The 33-year-old Connacht tighthead prop is set to earn his 43rd Ireland cap as he bids to beat the All Blacks for the fifth ...

Hooker Ronan Kelleher has been passed fit to face New Zealand in Ireland’s Autumn international opener in Dublin on Friday, but prop Tadhg Furlong will miss the clash with injury as coach Andy Farrell ...

The scene has been set for what many see as the rugby planet's most interesting modern international rivalry - certainly the northern/southern hemisphere's biggest.

Andy Farrell is banking on a febrile atmosphere at Aviva Stadium tomorrow night when Ireland face down the All Blacks for the ...

Scott Robertson has explained Ethan de Groot's absence in the All Blacks squad to tackle Ireland as Tadhg Furlong's absence ...

Ireland launch their Autumn Nations Series fixtures with Friday evening’s mouthwatering clash against New Zealand.The All Blacks, who knocked Andy Farrell’s men out of last year’s […] ...

RÚAIDHRÍ O’CONNOR Ireland 25 New Zealand 24 There’s been little to choose between the top sides in recent seasons. Tadhg Furlong’s injury makes Ireland a little more vulnerable and New Zealand have a ...

If you go back and watch the clip of Robbie Henshaw’s late, match-clinching try against the All Blacks at Soldier Field, you’ll spot a fresh-faced Finlay Bealham packing down at tighthead at the ...

You can’t pull a rabbit out of a hat and throw people in if they’re not ready,” he said. “It’s a big Test match. You like to coordinate on what’s in front of you and what you’ve got. We are not South ...

Ireland and New Zealand games have become about the small margins as the rivalry has built and built over the last eight ...

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Are players and coaches lying, or at any rate telling fibs, when denying that revenge is ever a factor? The All Blacks did so in the week before the World Cup quarter-final, albeit their sense of ...