Being a professional coach is a stressful vocation at the best of times. There’s the pressure of being on top of every little ...

Gaelic games may be the Republic of Ireland’s favourite sports, but football has long been a popular past-time in the country. Even before the Republic qualified for their first major tournament ...

Johnny Sexton will be joining the British & Irish Lions down under ... Talk about commitment to the team. Sexton, who is among Ireland's greatest ever rugby players, had damaged his right ...

Countless sports lend themselves far better to ranking their best talents compared ... turnover still as sharp as ever. Is there a more clinical player in world rugby than the French winger?

Here's five Irish rugby players who stand to gain the most as Paul O'Connell's squad embark on a two-game tour of Georgia and Portugal.

the nation's favourite rugby star was revealed. Irish captain Brian O'Driscoll ranked fourth on the list, his fearless play securing his status as one of the most thrilling players in Six Nations ...

A young man labelled as the 'best rugby teammate ever' left viewers crying in one ... to James Haskell The boy was upset because the other players were bigger and older than him, with the coach ...

The competition — which has lived past lives as the Home Nations Championship, and later the Five Nations — is the oldest continuously played rugby ... Ireland's best ever Six Nations player ...

More info Four Irish players have been named in the World Rugby Team of the Year while South ... READ MORE: Andy Farrell warns the best is yet to come as Joe Schmidt comes to town READ MORE ...

The back used his pace to burst through the bewildered players ... is the best try I've ever seen!" wrote another. Knuckey himself uploaded the video nine years ago with the caption: "Rugby ...

More info Brian O'Driscoll has named his top five Irish rugby players of all time - and he hasn't included himself. O'Driscoll is widely considered one of the best players to ever wear an Ireland ...