Sport Rugby

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Danny Cipriani. Photo: David Rogers/Getty Images

Cipriani fined £2,000 over bouncer incident

Danny Cipriani has been fined £2,000 and ordered to carry out 10 hours of community service by Gloucester after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a bouncer and resisting arrest during last week's pre-season tour of Jersey, but the club remain against the English Rugby Football...

Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster is demanding defensive improvements from his side ahead of the new season. Photo: Sportsfile

Leinster Rugby

'Its pretty sobering watching tries we conceded'

Three weeks ago, as the entire Leinster squad reconvened for pre-season training, any of the players who thought the coaches were about to pore over the reasons why they were crowned double champions were in for a rude awakening.

Lancaster: Carbery is not my concern any more, we have moved on

Guinness PRO14

PRO14 chiefs unconcerned with Scottish Cup final clash

Organisers insist that they are unconcerned that the Guinness PRO14 final will take place on the same day as the Scottish Cup final in Glasgow.

Guinness PRO14

Plenty of joy for Irish as Pro14 awards and Team of the Year revealed

Champions Cup and Pro14 double winners Leinster have been rewarded for their sublime season at this evening's Pro14...

Australia back-row David Pocock. Photo: Getty Images

International Rugby

Pocock confident Aussies can fix issues

New Zealand delivered a clinic of counter-attacking in Sydney on Saturday, scoring five second-half tries to blow away their hosts in this season's Rugby Championship opening encounter in their 38-13 win over Australia.

Gerbrandt Grobler. Photo: Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

Ulster Rugby

McFarland to start at Ulster as Grobler speaks out on IRFU deal

Dan McFarland will begin his job as Ulster coach this morning after the IRFU negotiated his release...

Ulster Rugby

Dan McFarland to begin role as Ulster head coach tomorrow after agreement reached with Scottish Rugby

The IRFU and Scottish Rugby have reached an...

Chris Ashton hopes to revive his England career

Rugby

Watch: Sale Sharks sweat on referee's report after Chris Ashton is sent off for fighting in pre-season fixture

Sale Sharks could be without Chris Ashton for the start of the Gallagher Premiership campaign after their new signing was sent off for fighting during Friday’s impressive pre-season victory over French champions Castres.

Rugby

All Blacks make winning start to Rugby Championship defence as Australia run out of gas in Sydney opener

A length of the field try by centre Jack Goodhue and a late double from Waisake Naholo spurred New Zealand to a 38-13 win against Australia in the first Bledisloe Cup Test, and opening match of the Rugby...

Former Munster second row Gerbrandt Grobler. Photo: Sportsfile

Munster Rugby

'If I can sum it up, it was a slow news week' - Gerbrant Grobler opens up on controversial time in Ireland

Former Munster second row Gerbrandt Grobler...

South Africa's Andre Esterhuizen takes a high ball. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Rugby

South Africa recover from slow start to overhaul the Pumas in Rugby Championship opener

Wingers Aphiwe Dyantyi and Makazole Mapimpi scored two tries each as South Africa rallied in the second half to beat Argentina 34-21 in their Rugby Championship opener on Saturday after another slow start.

The Throw-In: Limerick deliver, the beauty of forward movement and why this could just be the start

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Comment

Neil Francis: Bring on the All Blacks for a clash to get the pulse racing

I feel a huge sense of pride in Ireland's...

Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Loss of Leavy and Ringrose tips balance

Gone are the days when Ireland reserved...

Alan Quinlan: Fearless O'Mahony epitomises the strength of ground-breaking group

It was...

Neil Francis: Without Joe and Johnny we'd have none of this success

In January 49BC, Julius Caesar received...

'Its pretty sobering watching tries we conceded' Leinster Rugby

Plenty of joy for Irish as Pro14 awards and Team of the Year revealed Guinness PRO14

Stuart Lancaster. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Lancaster: Carbery is not my concern any more, we have moved on Leinster Rugby

PRO14 chiefs unconcerned with Scottish Cup final clash Guinness PRO14

McFarland to start at Ulster as Grobler speaks out on IRFU deal Ulster Rugby

A worker was forced to resign from his job under duress after he was brought out to sea in a speedboat by his boss and questioned over missing money (Stock photo)

'Unforgivable' - boss took worker out in speedboat and quizzed him over missing cash, court... Courts

WATCH: Ed Sheeran's version of Don McLean’s Vincent will blow you away Entertainment Video

The scene of the crash at Government buildings
Photo: Caroline Quinn

Woman (50s) arrested after driving car into gates of Government buildings Irish News

'I only dozed off for a minute' – Danny Healy-Rae hits back at critics after falling... Hurling

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte Picture: Sportsfile

Explainer: Tyrone's RTÉ boycott stems from 'complete lack of sensitivity'... Gaelic Football

Editor's Choice

Mark Keane won three All-Ireland U21 titles in-a-row with Limerick but never realised his potential with the senior side.

'Around Limerick, I was the biggest let-down': Meet the hurling prodigy who lost his...

