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ENGLAND 23-22 IRELAND: Saturday evening's showdown at Twickenham went the distance and ended in the most dramatic circumstances with the title also set to be decided during the final games

Ireland will begin the Six Nations as defending champions but face a daunting trip to face France on Friday night as England look to improve on their recent showings

Andy Farrell has been confirmed as British and Irish Lions coach for the 2025 tour of Australia courtesy of his impressive work with Ireland, whom he led to a Six Nations Grand Slam last year

Williams won 55 Wales Caps and then started all eight Tests for the Lions during victorious tours of New Zealand and South Africa in 1971 and 1974 respectively

South Africa cemented their world champion status at the Rugby World Cup, beating England en route with Steve Borthwick out to prove he can lead a domestic revival

Leeds Rhinos legend will run seven ultra marathons in seven days in seven cities around Great Britain and Ireland next month to help raise more awareness and funds for terrible condition

Johnny Sexton's career ended with World Cup defeat in the quarter-finals on Saturday with the Ireland fly-half angered by comments made by New Zealander Reiko Ioane

IRELAND 24-28 NEW ZEALAND: Andy Farrell's side were left dejected as their record of having never won a World Cup knockout fixture was maintained in the most desperate fashion

Ireland will have to see off New Zealand on Saturday if they want to make a first World Cup semi-final with a well-criticised draw meaning top nations are all in the same half of the tournament

Ireland go into Saturday night's Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash with New Zealand as favourites but will have to break a 36-year jinx to progress to the final four

Ireland secured a historic series victory over New Zealand last summer which saw an infamous clash between Peter O'Mahony and Sam Cane as verbals were exchanged

A statistician has ran through the numbers and reckons Ireland have the best chance of winning the Rugby World Cup with Wales ahead of England in the probability stakes

Ireland have the majority of their squad primed for their quarter-final against New Zealand with their rehab specialist, Einar Einarsson, playing a key role during the World Cup

New Zealand face Ireland on Saturday in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup, but head coach Ian Foster has been forced to deal with a discipline issue ahead of the game

Scotland need a bonus point win against Ireland to keep their World Cup dream alive with Finn Russell's battle against Johnny Sexton set to be key in deciding the winner

Places in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup are at stake this weekend - but Ireland and Scotland will be in no mood to do each other favours and dump out South Africa

An emotional Peter O'Mahony has looked ahead to Ireland's game against Scotland, which will be played seven years ago this month since Anthony Foley died in Paris

Ireland take on Scotland in their final game of Pool B on Saturday at the Stade de France and a complicated scenario could actually see the Springboks eliminated from the tournament

Ireland are justifiably among the favourites to win the Rugby World Cup but Ronan O'Gara admits success in France could impact on any future role he might have

NEW ZEALAND 96-17 ITALY: Dark night for Italy as Men in Black shred their paper-thin defence in impressive return to form

Ireland claimed a statement win over South Africa in their Pool B clash at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, but the game was marred by a stamping incident in the second-half

Emotions took over for Ireland star Mack Hansen after his team secured a hard-earned victory over South Africa to remind their Rugby World Cup rivals of their quality

Rassie Erasmus has led South Africa to the Rugby World Cup and has no interest in leaving for a return to Ireland despite links with a major role in the set-up

Wales and Ireland were in action on Saturday, facing Portugal and Tonga respectively, while Steven Borthwick and his England squad prepared to face Japan in their second match of the Rugby World Cup

Mack Hansen was a shock omission from last weekend's Ireland team but returns for the game against Tonga as he makes a confession on a reported clash with head coach Andy Farrell