Northern Irish rugby referee Chris Busby is set to retire from officiating in the wake of comments made by Mack Hansen which ...

Uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle is included in Ireland's Six Nations squad, replacing the suspended Tom O'Toole.

The IRFU ’s attempts to further develop frontrow forwards have led them to appoint Seamus Toomey as performance pathway scrum ...

Simon Easterby is interim head coach for Irelands Six Nations defence while Andy Farrell leads the British and Irish Lions in ...

BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

Quickly switching from club to international mode is part of being a top-level professional rugby player, but that doesn’t ...

The numbers of imported front-row players at the provinces, season on season for the last two decades, as previously ...

The IRFU has announced the appointment of Seamus Toomey as performance pathway scrum coach, a key new position introduced to aid the development of front row forwards across the provincial and ...

Some of the 11 players who were not in the squad at this point last year have been blooded in the intervening period ...

Henshaw is grateful for the opportunity to mix it with two of European club rugby’s most difficult opponents ahead of a ...

ever' - Hansen Having been forced to retire from playing because of injuries, former Ballyclare player Busby became a professional referee with the Irish Rugby Football Union.

Following Hansen's ban, the IRFU said: "A core pillar underpinning the game of rugby in Ireland is around respect for all. "Without match officials there is no game, and the IRFU is committed to ...