Former Ireland and Munster back-row Alan Quinlan has said head coach Andy Farrell is becoming the Jack Charlton of Irish rugby. Ireland go into this weekend’s game away to England in the search of a second consecutive Grand Slam, something that has never been achieved by Ireland. Under Farrell, Ireland have won a Grand Slam […]
A new stadium at Casement Park “needs to be built” and “should be supported as other stadia were”, Alliance leader Naomi Long has said. Ms Long was speaking amid uncertainty around the project after reports that the cost of the development of the west Belfast site could top £300 million, and that the UK government […]
No trains will be running between Cardiff and Swansea on three of the next four Sundays in March. Buses are replacing trains on the south Wales mainline as Network Rail will be carrying out essential work renewing the track. The work on 3 March will be followed by further closures on two other Sundays 17 […]
World Rugby has no plans to issue any public explanation regarding the controversial decision not to award Scotland what would have been a match-winning try in last Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations defeat by France at Murrayfield, the PA news agency understands. The Scots – trailing 20-16 – thought they had secured victory when replacement lock […]
Louis Rees-Zammit says his American Football dream is “alive” after starting out on the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP) following his switch from rugby union. The Gloucester, Wales, and British and Irish Lions wing stunned the world of rugby last month by quitting the sport in an attempt to secure a contract with an NFL […]
World Rugby has revealed legal action is being taken after match officials and players suffered online abuse during the 2023 World Cup. One individual in Australia has been charged for online abuse, cases in other jurisdictions are pending – including France, New Zealand the UK – and 1,600 social media accounts have been reported to […]
Mark Dodson has dismissed any notion that criticism of Scottish Rugby’s handling of Siobhan Cattigan’s death played a part in his decision to call time on his near-13-year reign as chief executive. The Englishman was appointed in September 2011 and his most recent contract, signed in 2022, was due to take him up to June […]
Rugby player Api Ratuniyarawa has been jailed for nearly three years after admitting sexually assaulting three teenagers in a bar days before he was due to play for the Barbarians. The 37-year-old Fiji international had been in Cardiff ahead of the game against Wales last autumn when he attacked the three young women inside the […]