Pundit Eamon Dunphy waded in where his peers usually feared to tread.

Comment: Eamon Dunphy's formidable natural intelligence revolutionised football...

11 August 2018; The Dublin team prior to the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Dublin and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ewan MacKenna: Cracks are appearing in the Dublin GAA model - and it's time to...

Six Nations

Peter O’Mahony contests a lineout with Izack Rodda. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Joe Schmidt expected to make around eight changes to his team for second Wallabies Test

After a week in Surfer's Paradise, Ireland are back in the...

1. Ireland’s narrow defence was exposed several times throughout the Six Nations and Australia clearly had done their homework on that. We can see here how Ireland get off the line together (red line) quickly but the defence is drawn to the pod of four Australian players in midfield. Dane Haylett-Petty and Marika Koroibete (blue circles) have, however, held their width and have already identified the space outside Keith Earls. Only a stunning last-ditch Jacob Stockdale tackle saves Ireland’s blushes.

Ireland's glass is half-full but improvements needed all round

It was interesting to hear Bryan Habana...

Resilient McFadden keeps on coming back for more

Perhaps age and experience may colour your view but, for all the excitement...

Jacob Stockdale scores Ireland’s third try on their way to lifting the Six Nations trophy and the Triple Crown at Twickenham. Andy Cosslett, the chairman of the Rugby Football Union, has claimed the competiton was no longer fit for purpose. Photo: PA Wire.

RFU boss calls for change in governance of Six Nations

There is mounting pressure for an overhaul of...

Joe Schmidt's alternative Ireland XV and potential 2019 Rugby World Cup squad

Ian McGeechan: Too much rugby played in England and game is getting more physical - something must give

Neil Francis: The people are embracing rugby as our new national sport - and rightly so

Ireland's winner on the left wing

Sinead Kissane: Backroom staff help to drive Irish 'one-for-all approach'

Stockdale claims top player award

Under-20s Six Nations

16 March 2018; Tommy O'Brien of Ireland celebrates scoring his side's second try during the U20 Six Nations Rugby Championship match between England and Ireland at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Under-20s Six Nations

Comment: Whether Ireland can learn the lessons of the Six Nations will define how their World Cup summer goes

The battered and bruised...

England U20 48-15 Ireland U20, Six Nations: Irish young guns come up short in final game

Ireland handed harsh lesson by classy Ibitoye

'He ended up buying me a pair of boots. I wear them all the time now on the grass pitches'

Ireland U20 make four changes ahead of England test

McNamara: O'Sullivan has been a huge bonus for U-20s

O'Brien benefiting from Paul O'Connell as he learns captaincy ropes

Under-20s Six Nations

Jack O'Sullivan (left), Angus Curtis (centre) and Michael Silvester (right).

The next generation: Five Ireland U20 stars who could make a big impact in professional rugby

Guinness PRO14

PRO14 chiefs unconcerned with Scottish Cup final clash

Organisers insist that they are unconcerned that the Guinness PRO14 final will take place on the same day as the Scottish Cup final in Glasgow.

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen. Photo: Sportsfile

Leinster face tricky start on the road

Defending champions Leinster have been handed a tricky opening schedule to...

Isa Nacewa lifts the trophy for Leinster after the Guinness PRO14 final at the Aviva Stadium Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Guinness PRO14 Conferences to remain unchanged for next season as tournament organisers release fixtures

Champions...

Sean Cronin of Leinster. Photo: Sportsfile

Cronin caps a record feat with a try, try and try again

While Leinster may have completed an historic campaign for Irish...

Isa's legacy lingers as Leinster hunger for more glory

Sexton masterclass drives Leinster to make it a double

Grand Slam champions, Leinster's double delight and a deep pool of talent that can keep good times rolling

Fitting finale to an outstanding campaign for PRO14 sides

Neil Francis: Three moments of sublime skill put Blues into a different orbit

'There's a standard here at Leinster. I'm not making that now, so it's time for me to bow out'

Other Rugby

Danny Cipriani 'truly sorry' for nightclub fight that leaves England future in doubt

Danny Cipriani says he is "truly sorry" for the scuffle that saw...

England out-half Danny Cipriani to appear in court after being arrested over alleged nightclub assault

England...

Rugby player in French second division dies after friendly game

French rugby player Louis Fajfrowski has...

