of first Lions Test with concussion

Garry Ringrose has been ruled out of the opening British and Irish Lions Test with Australia, after suffering a concussion in Wednesday's win against the Brumbies in Canberra.

Rugby • 12 Jul

tadhg beirne of British & Irish Lions is tackled during the tour match between AUNZ XI and British & Irish Lions at Adelaide Oval

AUNZ XV 0-48 British and Irish Lions - recap

Follow our minute by minute coverage as the British and Irish Lions take on an Australia and New Zealand invitational side in their final warm-up game before the Test series v the Wallabies.

Rugby • 12 Jul

11 July 2025; Hugo Keenan in action against Jamison Gibson-Park during a British & Irish Lions captain's run at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Test hopefuls target big showing against AUNZ XV

It was always expected that Andy Farrell's line-up to face the Brumbies earlier this week would be his trial-run at the Test squad. If someone is to change Farrell's thinking this weekend, it will take something pretty special.

Rugby • 11 Jul

11 July 2025; Craig Casey during an Ireland rugby captain's run at Estádio Nacional do Jamor in Lisbon, Portugal. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Casey wants Irish debutants to 'make a real statement'

Barring any more British and Irish Lions call-ups – and you couldn't rule that out – the 2024/25 season comes to a conclusion for the 32 players on Ireland's summer tour in Lisbon this evening.

Rugby • 12 Jul

10 July 2025; Interim head coach Paul O'Connell speaks to the press during an Ireland rugby media conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

'I like what I see' - O'Connell impressed by Portugal

While Saturday in Lisbon will be the first Test meeting of Ireland and Portugal, the two sides are already well-versed with each other.

Rugby • 10 Jul

5 July 2025; Jack Crowley of Ireland during the International Rugby Test match between Georgia and Ireland at at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Updated Crowley starts as Ireland change six for Portugal

Ireland interim head coach Paul O'Connell has made six changes to his side for Saturday's second tour match against Portugal in Lisbon, with Jack Crowley starting at out-half and three debutants in the first XV.

Rugby • 10 Jul

British and Irish Lions' head coach Andy Farrell (C) watches players warm up ahead of the rugby match between the British and Irish Lions and the ACT Brumbies in Canberra on July 9, 2025. (Pho

'We kept them in the game' - Farrell wants improvements

It's four wins from four for the British and Irish Lions on Australian soil, but even head coach Andy Farrell is under no illusion about the step up required for the Test series next week.

Rugby • 09 Jul

9 July 2025; Josh van der Flier of British & Irish Lions, hidden, scores his side's fifth try during the tour match between ACT Brumbies and the British & Irish Lions at GIO Stadium in Canberra, Australia. Photo by Steve Christo/Sportsfile

Lions see off Brumbies despite patchy performance

The British and Irish Lions failed to deliver the statement performance expected from their Test team in waiting as they laboured to a patchy 36-24 victory over the ACT Brumbies in Canberra.

Rugby • 09 Jul