https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/en-ieRTÉ 2023-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Wed, 22 Nov 2023 07:48:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1121/1417798-ireland-players-welcome-but-must-earn-sevens-place/Ireland Men's Sevens coach James Topping says he would welcome players from the 15s team but has warned that there's no easy way into his Olympic Games squad.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:20:45 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1121/1417798-ireland-players-welcome-but-must-earn-sevens-place/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1121/1417772-omahony-and-odonoghue-big-doubts-for-leinster-clash/Munster are likely to be without both Peter O'Mahony and Jack O'Donoghue for this weekend's meeting with Leinster, in a double injury blow for the BKT United Rugby champions.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:58:53 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1121/1417772-omahony-and-odonoghue-big-doubts-for-leinster-clash/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1121/1417796-england-flanker-curry-to-miss-six-nations-after-hip-op/England flanker Tom Curry will miss the entire Six Nations and most likely the rest of the season after Sale revealed he must undergo surgery to repair a hip injury.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:11:26 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1121/1417796-england-flanker-curry-to-miss-six-nations-after-hip-op/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1121/1417620-confident-leinster-have-the-upper-hand-against-munster/Jonny Holland previews the interprovincial clash of Munster and Leinster at the Aviva stadium this weekend.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:39:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1121/1417620-confident-leinster-have-the-upper-hand-against-munster/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1121/1417682-kitshoff-in-line-for-ulster-debut-after-completing-move/Ulster could hand their big signing Steven Kitshoff a debut this weekend, after the double World Cup winner linked up with his new side in recent days.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:14:29 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1121/1417682-kitshoff-in-line-for-ulster-debut-after-completing-move/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1121/1417788-focus-on-the-breakdown-for-munster-ahead-of-derby/Munster forwards coach Andi Kyriacou says the province have been putting a major focus on their ruck ahead of Saturday's meeting with Leinster at the Aviva Stadium.Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:27:56 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1121/1417788-focus-on-the-breakdown-for-munster-ahead-of-derby/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1120/1417578-leinster-have-leaders-but-definitely-not-like-johnny/Caelan Doris says a number of Leinster players are capable of filling the leadership void left by 'unique' Johnny Sexton after the Ireland captain's retirement.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:13:07 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1120/1417578-leinster-have-leaders-but-definitely-not-like-johnny/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1120/1417466-its-a-funny-one-doris-on-facing-irish-comrades/Caelan Doris says coming up against so many of his Ireland World Cup team-mates will be "a funny one" when Leinster face Munster in Saturday's URC derby.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:27:08 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1120/1417466-its-a-funny-one-doris-on-facing-irish-comrades/United Rugby Championshiphttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1120/1417464-urc-team-of-the-week-hanrahan-keenan-among-stand-outs/It was a clean sweep for the Irish provinces in round five of the United Rugby Championship and here's our team of the week.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:01:59 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1120/1417464-urc-team-of-the-week-hanrahan-keenan-among-stand-outs/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1120/1417465-bealham-boot-just-a-precaution-says-connachts-fardy/Connacht have not ruled anyone out of Saturday's URC clash with the Bulls and say Finlay Bealham's protective boot is just a precaution.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:42:25 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1120/1417465-bealham-boot-just-a-precaution-says-connachts-fardy/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1119/1417330-new-signing-jager-set-for-early-munster-arrival/Munster's new signing Oli Jager is set to arrive at the province this week, and head coach Graham Rowntree hasn't ruled out the possibility of the prop making his debut on Saturday against Leinster.Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:55:25 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1119/1417330-new-signing-jager-set-for-early-munster-arrival/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1120/1417494-world-cup-winner-strydom-dies-in-car-accident/World Cup-winning South Africa second-row Hannes Strydom has been described as "one of the great locks of his generation" following his death in a car accident at the age of 58.