United Rugby Championship

Owen Doyle: Chaotic cock-up cost Munster and it reflects badly on a number of people

The lineout is supposed to be a contest for possession, but this trial appears to be heading in the opposite direction

Ryan Baird likely to return for Leinster-Northampton Champions Cup duel

Calf injury puts James Ryan’s availability in doubt

Ulster’s Richie Murphy questions legality of Leinster’s breakdown and scrum after defeat

Northern province facing battle to finish in the top eight after losing at the Aviva Stadium

Leinster look on course to avoid end of season scramble this time around

Bonus-point win over Ulster means that Leo Cullen’s side could have wrapped up home semi-final ahead of final round of URC matches

Munster with work to do to secure Champions Cup qualification after controversial defeat to Bulls

Irish province forced to play for 14 minutes down a man after the game went to uncontested scrums

Cullie Tucker ‘very proud’ of Connacht’s effort in defeat to Stormers

TMO rules out late Connacht try that would have given them an opportunity to win game

Leinster ring changes as they welcome Ulster to Dublin

Only three players retained from the starting team which beat Glasgow in Champions Cup

Munster seek to address lineout and get back to winning ways against Bulls

Bulls start as five-point underdogs with the bookies and a close contest is anticipated at Thomond Park

Understrength Connacht braced for ‘massive task’ at Stormers

Jack Carty recalled in effort to offset losses of key players for high-stakes URC clash

Leinster switch it up for Ulster clash

Only Tommy O’Brien, Garry Ringrose and Joe McCarthy retain their starting places

TG4 secure exclusive free-to-air rights for URC as RTÉ loses out

RTÉ loses out as Irish channel reaches four-year agreement with tournament organisers

Cullie Tucker strikes confident tone ahead of Connacht’s South Africa trip

‘We’re in the land of physicality now, so we have to power up and be ready for it’

Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster can look to Rory McIlroy, Munster need reinforcements

Jordie Barrett and RG Snyman are fundamental to Leinster’s Champions Cup quest

Munster could hand debuts to Michael Milne and Lee Barron against the Bulls

Newly arrived forward duo from Leinster could be pressed straight into action in URC clash

‘It’s a daunting test’ - Ulster head coach Richie Murphy prepares for tough Leinster clash

Forward Cormac Izuchukwu set for return to action for Aviva Stadium encounter

Joe McCarthy firmly focused on ‘chasing down success’ with Leinster

Secondrow one of five players facing fitness test before Saturday’s URC clash with Ulster

Connacht count the cost of Racing 92 ahead of URC South African trip

Interim head coach Cullie Tucker digs deep into squad for the two-game tour

‘Incredibly frustrated’ Munster turn attention to crunch URC clash

Tadhg Beirne admits lineout problems cost side dearly in Bordeaux

In another staggered season, rugby’s URC has lurched along - all the while breaking attendance records

Fitted in here, there and everywhere, the increasingly popular championship holds its own against bigger tournaments

A history of Leinster and Harlequins’ ‘bloody’ rivalry

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