Ireland Rugby

Ireland’s victory over Springboks in Durban after a long season was fitting reward for an authentic coach

South Africa v Ireland: In their reimagining of the game, it’s very doubtful that this is what World Rugby have in mind

Ireland stalwart James Ryan salutes the impact of Ireland’s last-gasp victory over world champions South Africa courtesy of a magical moment from Ciarán Frawley

Under-20 World Championship semi-final: Kicking masterclass from centre Sean Kerr ensures England are rewarded for pack's second-half dominance as brave Irish effort falls short

A confidence to back themselves was evident as the game counted down to Frawley’s kick

Hero Ciarán Frawley talks about the ‘ugliest drop goal’ of his life

‘I‘ve had a few pints, so I feel good. It was unreal the way the match finished’

Caelan Doris saw yellow but should it have been James Ryan instead for his role in the collision?

Leinster outhalf strikes with the last kick of the game to level the Test series in Durban

Leinster outhalf slots a last-minute drop goal to level the series and end Ireland’s season on a high

Ciarán Frawley’s late drop goal secures a memorable, series-levelling victory for Ireland at Kings Park

All forms of kicking against South Africa needs to be precise, and it needs to be well thought out

Ireland have not beaten England in the under-20 championship tournament since 2019

The outhalf has plenty of room for improvement but has already shown enough qualities to mitigate the loss of Johnny Sexton

Inspired by his grandfather, the South African flanker says he’s living his dream - and aims to add a series win over Ireland to his two Rugby World Cup medals

Ireland used to be a team renowned for their wide attacking threat - South Africa took that mantle last weekend

A new attack coach and their most experienced line-up make this South Africa side look mighty dangerous. Ireland will need to produce something memorable to beat them

All you need to know as Ireland look to battle back from defeat in Pretoria to salvage a series draw in Durban

Garry Ringrose, Conor Murray, Rónan Kelleher and James Ryan promoted to the starting team from the bench

The Ireland centre says his team are motivated to improve for Saturday’s showdown with South Africa

Garry Ringrose, James Ryan, Conor Murray and Rónan Kelleher all come into the starting XV for the second Test

From next season on, Irish provinces won’t be permitted to sign non-Irish qualified frontrow players, confirms David Humphreys

Simon Easterby says Ireland had no issues with the way Caelan Doris communicated with the officials as captain last weekend

Friday and Sunday games may go with Super Saturday concept extended across full tournament

Jamie Osborne, Bundee Aki, James Lowe and Robbie Henshaw all trained on Wednesday

Andy Farrell’s squad will look back at the 80 minutes against South Africa and know they gave a credible account of themselves

‘I think it comes down to the small details we need to get right ourselves. We’re already looking to fix that,’ says 26-year-old hooker

Unplayable pitch at Athlone Stadium sees Ireland qualify in top spot from Pool B

Team that will line out in Durban will be the most experienced starting line-up in Springbok history

Conor Murray says there are ‘plenty of positives’ from the first Test, and they are not walking around ‘with our heads down’

‘It’s fine margins,so they have to be very clear. It’s a big Test match so you’d rather have one replay too many than two too little’

The lack of TMO review for RG Snyman’s tackle on Craig Casey stood out as an incorrect decision

Willie Faloon has made 12 changes to his starting 15

Possible ACL injury sustained by Dan Sheehan, Craig Casey concussed, while Andrew Porter, Bundee Aki and James Lowe in treatment room

Rory Best was irked during ‘heavyweight bout’ between Ireland and South Africa as none of the marginal calls seemed to go our way

Ireland stay in the game; tuning into Lowe frequency; first-quarter panic costly; Ireland suffer on marginal call; making the kicks count

Ireland and South Africa clash saw lots of mistakes, but that did not take away from exciting nature of the match in Loftus Versfeld

Andy Farrell’s side were left to rue a couple of decisions and the bounce of the ball that went against them

Andy Farrell: ‘It’s the make-up of this team that even with the type of performance in the first half, we hung in there

Leinster player made mistakes on debut but there was also plenty to encourage Ireland head coach Andy Farrell