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:31:52 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1120/1417494-world-cup-winner-strydom-dies-in-car-accident/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1120/1417467-exeter-apologise-after-monye-reports-racism-from-fan/Exeter Chiefs issued an apology to former England international Ugo Monye after he accused a supporter of racist abuse at Sunday's match against Gloucester.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:42:05 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1120/1417467-exeter-apologise-after-monye-reports-racism-from-fan/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1119/1417398-keenan-sevens-would-be-cool-but-europe-the-focus/Former Ireland Sevens player Hugo Keenan says he only has one goal for this season and that's helping Leinster regain the Champions Cup.Sun, 19 Nov 2023 22:30:43 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1119/1417398-keenan-sevens-would-be-cool-but-europe-the-focus/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1119/1417291-leinster-open-minded-about-sevens-switches/Leinster remain "open-minded" about the possibility of some of their players joining Ireland's Sevens programme and will facilitate it where they can.Sun, 19 Nov 2023 07:11:10 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1119/1417291-leinster-open-minded-about-sevens-switches/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1118/1417271-cullen-little-bit-flat-but-we-won-we-got-five-points/Leo Cullen admitted Leinster lost their way for a spell during the eight-try win over Scarlets at the RDS.Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:58:08 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1118/1417271-cullen-little-bit-flat-but-we-won-we-got-five-points/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1118/1417212-leinster-labour-but-go-top-after-big-win-over-scarlets/Leinster moved top of the United Rugby Championship for the first time this season with a 54-5 victory over the Scarlets at the RDS.Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:35:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1118/1417212-leinster-labour-but-go-top-after-big-win-over-scarlets/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1118/1417223-edogbo-try-gives-munster-narrow-win-v-stormers/Munster returned to winning ways in the BKT United Rugby Championship, bouncing back from last week's defeat to Ulster with a gritty 10-3 win against the Stormers in Limerick.Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:04:28 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1118/1417223-edogbo-try-gives-munster-narrow-win-v-stormers/Munster Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1118/1417266-rowntree-pleased-with-munster-fight-in-gritty-win/Graham Rowntree praised his side's ability to dig deep in order to get back to winning ways in the BKT United Rugby Championship.Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:40:51 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1118/1417266-rowntree-pleased-with-munster-fight-in-gritty-win/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship-connacht/2023/1118/1417224-connacht-dig-deep-to-edge-out-win-in-durban/A determined Connacht came out the right side of game that hung in the balance in Durban to edge out the Sharks and make it four wins from five in the BKT United Rugby Championship.Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:12:51 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship-connacht/2023/1118/1417224-connacht-dig-deep-to-edge-out-win-in-durban/Connachthttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417031-scarlets-sad-decline-symptomatic-of-welsh-turmoil/Scarlets visit the RDS this evening looking for a first win over Leinster since 2018 but their decline is symptomatic of the state of Welsh rugby.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:08:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417031-scarlets-sad-decline-symptomatic-of-welsh-turmoil/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1117/1417126-wall-answers-irelands-call-with-green-gold-on-mind/Double All-Ireland winner Vikki Wall says her switch to rugby has been "tough" but the chance to represent Ireland was too good to turn down.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:07:26 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1117/1417126-wall-answers-irelands-call-with-green-gold-on-mind/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1117/1417166-keith-earls-rugby/Former Ireland Rugby international Keith Earls has said that the Irish team "failed" at the World Cup but nevertheless they had "inspired a nation".Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:42:19 +0000https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1117/1417166-keith-earls-rugby/Sporthttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1117/1417164-ulster-battle-back-to-secure-victory-over-lions/Ulster came from behind to beat the Emirates Lions 24-17 at a windswept Kingspan Stadium scoring three tries to the visitors' two in game which was in the balance throughout.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:59:13 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1117/1417164-ulster-battle-back-to-secure-victory-over-lions/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417053-connacht-keen-to-keep-sharks-on-hook/Connacht have no intention of letting the Sharks off the hook but boss Pete Wilkins says they are expecting a different beast from the side that has lost their opening four games.