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# Paris 2024
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# Paris 2024
Ireland 7s face into huge day two after a strong start in Paris
Jul 25th 2024, 6:30 AM 6,334 Views 14 Comments
James Topping’s side will play in the Olympic quarter-finals this evening.


# Paris 2024

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# Paris 2024

Ireland 7s secure place in Olympic quarter-finals after hammering Japan

Jul 24th 2024, 8:31 PM 8,785 Views 21 Comments


# Paris 2024
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# Paris 2024
Conroy and Kennedy get Ireland off to winning start at the Olympics
Jul 24th 2024, 5:03 PM 8,165 Views 29 Comments
The Ireland men’s 7s team beat South Africa in their opener in Paris.


# BALANCING ACT

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# BALANCING ACT

Meath multi-sport star Vikki Wall to return to AFLW after Olympic selection heartbreak

Jul 24th 2024, 4:44 PM 3,425 Views 0 Comments


# Paris 2024
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# Paris 2024
‘It was quite unusual’: How trials with hurdlers and GAA players founded Ireland's Sevens Originals
Jul 24th 2024, 7:00 AM 4,398 Views 1 Comment
In 2015, the IRFU relaunched their men’s 7s programme with the aim of one day claiming Olympic glory.


# Selection

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# Selection

Evan Roos left out as Boks name squad for Rugby Championship tests in Australia

Jul 23rd 2024, 3:29 PM 4,869 Views 16 Comments



# USA

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# USA

Ireland to return to Chicago for 2025 Test against New Zealand - reports

Jul 23rd 2024, 11:32 AM 7,975 Views 31 Comments



# Looking Back

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# Looking Back

Ben Youngs reveals heart surgery after training collapse

Jul 22nd 2024, 9:48 PM 4,900 Views 2 Comments



# Done Deal

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# Done Deal

Ardie Savea signs for Moana Pasifika to 'give back' to Samoan heritage

Jul 21st 2024, 10:46 AM 6,533 Views 4 Comments



# Blow

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# Blow

Italy fly-half Garbisi stretchered off in win over Japan

Jul 21st 2024, 10:28 AM 4,694 Views 0 Comments



# Bloemfontein

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# Bloemfontein

Mapimpi hat-trick helps 10-try Springboks crush Portugal

Updated Jul 20th 2024, 10:31 PM 4,611 Views 25 Comments



# Test

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# Test

Seven-try All Blacks devour Fiji as Australia continue reboot under Schmidt

Jul 20th 2024, 10:40 AM 6,933 Views 3 Comments



# Green Shoots

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# Green Shoots

Promising Ireland U20s group learn tough lesson against New Zealand

Jul 20th 2024, 7:15 AM 4,872 Views 8 Comments



# Reaction

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# Reaction

'The big positive is the lads finished well. For a minute, it seemed like it might get ugly'

Jul 19th 2024, 7:35 PM 7,491 Views 1 Comment



# World Rugby U20 Championship

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# World Rugby U20 Championship

New Zealand score 33 unanswered points to beat Ireland in third-place play-off

Jul 19th 2024, 5:43 PM 13,231 Views 31 Comments



# Skin Of Their Teeth

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# Skin Of Their Teeth

Wales snap losing streak with dramatic late victory over Super Rugby's Reds

Jul 19th 2024, 1:46 PM 4,247 Views 3 Comments



# New Threads

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# New Threads

Leinster unveil new home jersey for 2024/25 season

Jul 18th 2024, 4:52 PM 8,578 Views 18 Comments



# Exit

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# Exit

Forwards coach Roddy Grant departs Ulster

Jul 18th 2024, 1:26 PM 3,686 Views 9 Comments



# Man At Work

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# Man At Work

Munster hooker Scott Buckley joins Sydney club Randwick on off-season loan

Jul 18th 2024, 12:49 PM 5,286 Views 1 Comment



# Teamsheets

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# Teamsheets

Barrett starts as All Blacks ring changes for Fiji, Alaalatoa to captain Wallabies

Jul 18th 2024, 10:12 AM 3,586 Views 1 Comment



# Team News

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# Team News

Ireland U20s ring the changes for New Zealand

Jul 17th 2024, 6:00 PM 6,322 Views 5 Comments



# Brisbane

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# Brisbane

NSW break hoodoo to win State of Origin rugby series

Jul 17th 2024, 2:37 PM 3,315 Views 2 Comments



# Code Switcher

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# Code Switcher

Rugby league convert Regan Grace to make Wales debut against Reds

Jul 17th 2024, 8:08 AM 2,975 Views 1 Comment



# Rugby

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# Rugby

Ireland fixtures confirmed for Vancouver in October in WXV

Jul 16th 2024, 3:47 PM 2,610 Views 1 Comment



# Scrummager

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# Scrummager

Leinster confirm signing of former France international Rabah Slimani from Clermont

Jul 15th 2024, 11:52 AM 6,915 Views 49 Comments



# Locked In

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# Locked In

'I don’t think he gets fazed by much, balls of steel' - Ryan hails Frawley

Jul 15th 2024, 9:05 AM 5,516 Views 19 Comments



# Faz

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# Faz

Andy Farrell has cause to be a happy man after titanic tussle with Boks

Jul 15th 2024, 6:44 AM 4,342 Views 7 Comments



# Last Four

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# Last Four

Ireland lose to England in World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final

Jul 14th 2024, 5:25 PM 10,413 Views 27 Comments



# Tour Diary

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# Tour Diary

What a magical day in Durban said about South African rugby

Jul 14th 2024, 3:58 PM 8,764 Views 6 Comments


# Smarts
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# Smarts
How POC and Ireland tweaked a Munster play to slice the Boks apart
Jul 14th 2024, 12:51 PM 13,385 Views 10 Comments
Ireland added a clever new layer to their goal-line drop-out play.


# Success

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# Success

Ireland U20 Women finish Sumer Series with historic win over Scotland

Jul 14th 2024, 12:29 PM 2,112 Views 2 Comments



# Captain

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# Captain

Doris: 'I’m thinking, ‘What the hell are you doing, kicking the ball away?'

Jul 14th 2024, 8:14 AM 10,991 Views 38 Comments



# Los Pumas

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# Los Pumas

Thomas Gallo double helps Argentina draw series with France

Jul 13th 2024, 10:42 PM 3,829 Views 14 Comments



# Marks Out Of 10

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# Marks Out Of 10

Our player ratings as Ireland seal an unforgettable victory on South African soil

Jul 13th 2024, 9:20 PM 11,871 Views 38 Comments



# The Boss

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# The Boss

Farrell hails 'the guts, the bravery' of his victorious Ireland team

Jul 13th 2024, 8:41 PM 9,993 Views 62 Comments



# Cojones

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# Cojones

'The strike was probably the ugliest drop goal I've ever hit in my life'

Jul 13th 2024, 8:00 PM 9,463 Views 35 Comments



# Boks Office

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# Boks Office

Ireland summon one last push to end long, gruelling season on a high

Jul 13th 2024, 7:13 PM 4,227 Views 4 Comments


# Stunner
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# Stunner
Frawley's stunning drop goals send Ireland to special win in Durban
Jul 13th 2024, 6:05 PM 11,866 Views 65 Comments
The replacement out-half smashed over two long-range drop goals to win it for Ireland.
From The 42

Live Jul 13th 2024, 3:00 PM

As it happened: South Africa v Ireland, second Test



# Mixed Fortunes

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# Mixed Fortunes

Wales lose ninth successive Test match as Australia grab series win

Jul 13th 2024, 1:06 PM 3,793 Views 6 Comments

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