Connacht finish season on a high as they end Ospreys’ Rainbow Cup ambitions

Bundee Aki scores try in a fine all-round performance at the Showgrounds

Rainbow Cup: Leinster, Glasgow and Connacht name their teams

Andrew Porter is among another six players recalled to Leinster’s matchday squad

Benetton maintain 100 per cent record with win over Connacht

The home side’s defensive prowess proved critical in dogged win in Treviso

John O'Sullivan: Picking an Irish Pro14 team of the season

Stats point towards some players more than others but there are more factors than that

Connacht target rare win across the water to secure European quarter-final spot

Andy Friend optimistic his province can produce third win against a Premiership side

Connacht agree contracts extensions with 21 players

Ireland internationals Dave Heffernan, Ultan Dillane, Finlay Bealham and Jack Carty sign deals

Munster overcome gutsy Connacht to reach Pro14 final

Munster bench had a big impact as questionable refereeing decisions go their way

Pro14: Munster-Connacht rivalry set to take on a sharper edge

Johann van Graan’s side eyeing place in final as Andy Friend’s squad travel in expectation

The interpros give players a chance to prove the coaches wrong

For Munster to match expectations, the generational shift may need to be accelerated

Connacht know any chance of catching Munster requires Thomond triumph

Connacht will have Bundee Aki, Dave Heffernan and Ultan Dillane available for Friday night’s game

Ireland release 13 players for interprovincial clashes

Four Leinster players return and two from Ulster for top of the conference meeting

Connacht back to winning ways at the Sportsground

Alex Wootton inspires bonus point win over Cardiff with Jack Carty pulling strings

Ireland’s outhalf dilemma: Is Jack Carty the forgotten man?

28-year-old is Connacht’s leading points scorer but hasn’t been seen for Ireland since 2019

Ireland v France: Henderson set to replace Ryan with Ruddock to start

Ruddock to come in for first Six Nations start in place of suspended Peter O’Mahony

Bundee Aki’s Connacht return could come against Ospreys on Sunday

Ireland centre is back in training after being sidelined by a knee injury

Munster back to winning ways after frantic finish out west

A last-gasp match-winning try eluded in-form Connacht team at the Sportsground

Almost all of Munster’s internationals back for clash with Connacht

Game may come down to which of Hanrahan or Carty is the most composed place kicker

Munster big guns return as Connacht bid for another famous win

Andy Friend makes four changes as Stander, Murray and O’Mahony return for visitors

Leinster’s young guns joined by old timer Sexton for Connacht clash

Max O’Reilly and Andrew Smith make debuts as Friend’s visitors face daunting task

Connacht come within a score of massive upset against Racing 92

Irish province had an opportunity to take full points with the last play of the game

Connacht use visit of Benetton to give as many players as possible match time

Italians travel to Galway without the 10 internationals named in Franco Smith’s Azzurri team to face Wales

Andy Farrell to delve deeper into Irish squad for team to play Georgia

Chance to give Stockdale another run at fullback and Burns first Test start at outhalf

No further players to be called up to Ireland squad to face Georgia

The likes of Shane Daly, Kieran Marmion and Ultan Dillane are set to get their chance

Hard work pays off for Roux as he gets the call to face England

‘Real big thing with Quinn is that he has really taken development into his own hands’

Colm Reilly and Conor Kenny given first starts for Connacht

Coach Andy Friend says province well primed for Pro14 clash with Scarlets

‘I am who I am’ – Johnny Sexton apologises for reaction in Paris

James Lowe and Billy Burns among Andy Farrell’s squad for Autumn Nations Cup

Connacht set to get international boost for trip to Rodney Parade

A number of Ireland players in line to return for game against the Dragons

Clinical France make the most of Ireland’s shortcomings

Farrell’s men had ample opportunities before game plan eventually unravelled

Connacht coping with Covid case and injuries ahead of trip to Edinburgh

Coach Andy Friend targets his first away win against Scottish side

Ultan Dillane replaces injured Ryan Baird in Ireland squad

Peter O’Mahony and Chris Farrell set to join squad next Monday after isolating

Rugby Players Ireland reveal shortlists for 2020 awards

Caelan Doris, Ryan Baird and Shane Daly nominated for Young Player of the Year

Connacht setting sights high ahead of new Pro14 season

Coach Andy Friend says 90% home success needed, starting with Glasgow this weekend

Sporting Upsets: Connacht’s greatest day as they claim title glory

Pat Lam’s charges completed unlikely Pro12 triumph on memorable day in Murrayfield

The Offload: Canterbury get Ireland women’s launch all wrong

Dylan Hartley’s book gives a revealing insight into rugby’s professional ‘guinea pigs’

Ian Madigan in line for Ulster debut as Aki reaches milestone

New Ulster signing to start among the replacements along with Alby Mathewson

Ryan Baird joins up with Ireland squad for training

Leinster secondrow is fresh from hat-trick against Glasgow in the Pro 14

Irish internationals return as Connacht face Southern Kings

Ultan Dillane and Dave Heffernan both in the squad for Sunday’s Pro14 encounter

Connacht boosted as Dillane and Heffernan added to South Africa trip

Ireland international available for Sunday’s game against the Southern Kings

Gordon D’Arcy: Change has to happen before Ireland's trip to Paris

All too predictably, the same pack that failed at the 2019 World Cup could not turn the page

From stationary carriers to centres of excellence - five things we learned

John O’Sullivan believes Ireland could learn a lot from their ambitious Under-20 team

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