Ireland kicked away too much ball. England came to play, the home side were more circumspect and conservative, which was disappointing in context and content. An inability to perform the basics, exacerbated by a yellow card for Fineen Wycherley was a precursor to a fifth England try, three minutes after the restart for George Kloska.

RUGBY WORLD CUP brass have revealed fixtures and dates for the 2027 edition in Australia. Andy Farrell’s Ireland will open their 2027 World Cup campaign in Australia with a game against

The Ireland team named for the game against France sums up the remarkable turnaround for Kildare as a rugby county in recent years.

For 50 minutes, the move to mimic global trends of kick-heavy, transition rugby continued. The results were disastrous, Ireland gifting chaos to a French outfit that was already capable of finding it themselves.

The dates and venues for the Rugby World Cup have been confirmed with Andy Farrell's Ireland playing pool matches against Portugal in Sydney, Scotland in Perth and Uruguay in Melbourne in October 2027.

Rugby is taking over Chicago this weekend. Saturday, Nov. 1, Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks will return to Soldier Field for an International Rugby Rematch. The game will be the second time the two international titans have competed in Chicago ...

Bundee Aki is not with the Ireland squad for their Six Nations camp in Portugal with the Connacht centre the subject of a misconduct complaint after his side's URC defeat by Leinster on Saturday.

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland rugby center Bundee Aki was dropped from the squad for disciplinary reasons on Wednesday and is set to miss the start of the Six Nations tournament. The Irish Rugby Football Union made its decision while Aki faces a misconduct complaint,