Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Leicester's Jasper Wiese after being dismissed by referee Craig Maxwell-Keys

Three red cards as 13-man Leicester get better of Wasps

Leicester recorded a convincing 27-8 victory over Wasps at Welford Road in a Gallagher Premiership match that had three red cards.

Rugby • 20 Feb 21

Alfie Barbeary touches down for his first try

Wasps triumph after red takes sting out of Montpellier

Wasps took advantage of a seventh-minute red card for Montpellier's Henry Immelman to record the second bonus-point win of their Heineken Champions Cup campaign with a 33-14 victory.

Rugby • 18 Dec 20

Champions Cup wrap: Wasps join Leinster atop Pool 1

Wasps finished their first outing in this year's Heineken Champions Cup in style as late tries secured them a 24-8 bonus point win at Welsh region Dragons.

Rugby • 12 Dec 20

It was Exeter's fifth successive appearance in the English club final

Exeter complete double with win over Wasps

Exeter Chiefs completed a momentous double when they beat Wasps 19-13 in a rain-lashed arm-wrestle of a Premiership final in a near-empty Twickenham.

Rugby • 24 Oct 20

Wasps players gather after their victory during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby first semi-final match

Wasps cleared to play in Premiership final

Wasps have been given the all-clear to take their place in Saturday's Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter.

Rugby • 21 Oct 20

Pat Lam: "We absolutely believe that Wasps and Exeter should be contesting this final."

Bristol ready to play final if Wasps can't - Pat Lam

Bristol Bears Director of Rugby Pat Lam has said they are ready to step in and play in the Premiership final if Wasps are unable to do so due to an outbreak of Covid-19.

Rugby • 20 Oct 20

Kyle Sinckler's Bristol Bears could be placed in the Gallagher Premiership final

Covid outbreak could see Bristol replace Wasps in final

Bristol will be propelled into the Gallagher Premiership final against Exeter if Wasps fall to the outbreak of coronavirus that has placed their participation at Twickenham in doubt.

Soccer • 16 Oct 20

Young steps down as Wasps coach for 'interim period'

Wasps rugby director Dai Young is stepping back from first-team duties "for an interim period" at the English Premiership club.

Rugby • 11 Feb 20

Elliot Daly (R) in action against Ireland at the Aviva Stardom on Ssyurda

Elliot Daly agrees deal to join Saracens in summer

England international Elliot Daly will join Saracens in the summer, the Gallagher Premiership club have announced.

Rugby • 05 Feb 19

Brad Shields appears to be ready to take his place in the England squad

Launchbury and Shields set to be fit for Ireland clash

Forwards Brad Shields and Joe Launchbury should be fine to play for England despite being hampered by injuries, Wasps' director of rugby Dai Young.

Rugby • 21 Jan 19

Leinster were too good for Wasps at the Ricoh Arena

Dai Young: Leinster are going to take some beating

Dai Young says a "fantastic" Leinster team remain the ones to beat in Europe and believes it will take something special to stop them retaining the Heineken Champions Cup.

Rugby • 21 Jan 19

Leo Cullen: "It's a long way away but we'll try and make a plan as well as we possibly can."

We haven't seen the real Ulster yet - Leo Cullen

Leinster have yet to face the real Ulster, according to head coach Leo Cullen, and will be cooking up a plan over the next two months to take down their provincial rivals in the Heineken Champions Cup.

Rugby • 20 Jan 19

Leinster celebrate Sean Cronin's first half try against Wasps

Recap: Wasps 19-37 Leinster

Holders Leinster march into the last eight, securing a home quarter-final against Ulster in the process. Here is how they managed the win at the Ricoh Arena.

Rugby • 20 Jan 19

Cullen backs O'Brien to play major role against Wasps

O'Brien broke his arm in Ireland's win over Argentina last November and he hasn't played since.

Rugby • 18 Jan 19

Malakai Fekitoa in action against Ireland in 2016

Fekitoa buzzing to join Wasps next season

Wasps have signed New Zealand World Cup-winning centre Malakai Fekitoa.

Rugby • 16 Jan 19

Leinster are looking for a win that will secure them a home quarter-final

Leinster coach emphasises importance of home quarter

Leinster scrum coach John Fogarty has stressed the importance of claiming a Heineken Champions Cup pool victory over Wasps on Sunday and with it, a home game in the quarter-finals.

Rugby • 16 Jan 19

Luke McGrath will be sidelined for up to two months

Luke McGrath set to miss the Six Nations

Ireland's Luke McGrath looks set to miss the entirety of the Six Nations after he was ruled out of action for up to eight weeks with a knee ligament injury.

Rugby • 15 Jan 19

Joe Tomane was a second-half replacement in the win over Wasps

Tomane replaces injured Kearney for Toulouse assignment

Joe Tomane will make his first European start for Leinster as head coach Leo Cullen makes just one change for Sunday's Heineken Champions Cup clash with Toulouse (kick-off 4.15pm).

Rugby • 20 Oct 18

England international quits Wasps for crack at NFL

He isn't the first rugby player from Britain to follow this path, though history suggests he faces a difficult task breaking into an NFL team.

Rugby • 19 Oct 18

England forward banned for punching and tweeting

The number eight should have left his phone at home during the disciplinary hearing.

Rugby • 18 Oct 18

Jordan Larmour: "We don't want to get complacent."

Larmour: Fiery training & huge hunger is what drives us

Jordan Larmour says Leinster's refusal to let the standards slip in any way keeps their fiercely competitive squad hungry.

Rugby • 16 Oct 18

It was a good night for Leinster, but they still want more

Leinster frustrated by 'clunky and slow' lineout

Leinster may have swatted Wasps aside in their Champions Cup pool opener, but the sky-high standards of the reigning European and Pro14 champions means that the flaws from that stunning win have been critically analysed, according to scrum coach John Fogarty.

Rugby • 15 Oct 18

James Lowe earned the Man of the Match award for his performance against Wasps in the Champions Cup opener

Sexton: It's a pity we can't play with Lowe every week

Johnny Sexton expressed the hope that Leinster could "wrap up" James Lowe for another five or six years following another scintillating display in the 52-3 hammering of Wasps in the RDS.

Rugby • 12 Oct 18

Jack McGrath scores Leinster's eighth and final try in the demolition of Wasps at the RDS

Exuberant Leinster tear Wasps to ribbons

Leinster gave a bravura display of champagne rugby to rip sorry Wasps to shreds in the Heineken Champions Cup opener in the RDS this evening.

Rugby • 12 Oct 18

James Lowe blitzes the Wasps defence to score Leinster's fifth try of the night

Recap: Leinster 52-3 Wasps

Defending champions Leinster run in eight tries to make a swash-buckling start to their Heineken Champions Cup camapign and inflict a record European defat for Wasps

Rugby • 12 Oct 18