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:37:43 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417053-connacht-keen-to-keep-sharks-on-hook/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417102-cullen-internationals-keen-to-get-back-after-rwc/Leinster head coach Leo Cullen says he doesn't expect a World Cup hangover from his returning internationals in Saturday's URC meeting with Scarlets.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:28:10 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417102-cullen-internationals-keen-to-get-back-after-rwc/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417075-cullen-happy-with-co-captains-balance-of-power/Leo Cullen says he doesn't expect there to be any on-field confusion with the province's co-captains James Ryan and Garry Ringrose their season.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:19:02 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417075-cullen-happy-with-co-captains-balance-of-power/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417048-urc-team-news-internationals-make-return-for-provinces/Munster, Connacht and Leinster have all confirmed their team news for the Round 5 games in the BKT United Rugby Championship.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:37:39 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1117/1417048-urc-team-news-internationals-make-return-for-provinces/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1116/1416822-urc-round-5-all-you-need-to-know/Team news, TV and radio coverage, weather forecasts and everything else you need to know ahead of the five round of games in the BKT United Rugby Championship.Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:08:41 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1116/1416822-urc-round-5-all-you-need-to-know/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1117/1417036-mclennan-urged-to-quit-after-rwc-and-jones-failure/Australian rugby's turbulent year looks set to continue, after six of the country's unions came together to demand the resignation of their chairperson Hamish McLennan.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:07:38 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1117/1417036-mclennan-urged-to-quit-after-rwc-and-jones-failure/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416870-munster-confirm-signing-of-jager-on-long-term-deal/Munster have announced the signing of prop Oli Jager from the Crusaders, with the 28-year-old agreeing a three-and-a-half year contract with the province.Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:22:58 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416870-munster-confirm-signing-of-jager-on-long-term-deal/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416838-henderson-and-herring-start-for-ulster-against-lions/Iain Henderson and Rob Herring will both start for Ulster, while Marty Moore is set to make his return from a long-term knee injury in the province's meeting with the Emirates Lions at Kingspan Stadium on Friday.Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:22:06 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416838-henderson-and-herring-start-for-ulster-against-lions/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416861-basham-banned-following-cheap-shot-on-byrne/Dragons flanker Taine Basham has been suspended for four games following his red card in Sunday's BKT United Rugby Championship defeat to Leinster.Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:15:54 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416861-basham-banned-following-cheap-shot-on-byrne/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416849-lions-agree-player-availability-with-urc-premiership/The British and Irish Lions have announced a partnership with the United Rugby Championship and Premiership Rugby that ensures players are available for all games of the 2025 tour to Australia.Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:56:08 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1116/1416849-lions-agree-player-availability-with-urc-premiership/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1116/1416788-dupont-to-skip-six-nations-to-focus-on-paris-2024/France captain Antoine Dupont will sit out this season's Six Nations to prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:29:45 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1116/1416788-dupont-to-skip-six-nations-to-focus-on-paris-2024/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416688-holland-nienaber-will-be-well-briefed-upon-arrival/Jonny Holland says he doesn't expect new Leinster senior coach Jacques Nienaber to make sweeping changes to the province in his debut season, but believes the World Cup winner will arrive in Dublin next week with a lot of homework done around his new side.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:37:49 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416688-holland-nienaber-will-be-well-briefed-upon-arrival/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416705-ryan-no-major-regrets-on-missing-munsters-title-win/John Ryan says he doesn't have any major regrets over his move to the Chiefs last season, which saw him miss out on the title celebrations from Munster's URC win.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:00:18 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416705-ryan-no-major-regrets-on-missing-munsters-title-win/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1114/1416523-van-der-flier-felt-ireland-did-everything-right-way/Post-mortems are never easy but Josh van der Flier is eager to slam the door shut on Ireland's World Cup heartache.