Ulster 29Northampton Saints 19 Neil Carnduff reports from Kingspan Stadium TOP-FLIGHT RUGBY returned to Belfast with a bang as impressive Ulster dispatched English Premiership hopefuls Northampton “Ulster blow Northampton away as Charles Piutau gives Ravenhill a taste of what is to come”
We’ll Leave It There So: Gold for Ireland in Rio and the rest of today’s sport
CJ Stander arrives at Musgrave Park for Munster’s Guinness Pro12 clash with Cardiff Blues. Source: INPHO/Billy Stickland HomeIreland’s Jason Smyth won the gold medal — “We’ll Leave It There So: Gold for Ireland in Rio and the rest of today’s sport”
Gritty second-half display sees Leinster secure victory in Edinburgh
Edinburgh 20 Leinster 33 Lewis Stuart reports from Murrayfield ANOTHER STORMING FIRST half and gritty backs-to-the wall defence after the break put Leinster’s attack on “Gritty second-half display sees Leinster secure victory in Edinburgh”
The sniff of competitive rugby has Peter O’Mahony straining at the leash
IRELAND FLANKER PETER O’Mahony can’t wait to get back in action after a year on the sideline through injury. The 27-year-old blindside flanker has not “The sniff of competitive rugby has Peter O’Mahony straining at the leash”
‘I wouldn’t say yes or no’ – Van Graan on prospect of POC and ROG returns
MUNSTER BOSS JOHANN van Graan has refused to rule out a move to bring Paul O’Connell and Ronan O’Gara onto his coaching staff at the “‘I wouldn’t say yes or no’ – Van Graan on prospect of POC and ROG returns”
O’Mahony hopes Munster can use semi-final heartache to launch Pro14 title bid
PETER O’MAHONY SAYS Munster returned this week after the Saracens loss and produced one of their best training sessions of the year in a bid “O’Mahony hopes Munster can use semi-final heartache to launch Pro14 title bid”
‘We need to freshen up the group, surely people understand that’
Ryan Bailey reports from the RDS LEO CULLEN HAS expressed his frustration at the media’s role in ‘sensationalising’ his team selections after the decision to “‘We need to freshen up the group, surely people understand that’”
Former Irish Grand Slam winner lands coaching role with newly-promoted Welsh outfit
FORMER IRELAND STAR Sophie Spence has been appointed as a forwards coach with Welsh rugby side Penclawdd RFC. The Grand Slam winner, who retired from “Former Irish Grand Slam winner lands coaching role with newly-promoted Welsh outfit”
Munster ‘will take time’ as van Graan looks to add three coaches
SARACENS ARE THE standard bearers in European club rugby, as is very clear after they beat Leinster in the Champions Cup final last weekend. That “Munster ‘will take time’ as van Graan looks to add three coaches”
IRFU ‘very hopeful’ of agreeing deal with Kearney despite French links
THE IRFU INSISTS there is still hope that Rob Kearney will continue to play in Ireland beyond the end of his current contract, which expires “IRFU ‘very hopeful’ of agreeing deal with Kearney despite French links”