He is the most hyped rugby player in the world currently and he’s 28 so he’s also not exactly a new kid on the block. And yet ...

Joe McCarthy knows the smell of victory against La Rochelle. And the taste of it too. “It’s a cool set-up,” the marauding lock says, recalling Leinster’s sacking of the Stade Marcel-Deflandre 13 ...

Edge. Bite. Slog. These are the words McCarthy produces when looking ahead to the weekend. There’s no menace in the delivery.

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Of Ireland’s four rugby provinces, the three in this year’s Investec Champions Cup share seven titles between them.

"It is almost like Munster, similar to that, it is a proper rivalry, usually it’s a bit niggly the games we play, getting hit ...

JOE McCARTHY reckons the La Rochelle rivalry is up there with Munster. Leinster visit France on Sunday for the sixth meeting in the past five seasons in the Ronan O’Gara coached La Rochelle.  The ...

“A lot of chirping,” chuckles the Dubliner. “It’s good. It’s kinda funny to hear it. It brings a bit more into the game ...

It's another action packed weekend of sport of TV with the Champions and Challenge Cup back with all four provinces in action ...

RONAN O’Gara and La Rochelle have been dealt a second blow ahead of their Champions Cup clash against Leinster. The French outfit will be without Tolu Latu for their fixture against Leo ...

All things considered, it would have been naive to think Mack Hansen would escape without a suspension for his comments on ...

An Independent Disciplinary Panel's decision to hand Connacht and Ireland winger Mack Hansen a three-week ban has received ...