The Offload: Support for Simon Zebo very evident

Overwhelming backing for Irish international’s post-Kingspan Park game tweet

Leinster back in control of their own destiny

Leinster will top Pool 1 in Champions Cup with a win over Wasps next weekend

Gerry Thornley: Toulouse have found what they were looking for

Former stalwarts like ex-Bandon RFC coach Sonnes helping club reclaim its old identity

Leinster facing a colossal stress test in terms of squad depth

Champions’ missing big guns tilts the balance towards confident Toulouse

Conan and Leinster braced for ‘biggest test’ of Toulouse

Number eight says European champions excited in advance of key RDS clash

Leinster v Toulouse: Lancaster says French team's unstructured play 'at different level'

Leinster must be ‘controlled and composed’ against Toulouse on Saturday

Sam Whitelock defensive as he plays down All Blacks’ defeat to Ireland

‘It’s always tough no matter who you’re playing against and tonight was no different’

Gerry Thornley: Red cards a small price to pay to end high hits

For clampdown on high tackles to work the entire sport needs to be re-educated

Kaino and Pointud appeals turned down at disciplinary hearings

Toulouse players were both cited for incidents in opening game against Bath

Gordon D’Arcy: The days of rugby's physical enforcer might be numbered

World Rugby need to be sure about which problem they are trying to solve

EPCR pull the plug on Bath hopes of Toulouse replay

Champions Cup organisers clear up discrepancy over TV and stadium clock

The Offload: Owens takes Zebo to task for finger-pointing

Former Munster man apologetic following try-scoring gesture in win over Ulster

Leinster now holding the whiphand as masters face off

Formidable champions unlikely to be daunted these days by a trip to Toulouse

Bath to make unprecedented request for Toulouse game to be replayed

Club say whistle was blown early and also believe French side should have been down to 13 men

Champions Cup: Toulouse duo banned for the visit of Leinster

Jerome Kaino is banned for five weeks and Lucas Pointud for four weeks after Bath win

Toulouse duo cited ahead of Leinster clash

Jerome Kaino and Lucas Pointud both cited following last weekend’s win over Bath

Gerry Thornley: unbeaten start for provinces but things to get tougher

Munster’s 10-10 draw in Sandy Park against Exeter was the best result for the Irish sides

Burns’s blunders help Toulouse take the points against Bath

Fullback misses kick and try opportunity late on as French side win at The Rec

Champions Cup: Gerry Thornley's club-by-club guide

A look at the 20 sides in the 2018-19 Heineken Cup who are bidding for the ultimate prize

Gareth Steenson excited by the prospect of Leinster clash

Exeter Chiefs outhalf ready to face former Ireland U-21 team-mate Jonathan Sexton

New-look New Zealand fight back to rein in Barbarians

All Blacks run in four second-half tries to claim victory at Twickenham

All Blacks recall Sonny Bill Williams for Australia showdown

Centre served four-match ban after red card in second Test against Lions

Garry Ringrose set for up to five months out with shoulder injury

Leinster’s injury list mounting with Henshaw out and Sexton and O’Brien set for scans

Lions draw series after gritty performance in final All Blacks Test

Steve Hansen’s side will walk away with more regrets after thrilling finale at Eden Park

Gerry Thornley: Lions, not All Blacks, were denied final shot at glory

Officials missed the fact that Kieran Read was three yards in front of the ball at restart

Spectre of head injury hangs over Lions’ final Test heroics

World Rugby may investigate Alun Wyn Jones’s temporary replacement of Sam Warburton late on in Auckland

Lions talking points: All Blacks throw away the series

Late decision to downgrade penalty offence a brave but questionable call

New Zealand 15 Lions 15: All Blacks player ratings

Aaron Smith remains the best scrumhalf in world rugby while Retallick and Whitelock immense

Lions carve out their own piece of history with drawn series

Warren Gatland’s side weather ferocious All Blacks storm to earn a 15-15 draw in Auckland

‘Biggest game ever’ for Lions as immortality beckons

New Zealand media’s treatment of Warren Gatland is disgraceful, says coach’s assistant

Lions have what it takes to claim immortality against All Blacks

The third test is the hardest, but Lions have tries in them if opportunities come

Gordon D’Arcy: Shut down Smith, shut down the All Blacks

Lions’ ability to cut off the supply of quick ball at source laid the foundation to Wellington win

New Zealand 21 Lions 24: All Blacks player ratings

Sam Cane excelled but Beauden Barrett misfired and SBW tarnished his legacy

The New Zealand press react: ‘This was not a fair fight’

Kiwi media particularly scathing of Sonny Bill Williams after second Test loss to Lions

Lions back in the series as All Blacks see red

All Blacks reduced to 14-men in 25th minute as Sonny Bill Williams sent off

Kaino expects big intensity lift if Warburton starts for Lions

‘If anything, they get stronger in the breakdown having him there,’ the All Black said

Jerome Kaino: ‘I didn’t go out to injure Conor Murray’

Kaino was seen diving at Murray as he box-kicked away, rolling into his standing leg

Steve Hansen rings up radio station to blast Gatland comments

‘As a New Zealander I would expect he would know the New Zealand psyche,’ Hansen said

Warren Gatland: All Blacks took cheap shots at Conor Murray

Lions coach concerned after scrumhalf targeted during first Test defeat in Auckland

Lions frustrated with referee but were ultimately outclassed

O’Brien’s try threw the visitors a lifeline but New Zealand’s class told long before the end

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