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JOE SCHMIDT HAS handed Ross Byrne his first Test start at out-half in the Ireland team to face England in a World Cup warm-up clash at Twickenham on Saturday [KO 3pm, Sky Sports Action]. The 24-year-old Leinster man has won just two caps before now but gets a prime opportunity to impress ahead of the…

NXT ring announcer Kayla Braxton has had just about enough of racist comments made against her. Braxton, who has discussed recently finding out about her ethnic heritage havinggrew up in foster care, posted to Twitter addressing the fact that she’s been “personally attacked” over her ethnicity after she learned she was half black. The comments,…

JOHNNY SEXTON CAME through his return to competitive rugby unscathed and is fit and available for Leinster’s crunch Champions Cup clash with Montpellier on Friday night. Sexton trained in UCD this afternoon. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO The out-half played 55 minutes of the province’s 10-try trouncing of Zebre over the weekend and reported no issues when…

CENTRE STUART McCLOSKEY says that Ulster don’t need to regroup, they simply must to get back on the same page again after a run of poor results. The Ulstermen have lost three of their last four with just four wins from their last 11 matches. Their away form is of particular concern given they’ve won…

LEINSTER WILL BE without Hayden Triggs for the next three weeks after the second row was found guilty of making contact with the eye area of Montpellier scrum-half Nic White. Triggs will miss Friday’s Champions Cup clash with Castres as well as Guinness Pro12 fixtures against Treviso and Edinburgh after an independent Disciplinary Hearing decided…

APRIL FOOL’S DAY will see both Leinster and Munster in back-to-back Champions Cup quarter-finals. The EPCR unveiled their schedule for the knock-out fixtures today with the return of Jimmy Gopperth and Wasps to the Aviva Stadium kicking off the quarter-final stage at 15.15 (BT Sport). The TV crane above Thomond during the win over Racing.…

1. Richie Hogan paid tribute to the newly-retired Aidan O’Mahony in his own way 2. Michael Murphy has traded the cold of Donegal for….the cold of France with Clermont Auvergne 3. Trump was always more of a Bayern Munich fan 4. The Tipp man loves playing against German goalkeepers 5. It’s not a bad life… 6.…

THE WIFE OF the late Anthony Foley has said the 10,000 signatures on Limerick City and County Council’s Book of Condolences presented to her this week are another reminder of the “amazing goodness of people”. Munster Head Coach Anthony Foley passed away suddenly in Paris last year, aged 42. He was the father of two…

Eimear Considine pictured at the Ireland Women’s Rugby Media Briefing in Sandymount Hotel earlier. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO HomeJoe Schmidt is unlikely to ring the changes for the Italy trip, but Donnacha Ryan is expected to get a recall.Paul Mannion starred as UCD walloped 13-man University of Ulster in the Sigerson Cup, while Cathal McShane was the star…

TWO GAMES INTO his return from a four-month layoff, Dave Kearney now faces another period on the sidelines with a toe injury sustained in Friday’s win over Edinburgh. The winger was replaced at half-time during the province’s six-try victory at the RDS after failing a Head Injury Assessment but it has now emerged he also…