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ANDREW CONWAY HAS matured into the player he always threatened to be.  Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The Munster man wasn’t blessed with an injury-free run this past season. Untimely knocks kept him out of the Grand Slam picture and, after scoring a try to help Ireland level the series in Australia, a bang to the hip meant he missed the decider in Sydney.  Yet the campaign still felt like a year of inexorable progress for Conway, building on his 2017 Test debut by playing three Rugby Championship nations as well as stringing together excellent performances – topped by one magic moment –  in red. Click Here: River Plate soccer tracksuit With…

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Leinster A 46 Munster A 25 LEINSTER ADVANCED INTO the final of the inaugural Celtic Cup after pulling away in the second half to beat Munster 46-25 in the sides’ last pool encounter. Tempers flare in the Celtic Cup clash. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO Ahead of Leinster’s Heineken Champions Cup opener against Wasps at the RDS this evening, the A side made it a positive start to the weekend as their seven-try win over Munster ensured a clean sweep of six victories in six games in Pool 1 of the Celtic Cup. Leinster A will travel to Wales for the final next weekend, taking on Scarlets, Cardiff Blues or the Ospreys…

TWO ROUNDS IN and all five Heineken Champions Cup pools are topped by an unbeaten team. The shock package of the tournament, bottom-of-the-Premiership Newcastle Falcons, are the only one of the quintet you might struggle to make a real case to contend for the title come May. Because in Toulouse, Racing 92 (two wins) and Munster (draw and a win) there is serious European pedigree and talent to go far. But it is everyone’s favourite villains, Saracens, who have looked the most ominous threat to Leinster’s high perch through their two victories.  Though they have again suffered injury to their primary weapon Billy Vunipola and his brilliant brother Mako, they…

NOEL MCNAMARA’S IRELAND U20s will begin their 2019 Six Nations campaign against England at Cork’s Musgrave Park on Friday 1 February, it has been confirmed today.   Ireland women, meanwhile, will host England at Donnybrook in their campaign-opener earlier that evening, as Adam Griggs’ side bid to improve on last year’s third-place finish.   Ireland U20s will open their campaign against England. Source: ©INPHO In round two, Ireland U20s will travel to Netherdale to face Scotland on Friday 8 February, while Ireland women will be in action against the Scots at the same time at Scotstoun in Glasgow. The sides will then have a gap week before round three, with Ireland U20s…

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, this is nearly the moment you’ve all been waiting for… Ireland gave Argentina the respect they deserved in preparing well for yesterday’s 28-17 win, having done the same before dispatching Italy in Chicago, but next weekend is the main event of this November Test series. The All Blacks travel to Dublin today after their narrow 16-15 win over England at Twickenham yesterday and, finally, the build-up to a clash between the world’s two top-ranked teams can begin in earnest. Ireland celebrate last night’s win over Argentina. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO Joe Schmidt has been keeping his players’ eyes on the jobs directly in front of them up until…

CONOR MURRAY COULD make his long-awaited comeback to rugby this Sunday as the Ireland scrum-half has made his full return to Munster training. And Johann van Graan’s side have been handed a double boost ahead of their Pro14 clash with Zebre, with centre Chris Farrell primed to end his 10-month injury lay-off. Both Murray and Farrell took part in full training yesterday with their Munster team-mates, and will be in contention to feature this weekend if they come through this week’s training. Murray last played during Ireland’s summer tour to Australia and hasn’t featured for Munster at all this season due to a neck injury, while Farrell has been recovering…

MUNSTER BACK ROW Arno Botha says he is driven to prove himself worthy of a place in Johann van Graan’s squad for the bigger games and is delighted to renew his rivalry with compatriot CJ Stander at the province. Both Botha (27) and Stander (28) came through the ranks at the Bulls in South Africa, but according to Stander, he was deemed too small to be a number eight and joined Munster. Botha and Stander at Munster training. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO Meanwhile, Botha was retained and went on to represent South Africa during his seven-year stint at the club. Botha admits himself and Stander were not always the best of…

ENGLAND WINGER JOE Cokanasiga is in a race to be fit for the Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin, after suffering a serious knee injury in the closing stages of Bath’s Champions Cup defeat to Leinster. The Premiership club today confirmed Cokanasiga suffered a torn medial knee ligament during Saturday’s 17-10 Pool 1 loss at the Rec, and has been ruled out until the New Year. The 21-year-old, who made his breakthrough on the international stage during the recent Autumn series, will see a specialist to determine the full extent of the damage, but Bath say he could be sidelined for up to six weeks.   Eddie Jones’ England get…

SIGNED AS INJURY-COVER a couple of weeks before the start of the season, Henry Speight has made an instrumental impact at Ulster, but in the same way, the province has made an impact on him.  The 19-time capped Australian international has become an integral part of the changing room at Kingspan Stadium, but will line out for Ulster for the final time in tonight’s Pro14 inter-pro against Connacht [KO 7.35pm, TG4/eir Sport].  Speight has made a big impact at Ulster. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO It will be an emotional farewell for the winger, who has settled into life in Belfast seamlessly since his August arrival, and he’ll leave for home on…