Ireland

As expected Irish coach Joe Schmidt has changed his entire starting XV for the match to play Canada in Dublin on Saturday. Only five players who took part in the historic win over the All Blacks in Chicago are named. Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, and Finlay Bealham move into the …

A full-course three-match tour to Europe is on deck for Canada in November with a daunting schedule against higher ranked teams in the form of Ireland, Romania, and Samoa. With controversial off-the-field business and a disappointing Americas Pacific Challenge putting a damper on Canadian enthusiasm, some good performances at test …

The draw has been made and the pools are set for the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Belfast and Dublin will be host cities for the tournament that takes place in August, with 12 teams placed in three pools for the 8th edition of the biggest event in women’s rugby. …

Ireland have added six players to their training squad in the wake of their historic win over the All Blacks in Chicago. Nine players are in line to make their debut on Saturday with mass changes expected for the side to play Canada in Dublin. The only player to drop …

For the first time in well over a hundred years of trying, Ireland have beaten the All Blacks. A Tier 1 record 18-game winning streak came to a screeching halt at Soldier Field in Chicago as New Zealand fell by a score of 40-29 in front of a captivated full …

International rugby is back, and so is the rugby forecast! We’ve polled some of the top gurus in the Americas to see who they think will be the big winners this weekend as Argentina arrive in Japan, and of course the AIG Rugby Weekend in Chicago. We don’t normally include …

Rugby Canada has announced that CBC Sports will air a live broadcast of Canada’s match against Ireland on Saturday, November 12. Dublin’s Aviva Stadium will host the match with kickoff set for 7:15pm local time, 2:15pm Eastern. CBC coverage will begin at 2:00pm Eastern. The rugby coverage follows on the …

The teams for the historic match between New Zealand and Ireland at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday have been set. For the first time on American soil the two Tier 1 nations will go head-to-head in the first of two tests set to be played between them, the second …

Ireland will play the US Eagles on the first weekend of the 2017 June test window. The match is set to be played in New York at a venue still to be determined. Ireland will not be making a stop in neighboring Canada on their trip, instead moving on to …

Ireland have named 27 players to board the plane and head across the Atlantic to play the All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday. Included are British & Irish Lions stars Jamie Heaslip, Conor Murray, Jonathan Sexton, and Rob Kearney. There is also room for five uncapped players …