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:27:34 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1114/1416523-van-der-flier-felt-ireland-did-everything-right-way/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416695-mbonambi-injury-sharks/The Sharks have been dealt a double injury blow with news that Springboks pair Bongi Mbonambi and Vincent Koch are out of action with knee injuries.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:36:53 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416695-mbonambi-injury-sharks/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416647-ulsters-bounce-back-conway-retires-plus-urc-recap/Neil Treacy is joined by Jonny Holland on the RTÉ Rugby podcast to recap the main talking points from the week in the BKT United Rugby Championship.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:25:27 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1115/1416647-ulsters-bounce-back-conway-retires-plus-urc-recap/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416494-leamy-looking-forward-to-renewing-stormers-rivalry/Munster defence coach Denis Leamy says the BKT United Rugby Championship is in a better place than ever thanks to the addition of the four South African sides in recent seasons.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:47:13 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416494-leamy-looking-forward-to-renewing-stormers-rivalry/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1115/1416597-wales-rugby-union-review/A damning independent review of the Welsh Rugby Union reveals a "toxic" culture of bullying and discrimination and said the organisation was an "unforgiving and even vindictive" place to work.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:34:33 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1115/1416597-wales-rugby-union-review/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1115/1416614-webb-ellis-trophy-safe-after-break-in-at-saru-offices/Burglars broke into South Africa Rugby Union's offices but the William Webb Ellis trophy the nation won at the World Cup in France last month was safe.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:58:44 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1115/1416614-webb-ellis-trophy-safe-after-break-in-at-saru-offices/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416454-obrien-ruled-out-but-leinsters-irish-on-way-back/Leinster will be without the services of Tommy O'Brien for "a number of weeks" after the winger suffered an ankle injury in the win over Dragons at the weekend.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:01:48 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416454-obrien-ruled-out-but-leinsters-irish-on-way-back/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416458-munster-staying-coy-on-links-to-crusaders-prop-jager/Munster coach Denis Leamy wouldn't be drawn on speculation his side are on the verge of signing prop Oli Jager from the Crusaders.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:58:03 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416458-munster-staying-coy-on-links-to-crusaders-prop-jager/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416406-ulster-confirm-facial-fracture-for-full-back-mcilroy/Ulster say their utility back Ethan McIlroy is recovering at home after suffering a concussion and facial fracture during Friday night's 21-14 win against Munster at Kingspan Stadium.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:26:40 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1114/1416406-ulster-confirm-facial-fracture-for-full-back-mcilroy/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1113/1416316-getting-basics-right-is-still-key-to-winning-or-losing/After a disappointing defeat against Connacht, Ulster exacted their interprovincial revenge on Munster in Belfast on Friday night.Mon, 13 Nov 2023 19:27:16 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1113/1416316-getting-basics-right-is-still-key-to-winning-or-losing/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1114/1416426-rugby-australia-moves-closer-to-centralised-system/Rugby Australia have secured agreement from New South Wales to take over the provincial union's high performance programme as part of a "strategic reset" but have work to do to convince the other states to sign up.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:15:01 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1114/1416426-rugby-australia-moves-closer-to-centralised-system/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1113/1416330-lenihan-scrum-skullduggery-not-serving-rugby-well/Donal Lenihan feels the scrum in rugby union is in need of a major rehaul, adding that it's function as an attacking weapon in the game is no longer being utilised.Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:40:13 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2023/1113/1416330-lenihan-scrum-skullduggery-not-serving-rugby-well/Rugbyhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1113/1416275-bealham-back-for-conancht-but-hansen-and-aki-miss-trip/Finlay Bealham is part of the Connacht squad for their trip to South Africa but fellow Ireland internationals Mack Hansen and Bundee Aki are not fit to travel.Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:03:23 +0000https://www.rte.ie/sport/united-rugby-championship/2023/1113/1416275-bealham-back-for-conancht-but-hansen-and-aki-miss-trip/Rugby