Grand Slam-chasing France ready to stake their claim as nation’s greatest
Galthié’s enviably balanced young side puts some illustrious names in the shade
How La Rochelle took David Hickey to its heart
Three-time All-Ireland winning Dublin footballer became French club’s first foreign player in 1980
The Offload: Ireland’s new leaders have emerged
Women’s rugby heading towards permanent professionalism elsewhere but not here
Willie Duggan: A ferocious, ruthless rugby great
Obituary: The Ireland captain hated training, loved cigarettes, and still won 41 caps
Liam Toland: Exploiting turnover ball a key tactic for Ireland
France’s new pod system has limitations which Ireland can exploit and expose
Matt Williams: Northern Hemisphere game has lost its lustre
Further decline looks inevitable unless there is a change of attitude and style
Gerry Thornley's 2015: Highs and lows of a remarkable rugby year
From Roey Kockott’s kick to a legend felled – it was year never to be forgotten
Keith Duggan: Rugby needs to chill out and remember what it is about
Have you the fortitude to put up with a month of lightly condescending critiques of the former colonies?
Matt Williams: Australians approach the game with a different mindset
Six Nations drama largely exists outside Australian paradigm
Tom Grace announced as new chairman of the Lions Board
Tom Kiernan, Fergus Slattery and Keith Wood inducted into the IRB’s Hall of Fame
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