Rob Kearney

Caelan Doris, Jimmy O’Brien and Josh van der Flier included on longlist

He doesn’t miss getting hit. We can all relate to that. It’s what happens next that’s trickier

Seen & Heard: Wetherspoon sale of Blackrock pub, and Cowen seeks inquiry into ESB

The players, the try, the tackle and the moments of the rugby year

Twickenham game in front of a record crowd showed what possibilities could lie in store

Ireland’s most decorated player will play final game of his career, lining up as Barbarian

Kearney’s confirmed retirement ends one of the most successful careers in Irish rugby

Both teams will make mistakes, the key will be who will respond better to them

Brian O’Driscoll, Rob Kearney and Joe Schmidt recall Sexton’s best days in green

If the current pecking order remains, Farrell will need the veteran outhalf for next World Cup

Renowned strength and conditioning coach played key role in Limerick’s rise to hurling supremacy

Former rugby star played football like she was enjoying new-found sense of freedom

Leinster machine rolls on and remains standard-bearer for United Rugby Championship

Word of mouth, by the numbers, Hennelly the hero for Mayo and more

Penalty call against Lawes harsh but butchered try-scoring chances lost it

Despite all the off-field shenanigans, on it the world champions were utterly dominant

The Sandy Park win is a long way down any list of great victories in the competition

The 6ft 11in secondrow grew up wanting to fit in but soon learned to be as big as he is

The Irish fullback’s kicking was average and it is the work in progress part of his brief

Former Leinster full back also joining the company as its director of wellbeing