Owen Doyle: Referees get an armchair ride as Leinster and Ulster crash and burn – The Irish Times
QED – quod erat demonstrandum. Reflections of days at school remind me of how satisfying it was to…
Weakened Ulster burn out against ruthless Montpellier in Challenge Cup final – The Irish Times
Challenge Cup final: Montpellier 59 Ulster 26 As feared, the toll of losing too many big-game players at…
Ulster v Montpellier live updates: Follow the action in Champions Cup final – The Irish Times
Challenge Cup final: Ulster 7 Montpellier 14 17 mins: Try for Montpellier! Sadly a terrible error by Ulster,…
Ulster and Leinster finals to take place amid extreme heat warning in Spain – The Irish Times
Leinster and Ulster will have to deal with an early summer heatwave in northern Spain if they are…
Three Irish provinces on the dance card for URC quarter-final fandango – The Irish Times
And then there were eight – including three Irish provinces: Leinster, Munster and Connacht – on the URC’s…
URC final day playoff permutations and Champions Cup qualification explainer – The Irish Times
Although Connacht have secured a place in the URC playoffs by dint of their 26-5 bonus-point win away…
Losing bonus points leave Ulster with anxious wait over URC playoffs – The Irish Times
URC: Ulster 22 Glasgow Warriors 26 Ulster are still hanging on to eighth in the URC after picking…
URC permutations: How Irish teams can make that crucial top-eight placing – The Irish Times
And then there were nine. When Italian Andrea Piardi blows the final whistle on Saturday night at Thomond…
Repeating top-eight URC feat would be an even bigger outcome for Irish game – The Irish Times
Ahead of what could be a fairly fraught final round of the United Rugby Championship (URC), Irish rugby…
Ulster fans booed the referee, but he got the penalty try decision right – The Irish Times
Ravenhill, that great old ground, has hosted many famous tussles. Ireland secured the Grand Slam there in 1948,…
Werner Kok scores hat-trick as Ulster and Stormers play out high-scoring draw – The Irish Times
URC: Ulster 38 Stormers 38 It was as helter-skelter as the scoreline suggests, the draw only being snatched…
Leinster Rugby deserves more than social media cynicism – The Irish Times
I’m living up in Dublin this weather. Not far from the Aviva Stadium. The nervousness before the Champions…