Luke Cowan-Dickie

Leinster and Ireland number eight has enjoyed a remarkable change to his fortunes

Tadhg Beirne and Conor Murray among replacements for first Test against Springboks

Iain Henderson, Tadhg Beirne and Conor Murray set to be among replacements

Tourists look set to spend the rest of summer in Cape Town as the Test series looms large

There are four Irish players in the starting team, with Robbie Henshaw at inside centre

Warren Gatland also confirms Rónan Kelleher will arrive in South Africa on Thursday

The 23-year-old scored four tries in a test against the USA Eagles last Saturday

Let me say this just once. It is not so bad being knocked out stone cold on a rugby pitch

Josh Adams and Duhan van der Merwe score hat-tricks in big win in Johannesburg

Warren Gatland says the experienced Irish secondrow was the obvious choice

Iain Henderson, Tadhg Beirne and Jack Conan will all start in pack for Saturday’s match

Party to tour South Africa consists of 16 backs and 21 forwards

It’s nearly decision time for the Lions coach - who should make the South Africa tour?

Professionalism is only way forward for women’s rugby and it must avoid previous pitfalls

Leo Cullen’s side come back from early 14-point deficit to make semi-finals

He’s a more valuable asset than someone fated to truck up ball into a heavy body count

John O’Sullivan looks at three of the key battles that’ll decide this Six Nations clash

Eddie Jones’s side comes to Dublin looking to make it five wins in a row against Ireland

Brace and Neville leave with heads held high after Twickenham thriller

Eddie Jones makes three changes for Saturday’s clash against France at Twickenham

Ollie Lawrence out of the 23 altogether with Owen Farrell moving to inside centre

English prop has been sidelined since November with a calf and achilles injury

Farrell had earlier earned his side a tie by converting Luke Cowan-Dickie’s try

English side edged out Racing 92 in thrilling European Cup final at Ashton Gate

Chiefs and Rob Baxter have come a long way since Premiership promotion a decade ago

Teams selecting specialised ‘finishers’ as size dominates from grassroots to the top

For the third time in a row Ireland were unable to cope with England’s tactics

Curry and Underhill set the tone for home side as Ireland’s backrow overrun

Eddie Jones’s side enjoy the upper hand all over the park but fail to run the score up

If Ireland are to win at Twickenham then most likely it will be a white knuckle ride

Injury to George Furbank forces England to reshuffle back three for Sunday’s clash

England have already lost Billy Vunipola to a broken arm

World Rugby doing its best to address a persistent and worrying problem

Eddie Jones has picked Northampton Saints fullback to start Six Nations opener

Winger from a township in the rural Eastern Cape becomes first South African to score a try in a World Cup final

Mako Vunipola and Jack Nowell both set to make their comebacks from the bench

Much for Schmidt to ponder after a humiliating and potentially damaging outing

Joe Schmidt’s side travel to Cardiff after their record defeat to England at Twickenham

George Ford at outhalf with Owen Farrell at centre, Mako Vunipola makes the bench

Ben Te’o has lost out to Piers Francis among the four centres bound for Japan 2019