The Irish Times

The Offload: Chris Farrell was a distant relative of the man of the match

Somebody tell the young Munster halfbacks to go for it rather than accepting defeat

Mon Aug 24 2020 - 10:00

Rugby is playing roulette with welfare of brightest and best

Chris Henry’s retirement causes brief pause for reflection ahead of glamorous autumn Tests

Sat Nov 10 2018 - 09:00

Cillian Willis concussion case due before court next year

Willis first player to sue an English club and medics for negligence over brain injury

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 07:00

Jared Payne forced to retire from pro rugby after head injury

New Zealand-born player has been appointed defence coach at Ulster and will travel to Australia

Mon May 28 2018 - 17:17

Gerry Thornley: Rugby should be alarmed as concussion issue hits crossroads

Canadian lock Jamie Cudmore is taking legal action against former club Clermont Auvergne

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 08:52

Cillian Willis to sue Sale Sharks over concussion

Case will the first time a professional rugby player has sued over head trauma

Tue Aug 23 2016 - 01:00

Leinster await return of Sean O’Brien and Cian Healy

Healy is back in training and O’Brien could return in time for the Champions Cup

Thu Aug 18 2016 - 07:00

Finn Russell thanks ‘overwhelming’ Connacht support

Scotland outhalf left the field of play after colliding with team-mate Zander Fagerson

Thu Jun 30 2016 - 12:47

Jack McGrath unwilling to give Boks an inch in case they take a mile

Leinster prop was a 19-year-old onlooker when Lions headed to South Africa in 2009

Thu Jun 09 2016 - 01:00

String of concussions rules Dave McSharry out for season

Ireland Under-20 head coach Nigel Carolan names his fifteen to play England on Friday

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 17:36

Ireland Injuries: Science is coming into play

Report does not support theories that there is a rising trend of injuries in rugby

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 01:00

Connacht appeal to add two backs to squad is turned down

Pat Lam may only have 21 players to call on for return game against Newcastle

Tue Dec 15 2015 - 18:43

Pat Lam to seek permission to add player to Connacht squad

Connacht coach is facing “a real headache” to produce a fit squad of 23 due to injuries

Sun Dec 13 2015 - 20:37

Robbie Henshaw out for six weeks with hand injury

Ireland centre fractured bone in final moments of Connacht’s win over Munster

Tue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00

Pat Lam plays down injury crisis as Connacht face Munster

League leaders hoping to end their bad away record at Thomond Park fortress

Wed Nov 25 2015 - 01:00

Connacht build on Kieran Marmion tries to see off Munster

Connacht scrumhalf’s performance should put him back in Joe Schmidt’s World Cup plans

Fri Aug 21 2015 - 22:19

Leinster’s Marty Moore needs to prove fitness for Ulster game

Tighthead has to have game time if he is to make Ireland’s World Cup squad

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 01:00

Mils Muliaina needs to deliver as Connacht face daunting task

Fullback returns after injury-broken season for Challenge Cup quarter-final

Fri Apr 03 2015 - 08:20

John Muldoon intent on progress against Gloucester in Challenge Cup

Connacht captain hopes to make semi-final at the site of a heartbreaking defeat in 2011

Thu Apr 02 2015 - 01:00

International cohort return for Munster’s trip to Scarlets

Anthony Foley welcomes back O’Donnell, Keatley and Jones while Lam makes three Connacht changes

Fri Feb 20 2015 - 15:52

Connacht look to Matt Healy’s pace in final push for qualification

Pat Lam’s team can progress to Challenge Cup quarter-finals with a victory in France

Sat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00

Pat Lam’s Connacht revolution to continue after he signs new deal

Former All Black wants to continue moulding culture of leadership in west

Thu Jan 22 2015 - 01:01

Robbie Henshaw to miss Connacht’s vital La Rochelle trip

Pat Lam is facing a crisis in the centre with Dave McSharry also doubtful and Bundee Aki injured

Tue Jan 20 2015 - 11:42

Pat Lam admits Connacht’s own shortcomings caused loss to Exeter

‘The thing that killed us was the turnovers’, says coach

Mon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00

Pat Lam makes four changes for Exeter Chiefs visit

Connacht boss starts with Dave McSharry in the centre in place of the injured Bundee Aki

Fri Jan 16 2015 - 13:33

Dave McSharry signs new Connacht deal

24-year-old centre agrees new contract keeping him at the Sportsground until 2017

Fri Jan 16 2015 - 11:18

Pat Lam hails Connacht’s best performance of the season against Munster

Connacht coach say he is extremely proud as it was a game they had to win

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 01:01

Connacht brew up a storm that’s too hot for Munster

Pat Lam’s side full value for interpro victory that shows level of their ambitions

Thu Jan 01 2015 - 19:28

Paddy Jackson returns from injury for Ulster clash with Connacht

Outhalf one of seven changes while Connacht swap six for Ravenhill encounter

Wed Dec 24 2014 - 13:00

Mils Muliaina effect taking root in Connacht

New teammates benefitting from All Blacks influence at the Sportsground

Tue Dec 09 2014 - 13:33

Connacht blitz Bayonne late on to claim bonus point

Pat Lam’s side stand up to huge French outfit at the Sportsground

Sat Dec 06 2014 - 20:02

Pat Lam urges Connacht to ‘protect’ the Sportsground

Robbie Henshaw remains out as weakened Bayonne travel for Challenge Cup clash

Sat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00

Mils Muliaina makes his presence felt as Connacht go to town on Zebre

All Black legend makes debut in bonus-point victory over Italian side

Fri Nov 21 2014 - 22:20

Paul Burke steps down as Leicester Tigers backs’ coach

Fellow former Ireland international Geordan Murphy could step up from his assistant’s role

Tue Oct 28 2014 - 19:29