The Irish Times

Andy Farrell admits Aviva full house ‘makes us tick’ ahead of Wales opener

Head coach named strong side for Six Nations opener against defending champions

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 08:08

Mark Adair makes timely return to help Ireland wrap up series

Man-of-the-match takes three wickets in the first four overs to ruin Zimbabwe chase

Thu Sept 02 2021 - 20:17

Ireland’s pacemen set up big eight-wicket win over Netherlands

Craig Young and Josh Little each take four wickets to help level series in Utrecht

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 17:55

France 35 Ireland 27: France player ratings

Gavin Cummiskey hands out the marks after France prove too strong for the Irish in Paris

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 23:03

Leinster need to follow Munster’s lead and sign some marquee names

The province’s European successes have seen key inputs from world stars

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00

Gavin Cummiskey: Time for Irish players to support their Pacific Island peers

Rugby’s cosy cartel continues to deny Samoa, Tonga and Fiji their full due

Tue Jun 09 2020 - 01:00

Sporting Controversies: Bloodgate and the afternoon that forever stained Harlequins

The Stoop in April 2009 is the scene for the first in a new series looking back at sporting scandals

Tue May 05 2020 - 06:00

‘Ireland’s honeymoon period is over’ - buoyant English press reaction

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton heavily criticised in Monday morning’s newspapers

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 11:00

Kicking king Alred keeping the pressure on Sexton to succeed

‘Let’s say I was working for Ireland now and they were playing England. I’d want Ireland to win for everyone in the group’

Fri Aug 23 2019 - 15:06

Gerry Thornley: Uneasy lies New Zealand’s World Cup crown

Losing to Australia will give All Blacks a jolt, but will it be enough to keep them on top?

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 14:46

The Offload: The Ireland rugby team’s Icarus complex

The hits keep coming, and will keep on coming and coming, for clever Johnny Sexton

Mon Feb 25 2019 - 11:41

Rugby players should take some learnings from Barnes’s noble effort

New book looks at why players must never underestimate the power of imagination

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 15:11

The Offload: Leinster’s Bath invasion unseen after flag-gate

1,500 Leinster flags stuck outside the turnstiles ahead of province’s win at The Rec

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 11:15

TV View: Twickenham on war footing as wheels come off England’s chariot

Trying to drown out the All Blacks’ Haka is not a good idea – it’ll only upset them

Sun Nov 11 2018 - 21:02

Danny Cipriani omission proves joy is not Eddie Jones’s priority

Cipriani has started only five Tests in past decade and never featured at a World Cup

Fri Sept 21 2018 - 08:47

Letter from NZ: Hansen a voice of reason as pot is stirred down under

Panel on ‘Break Down’ can’t get over O’Brien decision and accuse Lions of spoiling tactics

Thu Jul 06 2017 - 14:07

TV View: Sky falls in on Sonny Bill and the All Blacks

‘Some of us wondered when there are so many men on a rugby pitch, would one be missed?’

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 12:15

Lions facing the greatest challenge in world sport? Try telling Westmeath

TV View: Forget Day of Destiny, we can’t wait for Day of Destiny: Part II™

Sat Jun 24 2017 - 13:35

The Lions are in need of marginal gains

Warren Gatland rues one that got away as Highlanders win 23-22 in Dunedin

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 13:32

Rassie Erasmus more than a steady hand at Munster’s tiller

South African has brought emotional intelligence as well as a razor-sharp rugby brain

Sat Jan 14 2017 - 06:00

Anthony Foley: ‘It’s the humanity of the man, that’s what will remain’

Friends and colleagues clearly felt blessed to have known the Munster rugby great

Sun Oct 16 2016 - 20:40

Mary Hannigan’s TV View: All Black simplicity reigns supreme

World Cup final’s dramatic second half even had heretics rejoicing

Sun Nov 01 2015 - 22:36

TV View: Bald, Silver and Bronze handing out few medals for Ireland performance

Ireland played with all the intensity of men blessing themselves as a funeral passed by

Sun Oct 04 2015 - 22:00

TV View: Barnes carried away by Moonlight’s shadow

TV3’s coverage of Ireland’s win also witnesses the birth of the ‘underlap’

Sat Sept 19 2015 - 18:03

Rugby: Ireland are 8/1 for World Cup – are they worth a flutter?

Ireland have never made the last four, their style is under scrutiny – but they just keep on winning

Tue Mar 10 2015 - 07:50

Peter Stringer and Neil Back team up for Rugby World Cup duty

Both men part of TV3’s team of pundits for next September’s competition

Fri Feb 27 2015 - 01:30

New cap Jared Payne the natural centre of attention

International window of opportunity finally opens for experienced Kiwi

Fri Nov 07 2014 - 18:29

Ruan Pienaar must prove his fitness for Springboks

Heyneke Meyer hoping Ulster’s talismanic scrumhalf can overcome knee injury

Tue Oct 28 2014 - 01:00

Turns out that Premier League football really is a funny old game

It was a week of surprises – some of which were just plain weird

Mon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00

All gone in 22 seconds as sports gods make Robbo eat his words

The Americans don’t commentate on the games – they call the games

Mon Dec 16 2013 - 06:00

Leinster lay down marker with stunning win

Northampton blown away at Franklin’s Gardens by three-time European champions

Sat Dec 07 2013 - 20:32

Kurtley left kicking himself as Sky’s pride in the Lions goes nuts

Sky look like they want to employ every former rugby international ever

Mon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00

Barbarians play role of perfect hosts as Lions acclimatise in style

Hong Kong clash proves a gentle workout for Paul O’Connell’s side

Mon Jun 03 2013 - 07:00

Rog and Becks may come and go but Spillane grumbles on forever

Mon May 20 2013 - 06:00

England captain Chris Robshaw the ‘unluckiest man in Britain and Ireland’

Former England outhalf Stuart Barnes says flanker should have been selected for Lions ahead of Justin Tipuric

Tue Apr 30 2013 - 14:06