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Ireland will give first caps to Shayne Bolton, Alex Kendellen, and Hugh Gavin against Portugal in Lisbon. Interim coach Paul ...

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Temperatures soared above 30 degrees in Magilligan, Co Derry, the first time the milestone had been reached in Northern ...

Negotiating horribly wet conditions in Tbilisi, O’Connell’s new-look Ireland team had to get through plenty of dirty work and ...

Ireland finish up their short summer tour this weekend as they face off against Portugal in the nation’s capital Lisbon. With ...

It’s 58 years since the ‘Lisbon Lions’ were born after Celtic’s 2-1 European Cup final win over Inter Milan, and while the ...

After watching the Ireland rugby team he's nursing thrash Portugal by a record 106-7 on Saturday, the stand-in coach admitted he felt sorry for the home side. The 16-try victory surpassed the 83-3, 13 ...

Irish Independent Rugby Writer Cian Tracey reports from Ireland training at Grupo Desportivo Direito on the outskirts of ...

Ireland ran in a record-breaking 16 tries in a one-sided 106-7 rout of Portugal in Lisbon to register their biggest Test win ...