Perpignan's Irish flyhalf Paddy Jackson. Photo: Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images

Cipriani fined £2,000 over bouncer incident

'Its pretty sobering watching tries we conceded'

PRO14 chiefs unconcerned with Scottish Cup final clash

Plenty of joy for Irish as Pro14 awards and Team of the Year revealed

Pocock confident Aussies can fix issues

McFarland to start at Ulster as Grobler speaks out on IRFU deal

Dan McFarland to begin role as Ulster head coach tomorrow after agreement reached with Scottish Rugby

Watch: Sale Sharks sweat on referee's report after Chris Ashton is sent off for fighting in pre-season fixture

All Blacks make winning start to Rugby Championship defence as Australia run out of gas in Sydney opener

'If I can sum it up, it was a slow news week' - Gerbrant Grobler opens up on controversial time in Ireland

South Africa recover from slow start to overhaul the Pumas in Rugby Championship opener

Comment

Neil Francis: Bring on the All Blacks for a clash to get the pulse racing

Rúaidhrí O'Connor: Loss of Leavy and Ringrose tips balance

Alan Quinlan: Fearless O'Mahony epitomises the strength of ground-breaking group

Neil Francis: Without Joe and Johnny we'd have none of this success

Sport Newsletter

'Its pretty sobering watching tries we conceded' Leinster Rugby

Plenty of joy for Irish as Pro14 awards and Team of the Year revealed Guinness PRO14

Lancaster: Carbery is not my concern any more, we have moved on​ Leinster Rugby

PRO14 chiefs unconcerned with Scottish Cup final clash Guinness PRO14

McFarland to start at Ulster as Grobler speaks out on IRFU deal Ulster Rugby

'Unforgivable' - boss took worker out in speedboat and quizzed him over missing cash, court... Courts

WATCH: Ed Sheeran's version of Don McLean’s Vincent will blow you away Entertainment Video

Woman (50s) arrested after driving car into gates of Government buildings Irish News

'I only dozed off for a minute' – Danny Healy-Rae hits back at critics after falling... Hurling

Explainer: Tyrone's RTÉ boycott stems from 'complete lack of sensitivity'... Gaelic Football

Editor's Choice

'Around Limerick, I was the biggest let-down': Meet the hurling prodigy who lost his...

Comment: Eamon Dunphy's formidable natural intelligence revolutionised football...

Ewan MacKenna: Cracks are appearing in the Dublin GAA model - and it's time to...

Six Nations

Joe Schmidt expected to make around eight changes to his team for second Wallabies Test

Ireland's glass is half-full but improvements needed all round

Resilient McFadden keeps on coming back for more

RFU boss calls for change in governance of Six Nations

Joe Schmidt's alternative Ireland XV and potential 2019 Rugby World Cup squad

Ian McGeechan: Too much rugby played in England and game is getting more physical - something must give

Neil Francis: The people are embracing rugby as our new national sport - and rightly so

Ireland's winner on the left wing

Sinead Kissane: Backroom staff help to drive Irish 'one-for-all approach'

Stockdale claims top player award

Under-20s Six Nations

Comment: Whether Ireland can learn the lessons of the Six Nations will define how their World Cup summer goes

England U20 48-15 Ireland U20, Six Nations: Irish young guns come up short in final game

Ireland handed harsh lesson by classy Ibitoye

'He ended up buying me a pair of boots. I wear them all the time now on the grass pitches'

Ireland U20 make four changes ahead of England test

McNamara: O'Sullivan has been a huge bonus for U-20s

O'Brien benefiting from Paul O'Connell as he learns captaincy ropes

The next generation: Five Ireland U20 stars who could make a big impact in professional rugby

Guinness PRO14

PRO14 chiefs unconcerned with Scottish Cup final clash

Leinster face tricky start on the road

Guinness PRO14 Conferences to remain unchanged for next season as tournament organisers release fixtures

Cronin caps a record feat with a try, try and try again

Isa's legacy lingers as Leinster hunger for more glory

Sexton masterclass drives Leinster to make it a double

Grand Slam champions, Leinster's double delight and a deep pool of talent that can keep good times rolling

Fitting finale to an outstanding campaign for PRO14 sides

Neil Francis: Three moments of sublime skill put Blues into a different orbit

'There's a standard here at Leinster. I'm not making that now, so it's time for me to bow out'

Other Rugby

Danny Cipriani 'truly sorry' for nightclub fight that leaves England future in doubt

England out-half Danny Cipriani to appear in court after being arrested over alleged nightclub assault

Rugby player in French second division dies after friendly game

Paddy Jackson set for first rugby match since June 2017 as he prepares for Thursday debut with Perpignan

Champions Lansdowne open title defence against Clontarf as All-Ireland League fixtures are confirmed

David Nucifora refuses to rule out Irish rugby signing another player with a doping conviction despite Grobler backlash

Paddy Jackson takes part in first Perpignan training session as former Ulster out-half resumes rugby career

Ronan O'Gara agrees contract extension to stay with Crusaders for 2019 season

La Rochelle confirm former Ulster head coach Jono Gibbes will become Director of Rugby on four-season deal

Ex-Munster scrum-half set to join Stade Francais as attack coach

International Rugby

Cipriani fined £2,000 over bouncer incident

England rugby star Danny Cipriani fined after pleading guilty to charges of common assault and resiting...

Ronan O'Gara's great week gets better as Ireland legend is inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame

Comment: Captaining Leinster next season could prove the stepping stone for Johnny Sexton to lead Ireland

McDermott's aiming to get Russia ready for World Cup campaign

Townsend to remain as Scotland boss after agreeing deal until 2021

Lancaster: Carbery is not my concern any more, we have moved on Leinster Rugby