Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Coombes on the double as Munster keep Northampton out

Two first-half tries from Gavin Coombes laid the foundation for Munster to get their first win in this season's Heineken Champions Cup after an 11-point win over Northampton Saints at Franklin's Gardens.

Rugby • 18 Dec 22

Referee Karl dickson sin-binned Gibson-Park for the tackle on Friday.

Gibson-Park may miss Connacht clash after being cited

Jamison Gibson-Park will this evening go before an EPCR disciplinary committee after the Leinster scrum-half was cited for his tackle on his Connacht counterpart Kieran Marmion on Friday night.

Rugby • 12 Apr 22

Beirne, Kilcoyne and Coombes ruled out of Exeter tie

Ireland internationals Tadhg Beirne, Dave Kilcoyne and Gavin Coombes have all been ruled out of Munster's Heineken Champions Cup clash away to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.

Rugby • 04 Apr 22

The incident happened earlier this month happened against Leinster

Muir's appeal against four-week ban rejected

Bath wing Will Muir has had his appeal against a four-week ban rejected.

Rugby • 23 Dec 21

Jordan Larmour grounds the ball for Leinster's third try despite the tackle of Joe Simmonds

Superb Leinster come strong to down defending champions

Leinster delivered a bravura display, overcoming a poor start to topple defending champions Exeter Chiefs in a titanic quarter-final at Sandy Park.

Rugby • 10 Apr 21

Kevin Gourdon crashes through the tackle

La Rochelle dominate Sale to cruise into European semis

Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle have reached the Champions Cup semi-finals thanks to a 45-21 win over Sale at Stade Marcel Deflandre.

Rugby • 10 Apr 21

Henry Slade is hoping Exeter Chiefs can get their first European win over Leinster at the fifth time of asking this weekend

Slade hoping to learn from previous Irish lessons

Henry Slade is hoping lessons will be learnt from England's recent Six Nations defeat as Champions Cup holders Exter host Leinster in a European quarter-final this weekend.

European Champions Cup • 10 Apr 21

Bernard Lemaitre (right) is seething art EPCR

Toulon 'treated like a Kleenex' - club president

Toulon president Bernard Lemaitre has launched a scathing attack on the European Professional Club Rugby and threatened to boycott the Champions Cup after a positive Covid-19 test saw Leinster handed a walkover victory against his side.

Rugby • 03 Apr 21

Ronan O'Gara watched his side defeat Gloucester at Kingsholm on Friday night

O'Gara lauds Kiwi influence for European victory

Ronan O'Gara believes that his southern hemisphere coaching experience has proved influential as he guided La Rochelle into the European Cup quarter-finals.

Rugby • 03 Apr 21

EPCR deny that cup competitions are under threat

A statement from European Professional Club Rugby has hit out at media reports reports regarding a proposal for an annual Club World Cup.

Rugby • 06 Apr 20

Julien Marchand scored Toulouse's second try just before half-time

Toulouse extinguish Connacht's European hopes

Connacht's chances of reaching the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals are over after Toulouse overpower Andy Friend's side at the Sportsground

Rugby • 11 Jan 20

Reidy: "We had a pretty harsh video review and we've got to improve on a lot of things. We have to front up over there"

Sean Reidy sure there is more to come from Ulster

Ulster flanker Sean Reidy still thinks there is room for improvement ahead of the European Champions Cup clash against Harlequins despite winning their first three matches in the tournament.

Rugby • 12 Dec 19

Stuart Lancaster and Jordan Larmour at Leinster training

Larmour: Northampton will be our biggest test yet

After surviving a bit of a scare against Lyon, Jordan Larmour is expecting another tough encounter when Leinster travel to face Northampton Saints in Round 3 of the European Champions Cup on Saturday.

Rugby • 03 Dec 19

Munster got their campaign off to a solid start in Exeter

Donal Lenihan's European verdicts

See who RTÉ's expert rugby analyst is going for in this weekend's European games involving the four Irish teams.

Rugby • 19 Oct 18

Cullen sits and smiles beside the silverware

Cullen: Winning Europe again was our obsession

The obsession is finally fulfilled as Leinster add a fourth star to their jerseys.

Rugby • 12 May 18

Leavy and Lancaster at Leinster training

Leavy: Lancaster has revolutionised Leinster

The Ireland flanker has nothing but praise for the province's dual coaching ticket.

Rugby • 10 May 18

Carter: O'Gara helped Racing reach European final

One out-half legend to another, the former All Black praises the Munster great.

Rugby • 08 May 18

"We know it is going to be a massive task. Leinster are the form horse"

Scarlets boss admits his side face a 'massive task'

Wayne Pivac believes the Scarlets will need to overcome European rugby's "form horse" on Saturday when they target a place in the Champions Cup final.

Rugby • 17 Apr 18

Cian Healy: 'You don't want to be looking for an easy route.'

'Do or die... it's the most fun type of rugby to play'

Cian Healy is coming off the back of a Grand Slam-winning spring. But now he wants more - and he's hungry for the battle.

Rugby • 30 Mar 18

Vunipola missed the entire Six Naitons campaign for England

Arm injury could keep Vunipola out of Leinster clash

Vunipola is facing a race against time to be fit for Saracens to face Leinster in the Europe.

Rugby • 21 Mar 18

Scott Fardy scored two of Leinster's eight tries as a poor Glasgow were put to the sword

More highs than Lowes as Leinster secure home quarter

Leinster vindicated their favourites tag with a dazzling attacking display against a weakened Glasgow, but head coach Leo Cullen will have questions about defence.

Rugby • 14 Jan 18

Peterson: RDS win would help Glasgow's Pro14 hopes

Glasgow may be out of the race for the last eight of the Champions Cup but Greg Peterson believes they can strike a blow for their Guinness PRO14 ambitions with victory over Leinster this weekend.

Rugby • 12 Jan 18

Munster's Jean Kleyn find a gap in the Connacht defence

Munster head coach happy ahead of European assignments

Johann van Graan was delighted to see his Munster side get their first inter-provincial win of the season under their belts ahead of a massive European weekend.

Rugby • 07 Jan 18

Healy is shown a yellow card against the Chiefs

Three-week ban means Healy to miss festive derbies

Leinster prop Cian Healy has been banned for three weeks following a dangerous tackle during Saturday's European Champions Cup win over Exeter Chiefs.

Rugby • 21 Dec 17

Six tries for Ulster as they secure vital win

Ulster stayed in the race for European Champions Cup qualification by delivering a six-try thumping of Harlequins.

Rugby • 15 Dec 17